{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=VICTORY","name":"VICTORY","_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":"2026-09-09T21:14:10.006Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":35,"deaths":0,"injured":46,"fires":2},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION","n":5},{"component_desc":"ENGINE","n":4},{"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","n":3},{"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN","n":3},{"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","n":2},{"component_desc":"SUSPENSION:REAR","n":2},{"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","n":2},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":2},{"component_desc":"WHEELS","n":1},{"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:MOTORCYCLE:KICKSTAND/CENTER STAND","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1923146","date_received":"2023-08-29","make":"VICTORY","model":"CROSS COUNTRY TOUR","model_year":2014,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"The contact owns a 2014 Victory CC Tour The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and attempting to stop the vehicle the rear brakes failed. The contact was able to stop the vehicle. The contact also noticed fire coming from under the catalytic converter, burning several unknown wires. The contact extinguished the fire. The motorcycle was towed back to the contact's residence. The dealer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle has not been repaired. The contact related the failure to the NHTSA Campaign V-17-02 (Service Brakes, Hydraulics). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 7,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1923146"},{"cmplid":"1490785","date_received":"2018-08-13","make":"VICTORY","model":"CROSS COUNTRY TOUR","model_year":2016,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","description":"WEAK HORN - HARD TO BE HEARD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ONGOING SINCE DAY 1","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1490785"},{"cmplid":"1312877","date_received":"2016-08-30","make":"VICTORY","model":"MAGNUM","model_year":2016,"deaths":0,"injured":6,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"ENGINE","description":"2016 VICTORY MAGNUM 3 MILES WHEN PURCHASED 6K MILES TIME OF ACCIDENT.  HAD ALL SERVICES DONE BY VICTORY DEALERSHIP. PROCEEDED TO DOWN SHIFT TRAVELING ABOUT 35 40 MPH. PULLED THE CLUTCH IN AND HEARD AN HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT THE GEARS, LET THE CLUTCH OUT AND THE BACK WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE BIKE TO FISH TAIL SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN IT THREW ME OFF, AND CAUSE THE DRIVER TO ROLL ABOUT 20 TIMES OR MORE. THE BACK WHEEL IS LOCKED UP THE BIKE HAD TO LIFTED UP TO BE PUT ON THE TRAILER. THE TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED UP. THERE IS A PROBLEM  WITH THIS AND COULD HAVE COST ME MY LIFE!","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1312877"},{"cmplid":"1312878","date_received":"2016-08-30","make":"VICTORY","model":"MAGNUM","model_year":2016,"deaths":0,"injured":6,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN","description":"2016 VICTORY MAGNUM 3 MILES WHEN PURCHASED 6K MILES TIME OF ACCIDENT.  HAD ALL SERVICES DONE BY VICTORY DEALERSHIP. PROCEEDED TO DOWN SHIFT TRAVELING ABOUT 35 40 MPH. PULLED THE CLUTCH IN AND HEARD AN HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT THE GEARS, LET THE CLUTCH OUT AND THE BACK WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE BIKE TO FISH TAIL SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN IT THREW ME OFF, AND CAUSE THE DRIVER TO ROLL ABOUT 20 TIMES OR MORE. THE BACK WHEEL IS LOCKED UP THE BIKE HAD TO LIFTED UP TO BE PUT ON THE TRAILER. THE TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED UP. THERE IS A PROBLEM  WITH THIS AND COULD HAVE COST ME MY LIFE!","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1312878"},{"cmplid":"1312879","date_received":"2016-08-30","make":"VICTORY","model":"MAGNUM","model_year":2016,"deaths":0,"injured":6,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","description":"2016 VICTORY MAGNUM 3 MILES WHEN PURCHASED 6K MILES TIME OF ACCIDENT.  