{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=INDEPENDENCE","name":"INDEPENDENCE","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-08-19T11:14:35.813Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":12,"deaths":0,"injured":11,"fires":0},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","n":1},{"component_desc":"SUSPENSION","n":1},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS","n":1},{"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE","n":1},{"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY","n":1},{"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN","n":1},{"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY","n":1},{"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT","n":1},{"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE","n":1},{"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1009714","date_received":"2013-09-14","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN","description":"CUSTOMER REPORTED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THAT THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WHILE RIDING.  THE SECOND OCCASION HE WAS GOING FORTY MILES AN HOUR AND WAS THROWN FROM THE BIKE. COSMETIC DAMAGE TO BIKE WAS REPAIRED. HE NOW FEELS IT IS UNSAFE TO RIDE AND CANNOT SELL THE BIKE FOR FEAR OF THE NEXT OWNER BEING HURT OR KILLED.D  THIS IS BEING REPORTED BY HIS REPAIR SHOP.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1009714"},{"cmplid":"538964","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538964"},{"cmplid":"538965","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538965"},{"cmplid":"538966","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538966"},{"cmplid":"538967","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538967"},{"cmplid":"538968","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"SUSPENSION","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538968"},{"cmplid":"538969","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538969"},{"cmplid":"538970","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538970"},{"cmplid":"538971","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538971"},{"cmplid":"538972","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538972"},{"cmplid":"538973","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538973"},{"cmplid":"538974","date_received":"2005-08-03","make":"INDEPENDENCE","model":"FREEDOM EXPRESS","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN","description":"DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF 15 MPH, THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE  RIDING.  THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  BROKE 3 TIMES, AND IN ONE INCIDENT STRUCK THE PASSENGER.  THE VEHICLE HAD DRIVELINE  PROBLEMS.  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE  TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET  AS WELL AS THE HORN. THE  MOTORCYCLE  IS CURRENTLY IN THE  REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MOTOR.  *AK  THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS:  GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPE, TURN SIGNAL AND TAIL LIGHTS, SHOCKS, BUSHINGS, BRAKE PADS AND THROTTLE LINKAGE, AND THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/538974"}]}