BIG DOG recall query RQ10002
Motorcycle Stalling. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this recall query about the wiring on 6 model years (2004). Opened Jan 27, 2010, closed May 10, 2010 after 3 months. It concerns recall 10V180000. closed
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedThis 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.
A Recall Query is a look at a recall that already exists — whether its remedy works, whether it reached every vehicle it should have, whether the manufacturer met its obligations. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the resumes carrying the full reasoning are linked below.
The paperwork NHTSA filed
Source: every document on this action, at nhtsa.gov- Opening resume — ODI’s own summary of why it opened this — the subject, what prompted it, and the vehicles in scope.
- Closing resume — ODI’s own summary of why it closed this, and what it concluded.
| Document | Code | Filed | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening resume | INOA | 2010 | |
| Closing resume | INCLA | 2010 | |
| Information request to the manufacturer | INIM | 2010 |
These are NHTSA’s own files, served from the agency’s site — the resumes are what ODI wrote when it opened and closed the action, and the rest is the correspondence behind them, including what the manufacturer sent when the agency asked. They are linked, not copied: where a document names the people who wrote in, that redaction is the agency’s to make and its copy is the one you should read.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one is closed. A recall query ends with NHTSA’s finding on the recall it examined — the remedy stands, is widened, or a new campaign follows; the file names the recall it concerned and NHTSA’s closing resume carries the reasoning.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2004 BIG DOG Boxer; 2004 BIG DOG Bulldog; 2004 BIG DOG Chopper; 2004 BIG DOG Mastiff; 2004 BIG DOG Pitbull; 2004 BIG DOG Ridgeback.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs RQ10002 a recall?
No — it is NHTSA’s examination of recall 10V180000, which has its own page and remedy.
Is RQ10002 still open?
No. It closed on May 10, 2010 with its finding on recall 10V180000.
Which vehicles does RQ10002 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 6 model years: 2004 BIG DOG Boxer, 2004 BIG DOG Bulldog, 2004 BIG DOG Chopper, 2004 BIG DOG Mastiff, 2004 BIG DOG Pitbull, 2004 BIG DOG Ridgeback. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.