HAD ALL SERVICES DONE BY VICTORY DEALERSHIP. PROCEEDED TO DOWN SHIFT TRAVELING ABOUT 35 40 MPH. PULLED THE CLUTCH IN AND HEARD AN HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT THE GEARS, LET THE CLUTCH OUT AND THE BACK WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE BIKE TO FISH TAIL SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN IT THREW ME OFF, AND CAUSE THE DRIVER TO ROLL ABOUT 20 TIMES OR MORE. THE BACK WHEEL IS LOCKED UP THE BIKE HAD TO LIFTED UP TO BE PUT ON THE TRAILER. THE TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED UP. THERE IS A PROBLEM  WITH THIS AND COULD HAVE COST ME MY LIFE!","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1312879"},{"cmplid":"1255811","date_received":"2016-01-26","make":"VICTORY","model":"NESS CROSS COUNTRY","model_year":2014,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND PUT ITS SELF OUT AFTER BATTERY TERMINALS MELTED OFF, BECAUSE OF FIRE RESISTANT DOWCO MOTORCYCLE COVER WAS ON UNIT. OTHERWISE MUCH PROPERTY LOSS AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE COULD HAVE OCCURRED. FIRE REPORT FROM SCENE SUSPECT STARTER RELAY AS POSSIBLE CAUSE. INSURANCE COMPANY IS INVESTIGATING CAUSE OF FIRE WITH VERY LITTLE COOPERATION FROM MANUFACTURER. ALL DOCUMENTATION IS ENCLOSED.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1255811"},{"cmplid":"1122657","date_received":"2014-10-22","make":"VICTORY","model":"CROSS COUNTRY","model_year":2013,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","description":"BIKE IS PRONE TO STALLING EITHER FROM DOWNSHIFTING OR OPENING THE THROTTLE SUCH AS STARTING OUT FROM A STOP OR LOW RPM SHIFT.  I'VE PUT ABOUT 200 MILES ON THIS BIKE AND NOTICED THE BIKE HAS STALLED MORE THAN 10 TIMES WHILE PULLING FROM A STOP, MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, OR MAKING A TURN.  THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER CHANGES THE CENTER OF GRAVITY AND BALANCE ON THE BIKE AND IN ONE CASE I HAD TO QUICKLY BRACE THE BIKE WHILE BRINGING THE BIKE UNDER CONTROL.  THE END EFFECT WAS THE BIKE CRUSHED MY FOOT UNDER THE EXHAUST AS THE BIKE WAS IN A LEAN WHILE TURNING.  RESEARCH INTO THIS \"STALLING\" SHOWS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS BIKE.   SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ECM / FUEL / AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.  I'M CONCERNED THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.  SUCH AS BEING REAR ENDED OR STALLING WHILE CROSSING LANES OF TRAFFIC.   *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1122657"},{"cmplid":"1122658","date_received":"2014-10-22","make":"VICTORY","model":"CROSS COUNTRY","model_year":2013,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"BIKE IS PRONE TO STALLING EITHER FROM DOWNSHIFTING OR OPENING THE THROTTLE SUCH AS STARTING OUT FROM A STOP OR LOW RPM SHIFT.  I'VE PUT ABOUT 200 MILES ON THIS BIKE AND NOTICED THE BIKE HAS STALLED MORE THAN 10 TIMES WHILE PULLING FROM A STOP, MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, OR MAKING A TURN.  THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER CHANGES THE CENTER OF GRAVITY AND BALANCE ON THE BIKE AND IN ONE CASE I HAD TO QUICKLY BRACE THE BIKE WHILE BRINGING THE BIKE UNDER CONTROL.  THE END EFFECT WAS THE BIKE CRUSHED MY FOOT UNDER THE EXHAUST AS THE BIKE WAS IN A LEAN WHILE TURNING.  RESEARCH INTO THIS \"STALLING\" SHOWS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS BIKE.   SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ECM / FUEL / AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.  I'M CONCERNED THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.  SUCH AS BEING REAR ENDED OR STALLING WHILE CROSSING LANES OF TRAFFIC.   *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1122658"},{"cmplid":"1122659","date_received":"2014-10-22","make":"VICTORY","model":"CROSS COUNTRY","model_year":2013,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE","description":"BIKE IS PRONE TO STALLING EITHER FROM DOWNSHIFTING OR OPENING THE THROTTLE SUCH AS STARTING OUT FROM A STOP OR LOW RPM SHIFT.  