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[RideApart] - Polaris Announces Recall After Indians Begin Starting Themselves

Polaris Announces Recall After Indians Begin Starting Themselves

Indian Motorcycle forced to issue the recall of 3,300 bikes after reports of the models starting themselves without being prompted to do so

While Polaris has made headlines in recent years for positive reasons, a disproportionate amount of the company’s media coverage has stemmed from an almost comedic number of recalls across most, if not all of its major subsidiaries. The American conglomerate’s most recent recall is a pretty weird one though. More than 3,000 Indian models are being recalled on account of them apparently starting themselves out of the blue. While there’s admittedly an amusing quality to this new recall, it was only one of three announced by Polaris within just a few days which represents a disturbing trend.

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According to the Associated Press, corrosion can occur inside of a bike's starter switch. If the electric key fob is within a close enough vicinity to a bike with a corroded starter switch, the engine will reportedly fire up. Though no injuries have been reported thus far, in the wrong situation—like, say, while working on the bike—this could potentially be pretty hazardous. (That said, this is why we disconnect our batteries while wrenching -JM).

The Indian models affected by the defect include some 3,300 2018 Chief, Chief Classic, Chief Dark Horse, Chief Vintage, Chieftain, Chieftain Classic, Chieftain Dark Horse, Chieftain Elite, Chieftain Limited, Springfield, and Springfield Dark Horse models. As expected, owners of any of the aforementioned models can take their respective machine(s) to their local Indian dealers to have the part(s) and problem(s) fixed free of charge.


Indian's 2018 (from left to right) Chief, Chieftain, and Springfield are all prone to starting themselves (Photo courtesy of Indian Motorcycle)LOTS OF RECALLS, LOTS OF REVENUE: Polaris reports solid sales numbers for 2017

Unfortunately for Polaris, the self-starting bike recall wasn’t the outfit’s only announcement of defective productive that week. There was also a recall of 10,000 Ranger XP ROVs on account of a defective seat belt bracket that reportedly could become dislodged from the chassis, and 5,600 Phoenix 200 ATVs because of a defect stemming from a faulty throttle that reportedly presents an increased risk of crashing—both of which were announced on the very same day.

Polaris’ recall headaches have also been compounded by the company “dragging its feet” when it came time to report a number of defects. In March of 2018, in addition to announcing the recall of more than 100,000 RZR off-road vehicles, Polaris was also slapped with a hefty fine from the Consumer Products Safety Commission—which is almost certainly on a first-name-basis with Polaris reps at this point— for $27.25M for delaying the reporting of a pair of 2016 recalls.

Let's hope Polaris gets their act together and gets this recall situation squared away soon.

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Sources: WFMY News2, The Motley Fool, mLive, Glassdoor, Milwaukee Business Journal

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