Consumer Complaint Detail
VICTORY / V92SC SPORTCRUISER / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005016644 | Incident Date: Mar, 14 2005 |
| Consumer's City: COLORADO SPRINGS | Consumer's State: CO |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Model Name: V92SC SPORTCRUISER | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5VPCS15L1Y3 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 21 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 2 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I would like to report what i believe is a defective transmission on my victory motorcycle. i own a 2000 victory sport cruiser made by polaris. the motorcycle has roughly 5000 miles on the odometer. i have been experiencing several problems: 1. with increasing frequency the bike will go into neutral when upshifting from 2cd - 3rd gear causing the engine to race. i would estimate that this has occurred 3-4 times in the last 3 months of only occasional riding. it was happening less frequently before that. 2. on two occasions, when attempting to upshift from 3-4th the engine has dropped into 2cd causing a mild skid in loose gravel, could have been worse. 3. i talked to my local victory dealer maintenance guy and he told me that other owners of the same year bikes have reported the same problems. he also mentioned that if the transmission starts to make a "grinding gravel" noise, especially in a leaning position that this may indicate a worsening problem. as predicted my bike has started to produce this noise. even (and especially) when the bike is coasting or mildly accelerating. this is a different noise than simply a loud whining noise that victory bikes are known to have. it is more rough and irregular like grinding marbles or gravel. it seems to get worse after the bike has been ridden for a while. anyway, he felt it may present an unsafe situation and recommended upgrading to at least a 2003 transmission but polaris has no current offer to cover this and the exchange would be prohibitively costly. my local dealer is rocky mountain motorsports, colorado springs, co. *jb |