2000 VICTORY V92SC SPORTCRUISER Problems & Recalls

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 VICTORY V92SC SPORTCRUISER MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH AND SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR HE HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE MOTORCYCLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. BEFORE THE CONTACT TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT HIS VIN WAS RELATED TO N...

Mileage: 3,410

I HAVE A 2000 VICTORY V92SC AND IT HAS 1510 MILES ON IT AND WHEN I SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD IT WILL SHIFT FINE BUT AT HIGHER RPMS IT WILL SLIP OUT, IF I TRY TO SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD OR DOWN FROM 4TH TO 3RD AT HIGH RPMS IT WILL NOT GO IN AT ALL AND THIS CAUSES ME TO NOT HAVE A GEAR WHEN CALLED FOR. I FE...

Mileage: 1,510

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 VICTORY V92SC SPORTCRUISER. WHILE RIDING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHEN HE WOULD CHANGE GEARS, THE VEHICLE WOULD DROP FROM THIRD TO SECOND AND THEN TO FOURTH GEAR. THE NEUTRAL INDICATOR WOULD ILLUMINATE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE IN GEAR. THE FAI...

Mileage: 18,000

I OWN A 2000 VICTORY SPORT CRUISER AND ONE WEEK AGO I WAS ALMOST IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO MY 3RD GEAR FAILING I COULD NOT ACCELERATE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF A CAR THAT DID NOT SEE ME THERE WAS A CAR BEHIND ME SO I COULD NOT STOP EITHER I ENDED UP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD LUCKY NOT HAVE CRASH...

Mileage: 18,000

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 VICTORY SPORT CRUISER. HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN NOVEMBER (RECALL #06V303000). THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE DEALER ON APRIL 11 2007 AND WERE ADVISED THAT THE MANUFACTURER THAT WOULD NOT DELIVER THE PARTS UNTIL JUNE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THIS IS TOO LONG TO WAIT FOR ...

Mileage: 11,000

ON MY 2000 VICTORY SPORT CRUISER BUILT BY POLARIS INDUSTRIES, I HAD A COUNTER BALANCE SHAFT COMPLETELY STRIP OUT EFFECTING THE PRIMARY DRIVE SPROCKET RENDERING THE TRANSMISSION USELESS.THE MOTORCYCLE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 7,500 MILES UNDER MILD TO NORMAL HIGHWAY USE. DEALER IS LOOKING INTO TRANSMI...

Mileage: 7,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND LETTING OFF OF THE GAS THE TRANSMISSION KNOCKED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BELOW 40 MPH AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT KNOCK. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED HOWEVER THE MAIN TECHNICIAN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THERE WERE COMPLAINTS OF THE S...

Mileage: 9,629

PURCHASED BIKE ON 4/21/06 WITH 2000 MILES ON IT. SINCE THEN I HAVE PUT 1485 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING MORE DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. IT SOMETIMES TAKES A DOUBLE SHIFT TO GET IT INTO 3RD GEAR ALL THE WAY. THIS ALSO HAPPENS FROM 4TH TO 5TH GEARS. SHIFTING I...

Mileage: 3,485

THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP IN AND OUT OF GEAR WHEN RIDING ALSO IT LOCKS UP WHEN RIDING AND WILL SKID OUT OF CONTROL NOW I AM AFRAID TO RIDE MOTORCYCLE FOR FEAR OF A CRASH. *NM

Mileage: 800

YEAR 2000 VICTORY V92SC MOTORCYCLE WITH 5000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD A HISTORY "FALSE" NEUTRALS AND IT HAS JUST DOWNSHIFTED ON ITS OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME. *NM

Mileage: 5,008

SPROCKET TO DRIVE BELT CRACKED CAUSING THE DRIVE BELT ON THE MOTORCYCLE TO DISENGAGE. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS EVENT TO OCCUR WHILE TRAVELLING ON A MOTORCYCLE.

Mileage: 25,600

2000 VICTORY SPORTCRUISER: I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. SYMPTOMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: A) FALSE NEUTRAL BETWEEN 2 AND 3 GEAR - THIS OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY IN BOTH UP-SHIFTS AND DOWN-SHIFTS. THE CONDITION GETS MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN THE BIKE IS WARMED UP. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT LOW RPM SHIFTS (3...

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 VICTORY V92SC IS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AND GOING INTO FALSE NEUTRALS. I FEAR IT MAY LOCK UP LIKE OTHERS MAKING A CRASH INEVITABLE.

