Vehicle report
Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
VSA-17-01
Victory has determined that some Victory Octane Motorcycles could develop a slow crank or no start situation due to a starter that was potentially manufactured with a defect. This Service Advisory has been released to communicate a process which enables dealers to assist customers and repair qualified motorcycles without requiring pre-authorization from Victory Motorcycles.
VSA-16-01
Victory has determined that some Victory Octane Motorcycles may develop low speed brake noise under light pedal pressure. Victory has developed a brake pad shim kit to correct this condition. The rear brake pad shim kit will install over existing pads that are within pad thickness specification. Pads that are worn beyond service limit will need to be replaced along with the shim kit.
V-16-07-01
Victory engineering has determined that some early Octane speedometers were manufactured using insufficient adhesive under the dial face. As the dial face becomes warm in ambient sunlight, the adhesive may release causing the dial face to rise and contact the needle. Riders may notice the speedometer needle hang up during operation and not return to zero.
V-16-07-02
Victory engineering has determined that some 2017 Octane headlight assemblies were manufactured using a process which could introduce a stress fracture in the headlight lens. In the unlikely event that this occurs, it is possible for the stress fracture to propagate into a U-shaped crack during shipment, as shown in Figure 1.
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.