Indian Scout

Owners filed 41 complaints across 15 model years of the Indian Scout. The 2001 drew the most (9).

Model years15
Complaints41
Recalls33
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Indian Scout years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Indian Scout model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Indian Scout model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new1
0——Service BrakesRoutine
2025Too new4
1—2Electrical SystemRoutine
20231
0—1Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
20221
1——Service Brakes, Air › Antilock › Abs Warning LightRoutine
20211
1——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20190
3———Routine
20182
2—1Service BrakesRoutine
20170
2———Routine
20166
1——Electrical SystemRoutine
20158
2—2Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20032
4——Exterior Lighting › HeadlightsRoutine
20026
7—1Exterior Lighting › HeadlightsRoutine
20019
7—1Exterior Lighting › HeadlightsRoutine
20000
1———Routine
19990
1———Routine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.