Mileage: 5,000

REPEATED FALSE NEUTRALS WHEN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION. ALSO OCCURING LESS FREQUENTLY, DROPPING OUT OF GEAR WHEN PRESSURE IS RELIEVED FROM DRIVETRAIN. THE FALSE NEUTRALS OCCUR BETWEEN THE 2-3 GEAR SHIFT. WHEN THEY OCCUR THERE IS NO INDICATION OF BEING IN A NEUTRAL SELECTOR POSITION (IE: NEUTRAL LIGH...

Mileage: 12,200

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 NEU...

1 NORMAL RIDING. DEALER SERVICED VEHICLE. 2 SPUN REAR WHEEL BEARING, WHEEL DAMAGE. POTENTIAL LOCK UP OF REAR WHEEL AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF MOTORCYCLE. INJURY AND DEATH OF RIDER AND PASSENGER. 3 I WILL HAVE TO FIND A REAR WHEEL. VEHICLE PURCHASED IN 2000. PER THE DEALER THE REAR WHEEL WAS OBSOLETE. ...

Mileage: 22,000

1 NORMAL RIDING. DEALER SERVICED VEHICLE. 2 SPUN REAR WHEEL BEARING, WHEEL DAMAGE. POTENTIAL LOCK UP OF REAR WHEEL AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF MOTORCYCLE. INJURY AND DEATH OF RIDER AND PASSENGER. 3 I WILL HAVE TO FIND A REAR WHEEL. VEHICLE PURCHASED IN 2000. PER THE DEALER THE REAR WHEEL WAS OBSOLETE. ...

Mileage: 22,000

MY 2000 VICTORY 92 SC SPORT CRUISER WITH 10,000 MILES SOMETIME GET IN TO FALSE NEUTRAL WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, IT GETTTING PROGRESSIVELY WORST AND CAN BE DANGEROUS AND CAUSING ACCIDENT. PLEASE OPEN AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH THE POLARIS MANUFACTORY. I CAN BE CONTA...

Mileage: 7,700

POOR TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE. WORST TRANSMISSION I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN OVER THIRTY YEARS OF RIDING MOTORCYCLES. INVOLUNTARY DOWNSHIFT ON OCCASION. *JB

Mileage: 10,500

MY SC HAS ALWAYS SHIFTED A LITTLE HARD AND LOUD. BUT AFTER DURING A 1200 MILE TRIP IN FLA. THIS YEAR FROM BIKEWEEK THINGS STARTED GETTING WORSE. TRANNY SEEMS TO MISS SHIFT AND HIT NUETRALFOR NO REASON. AND SHIFTING HAS GOTTEN HARD AND MUCH LOUDER.NOT SURE IF I WANT TO RIDE IT, I AM CONCERNED THIS C...

Mileage: 4,000

I HAVE A 2000 VICTORY MOTORCYCLE. SOME TIMES IT LIKES TO DOWNSHIFT BY ITSELF. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 MODEL POLARIS VICTORY MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, ESPECIALLY FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, OFTEN GOING INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL AND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RACE. IT WILL OFTEN HANG UP IN GEAR WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF 3R...

I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2000 VICTORY V92SC FOR ABOUT AS LONG AS I HAVE HAD IT (THAT IS 2.5 YEARS). THE BIKE ONLY HAS 9000 MILES ON IT AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. SOMETIMES THE BIKE WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR AND SOMETIMES IT WILL "POP" OUT OF GEAR. I HAVE GONE TO MY LOC...

Mileage: 1,000

TRANSMISSON WILL DROP FROM 4TH GEAR TO 3RD GEAR WITH OUT NOTACE TRASMISSION WILL NOT STAY IN GEAR SOME TIMES WITH OUT HOLDING FOOT UMDER SHIFT LEVER AT TIMES.*AK

Mileage: 3,800

MY BOYFRIEND WAS RIDING MY VICTORY 2000SC AND EXPERIENCED A FAILURE FROM 4TH GEAR INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL TEMPORARILY AND THEN POPPING BACK INTO THIRD ON ITS OWN. HE WAS IN A CORNERING POSITION AT THE TIME AND IF WEREN'T FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE HE WOULD HAVE WRECKED. IF I HAD BEEN RIDING IT ...

