2014 Polaris Sportsman 850XP problems

NHTSA lists 2 complaints for the 2014 Polaris Sportsman 850XP, 1 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 1 complaints mention an injury, with 1 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-09.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as POLARIS SPORTSMAN 850XP.

At a glance

Complaints: 2
With crash: 1
With fire: 0
With injury (complaints): 1
Injuries: 1
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: 1

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
System	Complaints	Share of this vehicle's complaints
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	1	50.0%
SEATS	1	50.0%
SERVICE BRAKES	1	50.0%

Top subsystems
System	Subsystem	Complaints

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.

Failure modes
Label	Count	Share of tagged	Mean confidence
fire or overheating	1	50.0%	1.00
loss of control	1	50.0%	0.68

Severities
Label	Count	Share of tagged	Mean confidence
moderate	2	100.0%	0.75

Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 2 tagged complaints of 2 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

1 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
System	Count
EQUIPMENT	1

10179060

Date: 2016-08-16. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.

A STOP RIDE MEANS THE CONSUMER MUST NOT OPERATE THEIR VEHICLE UNTIL THE REPAIR IS COMPLETE. We have been made aware that some dealers are incorrectly communicating the importance of STOP RIDE communications.

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

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model label	Complaints
SPORTSMAN 850XP	2

Same model, other years

2009 Sportsman 850XP: 2 complaints
2010 Sportsman 850XP: 2 complaints
2011 Sportsman 850XP: 1 complaints
2013 Sportsman 850XP: 1 complaints
2014 Sportsman 850XP (current year): 2 complaints
2016 Sportsman 850XP: 1 complaints

All model years | All Polaris models

Other Polaris models, 2014

RZR XP: 1 complaints

Sources

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