2003 Independence Freedom Express

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline › storage › tank assembly. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly1
000
Exterior Lighting › Brake Lights1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Exterior Lighting › Brake Lights
Filed May 27, 20051,870 milesCA

RIGHT SIDE MOUNT LED LICENSE PLATE/BRAKE LIGHT. MOUNT CRACKED DUE TO VIBRATION? WIRES WERE ATTACHED TO PLATE, WAS FLYING BEHIND ME ON BIKE. BROKE FREE, CARS BEHIND ME TO SWERVED TO AVOID LICENSE PLATE MOUNT (2 LBS) ALSO COULD OF GOT STUCK IN MY REAR WHEEL CAUSING ME TO CRASH. BILDER OF BIKE HUNGUP ON ME WHEN ASK FOR A FIX TO THE PROBLEM. (ROSEMARY TUSEN)

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Dec 20, 2004MI

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK.......THE GAS TANK IS A HAZARD ON THIS MOTORCYCLE, AND THE COMPANY IS LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE. THE GAS TANK HAS A SMALL HOLE WHICH LEAKS FLUID AND COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2004
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20043000Routine
2003 — this page2000Routine
20011100Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.