# 2013 VICTORY CROSS COUNTRY — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1122658` · 2014-10-22 · POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** VICTORY
- **Model:** CROSS COUNTRY
- **Year:** 2013
- **Manufacturer:** POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 5,250
- **Speed:** 10 mph
## Narrative
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
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