Mileage: 35,000

I OWN A 2000 VICTORY V92SC MOTORCYCLE. THE TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR FREQUENTLY BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. IN ADDITION, THE BIKE HAS DOWN SHIFTED FROM 3RD TO 2ND ON 2 RECENT OCCASIONS. THE SCARE INCIDENT WAS WHEN I WAS PULLING ON TO THE EXPRESSWAY LAST WEEK. AS I ACCELERATED IN 3RD GEAR, I WAS GE...

Mileage: 9,450

MY 2000 POLARIS VICTORY SPORTCRUISER TRANSMISSION OCCASIONALLY POPS OUT OF GEAR, MISSES A GEAR OR GIVES ME A FALSE NEUTRAL. THIS PRESENTS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN DOWNSHIFTING ON HIGHWAYS. MY KICKSTAND HAS ALSO BEEN BENT. IT WAS RECALLED, BUT NOT FIXED.*AK

Mileage: 15,000

AT LEAST ONCE IN EVERY 17MILE COMMUTE A FALSE NEUTRAL IS FOUND IN CHANGING GEARS. THE GEAR SHIFT WILL GIVE AN AUDIBLE CLICK, BUT THEN NO GEAR WILL HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ENGAGED (OR THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR) WHEN THE CLUTCH LEVER IS RELEASED.*AK DANGER LIES THAT TRANSMISSION MAY NOT OPERATE ...

Mileage: 7,000

I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF FALSE NUETRALS, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING FROM 4TH TO 3RD, 3RD TO 2ND. WHICH HAS CAUSED A LOT OF CLOSE CALLS IN TRAFFIC, THAT HAS MADE ME TO QUIT RIDING UNTIL I CAN GET IT FIXED, AS I NORMALLY RIDE TWO UP, I HAVE MORE THAN MY OWN HEALTH TO CONSIDER. MY DEALER HAS TOLD ME THIS IS ...

Mileage: 10,000

DRIVING ON A ON RAMP ACCELERATING TO CATCH UP WITH TRAFFIC AND SHIFTED FROM 2ND TO 3RD AND IT POPPED OUT OF 3RD TO A FALSE NEUTRAL WHEN MERGING ON A CAR CAME FROM BEHIND QUICKLY DUE TO MY SUDDEN DECELERATION... BROUGHT IT T VICTORY DEALER THEY WENT TO POLARIS HEAD OFFICE AND THEY DECIDED BY LOOKING ...

Mileage: 6,800

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, CREATES FALSE NEUTRAL BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR, ALSO FALLS BACK OUT OF GEAR WHICH CAUSES OVER REVING OF MOTOR THAT COULD LEAD TO ENGINE FAILURE

Mileage: 4,850

WHEN ACCELLERATING UP THROUGH GEARS, SOMETIMES WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, TRANSMISSION HANGS IN NEUTRAL, LIKE SHIFT WAS MISSED. ON RE-SHIFTING IT GOES INTO 3RD. THIS IS QUITE UNNERVING, ESPECIALLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, AND COULD EASILY CAUSE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

Mileage: 1,500

I HAVE A 2000 VICTORY MOTORCYCLE WITH A TRANSMISSION DEFECT. IT OFTEN SLPS OUT OF GEAR OR INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL WHEN SHIFTING. THIS IS MERELY FRUSTRATING WHEN OUT ON COUNTRY ROADS, BUT NERVE WRACKING WHEN IN TRAFFIC. I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE ME OR MY SPOUSE TO BE INJURED. MOTORCYCLES...

Mileage: 3,500

I OWN 2000 POLARIS VICTORY V92SC THAT HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, OFTEN WHILE SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO THIRD GEAR IT HITS A FALSE NUETRAL CAUSING THE MOTOR TO REV HIGH RPMS ,THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC CAUSUNG SOME NEAR MISS REARENDERS, . A FEW TI...

