Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2011 Victory Kingpin Eight Ball

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Wheels
Filed Jul 24, 201813,000 milesMO

MOVING AT APROX. 70MPH ON A STATE HWY. WHEN THE REAR DRIVE PULLEY CAME LOOSE FROM THE REAR WHEEL CAUSING ALL OF THE BOLTS TO SHEAR OFF RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE. FORTUNATLEY THE BIKE WAS ABLE TO BE STOPPED WITHOUT THE REAR WHEEL LOCKING UP. APPARENTLY THIS HAS BEEN A KNOW ISSUE WITH OTHER VICTORY MOTORCYCLES. ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE SINCE THE INCIDENT. THE PULLEY WAS INSTALLED WITH POWDER COATING ON THE MATING SURFACE. OVER TIME THE POWDER COAT BREAKS DOWN AND CAUSES THE BOLTS TO BECOME LOOSE. MATING SURFACE BETWEEN THE PULLEY AND THE WHEEL SHOULD HAVE BEEN BARE METAL TO METAL. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE WHEEL, PULLEY AND SWING ARM. ALL OF THESE PARTS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2009
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2011 — this page1000Routine
20092000Routine

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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.