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2022 POLARIS SLINGSHOT — WHEELS

2 injured · 1933176 · 2023-10-04

Vehicle

Make
POLARIS
Model
SLINGSHOT
Year
2022
Manufacturer
Polaris Industries Inc.
Component
WHEELS
Speed
55 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

Your Complaint Number: NHTSA 11538188 I was involved in a biker run on 8/12/2023 in my 2022 Polaris Slingshot. When the event was over numerous people brought a dangerous problem to my attention. Polaris must have decided for profit reasons to eliminate the rear fender that covers the tire and I unknowingly was shooting gravel-like bullets at everybody behind me and hitting people causing dangerous incidents. I apologized but I was told not to enter these events as I also could be breaking car windshields as well as endangering all the bikers in the event. Polaris needs to recall all their Slingshots without fenders before tragedy strikes and takes out somebodies eye or causes a wreck and kills somebody. Please address this asap as it's an extremely serious problem.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11548249
Machine
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