2000 Victory V92SC Sportcruiser

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 ARE SUPPOSED TO SHIFT WHEN WHEN CALLED UPON NOT LEAVE YOU STRANDED IN PTENTIALLY LIFETHREATENING SITUATIONS TRYING TO FIND A GEAR TO GET YOU OUT OF HARMS WAY. VICTORY IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS PROVIDED REPLACEMENT PARTS TO MANY AFFECTED OWNERS, WHILE MAKING THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE PAY FOR LABOR. THEIR DECISION TO PONY UP IS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, BUT THESE VEHICLES ARE RENOWNED FOR THIS ISSUE. WHY AREN'T THEY BEING FORCED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT? *AK

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 TIMES IT HAS DROPPED OUT OF THIRD GEAR INTO 2ND UNEXPECTEDLY,ONCE WHILE GOING AROUND A CORNER CAUSING MY WHEEL TO LOCK UP. I BOUGHT THIS BIKE NEW IN 2003THE PROBLEMS SHOWED UP WITHIN THE FIRST 500 MILES,WHEN I REPORTED THE PROBLEMS TO MY DEALER HE SAID ITS ME NOT THE BIKE,WHICH I FIND STRANGE BECAUSE MY 23 YEAR OLD KAWASAKI NEVER MISSHIFTS OR DROPS GEARS.*AK

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 EVERY ONCE EVERY 50 TO 100 MILES. TO THIS DATE IT HAS NOT CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, BUT I BELIEVE IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE MAKER OF THE MOTORCYCLE. I HAVE RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE EARLY (1999-2001) MODEL VICTORY MOTORCYCLES HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM USUALLY PROGRESSES UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION FAILS COMPLETELY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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 IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I FILLED A DATE IN ONLY BECAUSE YOUR FORM REQUIRED IT, THIS PROBLEM IS ONGOING SO NO DATE CAN BE GIVEN.*AK

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 SHIFTS VERY HARD AND LOUD. THE DEALER SAID THAT THIS IS TYPICAL, AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE UNTIL IT COMPLETELY FAILS. I BOUGHT THE MOTORYCLE NEW IN MAY 2003 HENCE THE DATES. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEND WAS ABOUT A WEEK AFTER OWNING IT.*AK

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 UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH OUT DISMANTELLING THE TRANSMISSION AT MY POSSIBLE COST AND IF AN INDEPENDENT PARTY (A WARRANTY REP) FINDS A PROBLEM, THEN POSSIBLY, THEY WILL REPAIR IT.