NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Recall Query RQ10-002: Motorcycle Stalling
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ10-002 on January 27, 2010 and closed it on May 10, 2010. NHTSA's investigations file lists 6 Big Dog models for it and links recall 10V-180 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- RQ10-002 (also written RQ10002)
- Investigation type
- Recall Query An investigation into whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or whether its remedy works, run much like a Preliminary Evaluation.
- Status
- Closed May 10, 2010
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Big Dog Motorcycles, LLC
- Component
- Electrical System — Wiring
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 10V-180: LOOSE CONNECTION/ ELECTRONIC HARNESS CONTROLLER, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 6 Big Dog models, including the Boxer and Bulldog
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Recall Query RQ10-002.
This RQ was opened based on seemingly related owner complaints involving motorcycles outside the scope of 06V-301.
During the course of subsequent discussions with the company, we learned that the earlier model year Big Dogs had a problem with the electronic harness control module connector that they'd previously addressed with a TSB.Since the TSB addressed a safety-related issue (stalling), Big Dog agreed to recall the motorcycles subject to the TSB (10V-180).
With that decision, ODI agreed to waive requiring a response to its information request and is now closing this RQ.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ10-002. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
What an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for RQ10-002
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.