THE CONSUMER WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. THE CONSUMER ISN'T SURE IF IT'S A TIRE PROBLEM OR THE TRANSMISSION. THE MOTORCYCLE IS BOSS HOSS YEAR 1999. *NM EACH TIME TIRE WOULD BEGIN TO VIBRATE, CONSUMER HAD TO ACCELERATE THE MOTORCYCLE TO MAKE IT STABLE. SINCE THE VIBRATION BECAME SEVERE, THE CONSUMER WASN'T ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH PROCEEDED TO BOUNCE FRONT OVER REAR FOR ABOUT 312 FEET. THE CONSUMER THEN SLID ABOUT 208 FEET ON THE PAVED ROAD. CONSUMER SUFFERED A SEPARATED COLLAR BONE, BROKEN FINGERS, CUTS, AND MAJOR ROAD RASH. MOTORCYCLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A 350 V8 ENGINE, AND THE REAR TIRE WAS A V RATED CAR TIRE WITH SQUARE EDGES. BOSS HOSS REPLACED TIRE WITH A VERY LARGE TIRE WITH ROUNDED EDGES. CONSUMER FELT THAT THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION WAS THE TIRE WITH A SQUARE EDGE. *LA FIREHAWK PV-40 *SC *JB
1999 Boss Hoss Motorcycle
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsTiresCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 1, 200420,000 milesWA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.