I'VE PUT ABOUT 200 MILES ON THIS BIKE AND NOTICED THE BIKE HAS STALLED MORE THAN 10 TIMES WHILE PULLING FROM A STOP, MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, OR MAKING A TURN.  THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER CHANGES THE CENTER OF GRAVITY AND BALANCE ON THE BIKE AND IN ONE CASE I HAD TO QUICKLY BRACE THE BIKE WHILE BRINGING THE BIKE UNDER CONTROL.  THE END EFFECT WAS THE BIKE CRUSHED MY FOOT UNDER THE EXHAUST AS THE BIKE WAS IN A LEAN WHILE TURNING.  RESEARCH INTO THIS \"STALLING\" SHOWS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS BIKE.   SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ECM / FUEL / AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.  I'M CONCERNED THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.  SUCH AS BEING REAR ENDED OR STALLING WHILE CROSSING LANES OF TRAFFIC.   *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1122659"},{"cmplid":"1121625","date_received":"2014-10-19","make":"VICTORY","model":"CROSS COUNTRY","model_year":2013,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"ENGINE","description":"I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY LEANED INTO THE CURVE RUNNING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE POPPED AND DIED. WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT LOCKED UP THE REAR TIRE CAUSING THE BACK END OF THE MOTORCYCLE TO SKID AROUND AND WHEN IT CAUGHT TRACTION IT FLIPPED THE BIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WAY I WAS LEANING LAUNCHING ME INTO THE ROAD. I WAS APPLYING THROTTLE GENTLY WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND THE RPM'S WERE AROUND 3000 AT THE TIME. AND I WAS NOT SHIFTING GEARS AT THE TIME. AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS I WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE STARTED AGAIN BUT THE BIKE MADE A SCRUBBING SOUND IF I MOVED IT. IT WAS THEN TRAILERED TO THE DEALER AFTER THAT. I HAD THE MOTORCYCLE IN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BEFORE FOR THE ENGINE POPPING AND STALLING.   THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO VICTORY AND SO HAVE NUMEROUS OTHER SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND THEY RESPONDED WITH IT BEING RIDER ERROR.  POLARIS, THE PARENT COMPANY OF VICTORY IS TURNING A BLIND EYE TO A PROBLEM THAT LEFT UNCHECKED WILL END UP KILLING SOMEONE.  A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH WILL FIND YOU A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.  HERE IS A LINK TO ONE SUCH POST ON THE PROBLEM.  HTTP://WWW.THEVOG.NET/THREADS/ENGINE-POPPED-AND-DIED.28491/  SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SOON BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE HURT OR KILLED.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1121625"},{"cmplid":"1112515","date_received":"2014-09-23","make":"VICTORY","model":"CROSS COUNTRY","model_year":2013,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","description":"HTTP://WWW.THEVOG.NET/THREADS/ENGINE-POPPED-AND-DIED.28491/    ATTACHED IS LINK TO A FORUM OF VICTORY MOTORCYCLE OWNERS WHO DESCRIBE SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE THEIR ENGINES HAVE QUIT AND LOCK UP CAUSING THE RIDER TO BE EJECTED. I HAVE A 2013 VICTORY CROSS COUNTRY TOUR AND AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. POLARIS WHO MAKE THE VICTORY MOTORCYCLES SEEMS TO BE IGNORING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS.   *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1112515"},{"cmplid":"1112662","date_received":"2014-09-23","make":"VICTORY","model":"CROSS COUNTRY","model_year":2013,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN","description":"I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY LEANED INTO THE CURVE RUNNING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE POPPED AND DIED. WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT LOCKED UP THE REAR TIRE CAUSING THE BACK END OF THE MOTORCYCLE TO SKID AROUND AND WHEN IT CAUGHT TRACTION IT FLIPPED THE BIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WAY I WAS LEANING LAUNCHING ME INTO THE ROAD.  I WAS APPLYING THROTTLE GENTLY WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND THE RPM'S WERE AROUND 3000 AT THE TIME. AND I WAS NOT SHIFTING GEARS AT THE TIME.  AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS I WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENGINE STARTED AGAIN BUT THE BIKE MADE A SCRUBBING SOUND IF I MOVED IT.  IT WAS THEN TRAILERED TO THE DEALER AFTER THAT.  I HAD THE MOTORCYCLE IN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BEFORE FOR THE ENGINE POPPING AND STALLING.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1112662"},{"cmplid":"1087533","date_received":"2014-07-17","make":"VICTORY","model":"CROSS COUNTRY","model_year":2013,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VICTORY CROSS COUNTRY MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND DOWNSHIFTING, THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED CAUSING THE CONTACT AND PASSENGER TO FALL OFF THE MOTORCYCLE. IN ADDITION, BOTH THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWELVE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,200.  UPDATED 08/27/14*LJ   UPDATED  09/16/2014   *JS","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1087533"},{"cmplid":"950488","date_received":"2012-11-21","make":"VICTORY","model":"NESS VEGAS","model_year":2005,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VICTORY NESS VEGAS MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE THROTTLE BECAME STUCK AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE ERRONEOUSLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE CAUSED THE FRONT TIRE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR TIRE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE BACK, LEFT ARM, SHOULDER AND LEFT KNEE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BUT THE DEALER HAD NOT STATED WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE.  THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.   UPDATED 12/28/12 *CN   UPDATED 1/15/2013 *JS","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/950488"},{"cmplid":"910882","date_received":"2012-03-20","make":"VICTORY","model":"V92C","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN","description":"ON 9/1/11 RIDING MY STOCK 1999 VICTORY V92 THE MOTORCYCLE ON A LONG TRIP THE BIKE BEGAN MISSING 3RD GEAR THEN EXITING AN INTERSECTION (DRY, SUNNY, 80, LIGHT ACCEL) THE BIKE RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM 3 INTO 2 AT 40 MPH. DUE TO UNEXPECTED RAPID DROP IN BIKE SPEED, CONTROL OF BIKE WAS BRIEFLY LOST AND LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE FRONT FLOORBOARD, HITTING PAVEMENT AND BOOT BEING PULLED UNDER THE FLOORBOARD/FRAME. BIKE WAS KEPT UP AND STOPPED ON ROADSIDE.  WITH HELP OF COMPANION, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET OFF BIKE. FOOT WAS BRUISED/SWOLLEN BUT NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. AFTER REST AND VISUAL INSPECTION WE CONTINUED TRIP. I HAVE OWNED THIS BIKE FOR 5 YEARS AND IT ALWAYS HAD SOME NEUTRAL ISSUES IN BETWEEN 2-3 GEARS, BUT NEVER RANDOM DOWNSHIFTS. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE CONDITION REPEATED AND GREW WORSE UNTIL IT OCCURRED ANYTIME THE BIKE WAS IN 3RD GEAR. BEING 1500 MILES FROM HOME I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CONTINUE MY TRIP BACK VERY CAREFULLY AVOIDING 3RD GEAR WITH FEAR OF PIECE OF DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION LOCKING UP GEARS    UPON TAKING BIKE TO VICTORY DEALERSHIP, THEY REFUSED TO SERVICE 1999 BIKES DUE TO LACK OF POLARIS CORPORATE SUPPORT. THEY ALSO FIRST INFORMED ME OF THE HISTORY OF PROBLEMS ON 1999 TRANS AND CANCELED RECALLS. I HAVE BEEN THE SOLE REGISTERED OWNER OF THIS BIKE SINCE 6/2007 AND HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION FROM POLARIS ON DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS, SAFETY ISSUES, OR RECALLS.    