Mileage: 359

I HAVE A 2000 VICTORY SC THAT DOWN SHIFTS FROM 3RD TO 2ND GEAR WITH NO WARNING!! THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT THE 3RD TIME. I HAVE PARKED THE BIKE UNTIL THE IS FIXED.*AK

Mileage: 3,700

TRANSMISSION HAS FALSE NEUTRAL BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD. OCCASIONALLY DROPS FROM 3RD TO 2ND GEAR OR POPS OUT OF GEAR. THIS HAS CAUSED DRASTIC DECREASES OF SPEED IN TRAFFIC SITUATIONS AND A LACK OF CONTROLLABILITY WHICH CAN LEAD TO A CRASH. *AK

Mileage: 120

HELLO. MY NAME IS [XXX] I OWN A 2000 VICTORY SPORT CRUISER MOTORCYCLE MADE BY POLARIS. SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE MOTORCYCLE IT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH SLIPPING INTO FALSE NEUTRAL BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS AND SOMETIMES SPONTANEOUSLY DROPPING DOWN FROM 3RD TO 2ND. THIS DOES NOT OCCUR ALL THE TIME. MAYBE E...

Mileage: 4,300

I, LIKE MANY OTHER VICTORY MOTORCYCLE OWNERS ARE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. OMETIMES THEY SHIFT AND SOMETIMES THEY DONT. MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTS POORLY BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD AND 3RD AND 4TH GEARS. THE BIKE HAS 9,100 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. DEARLER SAYS THERE ...

OCCASIONALLY THE TRANSMISION ON MY SPORT CRUISER WILL MISS A GEAR WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. IT STICKS WHEN DOWN SHIFTING THROUGH SECOND GEAR, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO FIND NEUTRAL. ON OCCASION IT WILL SHOW THAT IT IS IN NEUTRAL WHEN THE TRANSMISSION ISN'T. OVERALL THE TRANSMISSION SH...

Mileage: 50

TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF 3RD GEAR WHEN SHIFTING UP OR DOWN THROUGH THE GEARS.THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN IN TRAFFIC AS THE TRANSMISION EITHER GOES INTO NEUTRAL OR DOWN TO 2ND GEAR.THE MANY DEALERS I HAVE SPOKEN TO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ADMIT THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT IT BUT WILL NOT REPAIR IT UN...

Mileage: 16,000

MANY FALSE NEUTRALS ON UP SHIFTING. PARTICULARLY BETWEEN 3-4 GEAR SHIFT. NO NEUTRAL LIGHT WHEN THIS OCCURS. IT HAS POPPED OUT OF GEAR TWICE, WHEN IN 4TH GEAR AND POWER IS SUDDENLY BACKED OFF. THE DATE SELECTED ON THIS FORM IS THE LAST TIME IT HAS OCCURRED. *LA

TRANSMISION PROBLEMS WITH MY POLARIS VICTORY V92SC MOTORCYCLE. GETTING FALSE NEUTRALS AND THE TRANSMI DOWNSHIFTS BY ITSELF. SHIFT FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR AND THE TRANSMISION WILL AT TIMES DOWN SHIFT BACK TO 2ND GEAR WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THIS IS OR COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. LOSS OF VEHICL...

Mileage: 3,000

AFTER RECALL FOR FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT THE SYMPTOMS FOR WHICH THE RECALL WAS REQUIRED NOW HAVE MADE THE VEHICLE DO EXACTLY WHAT THE RECALL WAS MADE FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE. I DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE THIS WORK WAS DONE. *AK

Mileage: 10,000

I HAVE A 2000 MODEL POLARIS VICTORY MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, ESPECIALLY FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, OFTEN GOING INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL AND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RACE. IT WILL OFTEN HANG UP IN GEAR WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. THIS CREATES A VERY DANGER...

Mileage: 2,500

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL REGARDING THE FUEL PUMP ON NOVEMBER 23,2002. THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER. THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR REPAIRS THE DEALER INDICATED THAT NOT PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS THE PART HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE. THE DEALER...

HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON MY 2000 VICTORY SC MOTORCYCLE WITH ONLY 1200 MILES. DEALER REFUSES TO ASSIST AND POLARIS WILL NOT ADMIT TO FAULTY DESIGN. SYMPTOMS BEGAN WITH ONLY 500 MILES ON TRANSMISSIONS. *JB

Mileage: 500

VICTORY MOTORCYCLE 2000 MODEL 92SC - KICK STAND SPRING BROKE CAUSING KICK STAND TO COME DOWN AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE SPRING ON THE KICK STAND HAS BROKEN. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS AND LIFE THREATENING OCCURRENCE.*JB

Mileage: 4,050

THE TRANSMISSION DROPS FROM 4TH TO 3RD, OR 3RD TO 2ND, WHILE DRIVING, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE DEALER HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND TOLD ME UNLESS THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY BREAKS DOWN, IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SCC ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02...