1999 California Motorcycle

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine99V254000
Filed Sep 17, 19991,052 vehiclesCalifornia Motorcycle Co.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES. THE REAR BELT DRIVE PULLEY ON THESE MOTORCYCLES MAY BE DEFECTIVE. THE PULLEY COULD SEPARATE.

Risk. THIS COULD CAUSE A POWER FAILURE TO THE REAR WHEEL AND MAY ALSO CAUSE THE REAR WHEEL TO "LOCK UP" WHILE IN OPERATION.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PULLEY.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 21, 1999NC

WHILE RIDING ON THE ROAD MOTORCYCLE'S ENGINE CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO ENGINE SKIPPED, AS IF ABOUT TO CUT OFF. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE IGNITION SYSTEM AND A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS. *AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1999 — this page1100Routine
19980100Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Sep 17, 1999. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.