NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Service Query SQ99-022: REAR SPROCKET BOLTS
- No closing date on file
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Service Query SQ99-022 on October 13, 1999; NHTSA's investigations file gives no closing date for it. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1999 Victory V92C for it and links recall 99V-304 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- SQ99-022 (also written SQ99022)
- Investigation type
- Service Query
- Status
- Opened October 13, 1999; no closing date on file
- Opened
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Component
- Power Train
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 99V-304: POLARIS/VICTORY/REAR SPROCKET BOLTS, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 1999 Victory V92C
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Service Query SQ99-022.
POLARIS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN IN JULY 1999 ADDRESSING THE POTENTIAL FOR THE REAR SPROCKET BOLTS TO LOOSEN. A SPROCKET KIT MUST BE INSTALLED ON ALL AFFECTED MOTORCYCLES TO PREVENT LOOSENING OF THE SPROCKETS.THE BULLETIN ALSO STATES THAT IF THE WHEEL OR SPROCKET SURFACE IS DAMAGED THEY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED.POLARIS IS NOTIFING OWNERS TO RETURN TO THE DEALERS FOR NEEDED REPAIRS.THIS INVESTIGATION IS OPENED TO EVALUATE THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM AND DETERMINE THE SAFETY CONSEQUENCE.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Service Query SQ99-022. 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.
Victory
Victory V92C
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 SQ99-022
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.