- Vehicles
- 208
- Built between
- Jan 2000 – Sep 2001
- Models
- 3
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between January 2000 and September 2001. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2000-2001 Independence Custom ExpressBuilt January 2000 to September 2001
- 2001 Independence Freedom ExpressBuilt January 2000 to September 2001
- 2000-2001 Independence Hardtail ExpressBuilt January 2000 to September 2001
What the defect is
Vehicle description: motorcycles. On revtech 6-SPEED transmission assemblies and 6-SPEED gearsets, the 4-6 shift clutch has the potential to fail.
What could happen
As a result, the gearset could become inoperative and could cause severe transmission damage. Such damage can cause vehicle control problems, including locking of the rear wheel, increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE 4-6SHIFT CLUTCH AND SHIFT FORK.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJanuary 2000 to September 2001
- Recall reported to NHTSA21 September 2001
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 21 September 2001.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact global (revtech) at 1-800-815-9762.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- INDEPENDENCE MOTORCYCLE CO.
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.