NOW AFTER MY OWN EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, I SEE THE SAME FAILURE ON MY BIKE IS VERY COMMON ","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/910882"},{"cmplid":"754734","date_received":"2010-01-27","make":"VICTORY","model":"V92 CLASSIC","model_year":2003,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","description":"RODE 90 MILES AND STOPPED FOR A 15 MINUTE BREAK, AFTER RE STARTING OUR RIDE AT THE 1ST REDLIGHT A NOISE STARTED WE COULD NOT IDENTIFY, AT THE THIRD RED LIGHT WHEN I SQUEEZED THE FRONT BRAKE TO STOP ( THE MOTORCYCLE WAS STILL MAKING A LOUD SQUELING NOISE) THE FRONT CALIPER LOCKED UP AND CAUSED US TO WRECK. AFTER THE MOTORCYCLE WAS REPAIRED I REPLACED THE FRONT CALIPER TO PREVENT ANOTHER WRECK. THE OLD CALIPER IS AVAILABLE. IT CLEARLY SHOWS A RIP IN THE RUBBER SEAL THAT GOT STUCK  *CN","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/754734"},{"cmplid":"738655","date_received":"2009-10-07","make":"VICTORY","model":"VISION TOUR","model_year":2008,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE","description":"2008 VICTORY VISION TOUR MOTORCYCLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE POSITION OF THE TIP-OVER PROTECTORS.   *NJ  THE CONSUMER STATED THE POSITION OF THE TIP-OVER PROTECTOR CAN CAUSE THE RIDERS FEET TO BECOME PINNED UNDERNEATH THE BIKE. (LAWYER WROTE IN ON BEHALF OF HIS CLIENT WHO WAS INJURED. *JB  UPDATED 08/05/10*JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/738655"},{"cmplid":"655996","date_received":"2008-02-01","make":"VICTORY","model":"V92C","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION","description":"THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY INTO THIRD GEAR OR WILL JUMP OUT OF THIRD GEAR. THE BIKE WILL JUMP OR LURCH OUT OF CONTROL , LOCKING UP THE BACK TIRE CAUSING THE RIDER TO LOSE CONTROL. SOMETIMES THE BIKE WILL BEGIN BUCKING/JUMPING FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY THIS AGAIN WILL CAUSE THE RIDER TO LOSE CONTROL. THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL/YEAR /MAKE IS WELL DOCUMENTED. THE DEALERS KNOW OF THE PROBLEM, POLARIS KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO RECALL OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS NEEDS TO INTERVENE NOW BEFORE MORE RIDERS AND THE PUBLIC IS HOUR OR KILLED BY THESE MACHINES. THIS IS THE PINTO/CORVAIR OF MOTORCYCLES. I HAVE CONTACTED YOU IN THE PAST AND HAVE CONTACTED POLARIS ON THIS MATTER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THESE BIKES WERE FIRST SOLD. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS DAILY,WEEKLY EVERY TIME YOU RIDE.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/655996"},{"cmplid":"655997","date_received":"2008-02-01","make":"VICTORY","model":"V92C","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:MOTORCYCLE:KICKSTAND/CENTER STAND","description":"THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY INTO THIRD GEAR OR WILL JUMP OUT OF THIRD GEAR. THE BIKE WILL JUMP OR LURCH OUT OF CONTROL , LOCKING UP THE BACK TIRE CAUSING THE RIDER TO LOSE CONTROL. SOMETIMES THE BIKE WILL BEGIN BUCKING/JUMPING FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY THIS AGAIN WILL CAUSE THE RIDER TO LOSE CONTROL. THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL/YEAR /MAKE IS WELL DOCUMENTED. THE DEALERS KNOW OF THE PROBLEM, POLARIS KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO RECALL OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS NEEDS TO INTERVENE NOW BEFORE MORE RIDERS AND THE PUBLIC IS HOUR OR KILLED BY THESE MACHINES. THIS IS THE PINTO/CORVAIR OF MOTORCYCLES. I HAVE CONTACTED YOU IN THE PAST AND HAVE CONTACTED POLARIS ON THIS MATTER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THESE BIKES WERE FIRST SOLD. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS DAILY,WEEKLY EVERY TIME YOU RIDE.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/655997"},{"cmplid":"636173","date_received":"2007-08-27","make":"VICTORY","model":"VEGAS","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TWIST-GO VERONA (NA).  WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, COOLANT BEGAN LEAKING FROM THE FRONT FENDER AND THE RED ENGINE OVERHEATING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLUID BEGAN LEAKING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND HE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO HIS RESIDENCE.  THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS CHEST.  THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY PARKED AT HIS HOME.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 4,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/636173"}]}