11015422
Date: 2025-02-13. Type: Other. Systems: SERVICE BRAKES.
This Indian Motorcycle help center article provides information regarding brake inspection and maintenance regarding 2014+ Indian Chieftain motorcycles.
2020 Indian Chieftain Dark Horse problems
NHTSA lists 1 complaints for the 2020 Indian Chieftain Dark Horse, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-10.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as INDIAN CHIEFTAIN DARK HORSE.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1
- With crash
- 0
- With fire
- 0
- With injury (complaints)
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
- Recalls
- 0
- Do not drive recalls
- 0
- Park outside recalls
- 0
- Recall potential units (maximum)
- Unavailable
- Investigations
- 0
- Open investigations
- 0
- Manufacturer communications
- 9
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
| System | Complaints | Share of this vehicle's complaints |
|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | 1 | 100.0% |
| System | Subsystem | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | DELIVERY | 1 |
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Model-generated complaint tags
These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.
| Label | Count | Share of tagged | Mean confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| loss of control | 1 | 100.0% | 0.79 |
| Label | Count | Share of tagged | Mean confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| moderate | 1 | 100.0% | 0.89 |
Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 1 tagged complaints of 1 complaints (100.0%).
Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.
Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.
Recalls
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0 recalls.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
9 manufacturer communications.
| System | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 5 |
| EQUIPMENT | 3 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 2 |
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 1 |
10244725
Date: 2023-10-26. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT.
Some RIDE COMMAND 7" displays may experience a blank screen, blackout, or the impression that it won't turn on, leading to display replacement.
10240519
Date: 2023-07-27. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Indian Motorcycle has developed a new power windshield motor which is now used on some MY23 Indian Motorcycles. In an effort to deliver consistent quality, Indian Motorcycle has released this Service Advisory to address worn power windshield motor bushings on some MY20-MY23 Indian Motorcycles.
10222459
Date: 2022-09-22. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
Indian Motorcycles is releasing a guide to aid in misfire diagnosis on heavyweight air and liquid cooled motorcycles. This Team Tip provides additional details on the systems and components that may contribute to misfire or runabillity concern, along with how to repair them.
10209965
Date: 2022-03-22. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Indian Motorcycle identified that on Indian Scout Models there is a potential for damage to occur to electrical hardware or the vehicle harness if the battery ground cable and ground joint is not connected properly. Damage can occur during procedures that require the battery cable to be disconnected
10208642
Date: 2022-02-14. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT.
Best practices for gauges, speedometers, and tachometers providing information regarding how to clean and maintain. The version has been translated into French.
10205934
Date: 2021-12-07. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.
Indian General Ride Command Diagnosis
10203785
Date: 2021-11-24. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
Polaris has identified an issue with a population of the 2881779-156 and 2881779-521 Air Intake Kits.
10202773
Date: 2021-10-04. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING.
We have had a few cases for the light setting not changing on Ride Commands when they were in the auto settings. In some of those cases it was determined the operator did not realize there was an auto setting for brightness and a second auto setting for Day/Night modes
Notes on this record
- Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
- System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
- Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
- A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.
Other names NHTSA uses
None listed.
Matched NHTSA models
| NHTSA model label | Complaints |
|---|---|
| CHIEFTAIN DARK HORSE | 1 |
Same model, other years
- 2016 Chieftain Dark Horse: 0 complaints
- 2017 Chieftain Dark Horse: 0 complaints
- 2018 Chieftain Dark Horse: 3 complaints
- 2019 Chieftain Dark Horse: 3 complaints
- 2020 Chieftain Dark Horse (current year): 1 complaints
- 2021 Chieftain Dark Horse: 0 complaints
- 2022 Chieftain Dark Horse: 0 complaints
- 2023 Chieftain Dark Horse: 0 complaints
- 2024 Chieftain Dark Horse: 0 complaints
Other Indian models, 2020
- Challenger: 2 complaints
- Scout Bobber: 2 complaints
- Challenger Dark Horse: 1 complaints
- Challenger Elite: 0 complaints
- Challenger Limited: 0 complaints
- Chief: 0 complaints
- Chief Classic: 0 complaints
- Chief Vintage: 0 complaints
Sources
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