2009 Victory Vision Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 2009 Victory Vision. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 12 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
3
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
1
EQUIPMENT
1
SERVICE BRAKES
1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1
STEERING
1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1
Total complaints12

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“I brought vehicle in for 30k service on 01/20/17. The tech found that the gas tank was energized by electricity. Upon diagnosis they found the sharp seam on the bottom of the tank cut through the main wiring harness insulation to the bare wires energizing the tank and creating a potential fire…”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · reported 2017-01-20

“Photos to add to nhtsa id# 10948113”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · reported 2017-01-20

“I am writing to formally file a complaint. No incident has happened to me yet. But there is a whole lot of victory vision riders who have had a failure of the front fender cracking and wedging behind their front wheel causing steering failure. All of the vision riders are ultimately concerned and…”

STEERING · reported 2013-08-28

“I am writing to formally file a complaint. No incident has happened to me yet. But there is a whole lot of victory vision riders who have had a failure of the front fender cracking and wedging behind their front wheel causing steering failure. All of the vision riders are ultimately concerned and…”

EQUIPMENT · reported 2013-08-28

“Brought bike out of winter storage, rear brake pedal goes to floor and doesn't stop bike. Spoke to dealer, said not covered under extended warranty and brakes needed bleeding. Bled brakes and they worked fine for 1 month, then pedal went to floor again. Bled brakes and they worked again for about…”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2012-03-08

“Tl* the contact owns a 2009 victory vision. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the motorcycle failed to respond to deceleration attempts. The motorcycle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the brake lines were bled. The motorcycle was repaired but the failure recurred. The contact…”

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC · reported 2011-05-16

“2009 victory vision tour. Consumer states motorcycle will not slow down below 1500 rpm *tgw the ecu was reprogrammed and the battery was replaced. However, the consumer continued to experience the high idling . The mechanic was unable to find any abnormal readings. *jb”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · reported 2010-06-28

“2009 victory vision tour. Consumer states motorcycle will not slow down below 1500 rpm *tgw the ecu was reprogrammed and the battery was replaced. However, the consumer continued to experience the high idling . The mechanic was unable to find any abnormal readings. *jb”

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING · reported 2010-06-28

Defect investigations

Investigation PE14006 Opened 2014-03-10 · closed 2015-05-22

Motorcycle steering lockup

This Preliminary Evaluation (PE14006) was opened after NHTSA became aware of alleged steering lockup involving Victory Vision motorcycles built by Polaris Industries, Inc. (Polaris).This issue has been the subject of numerous online forum posts by the filer of VOQ 10534733.Both the VOQs and forum posts (from all…

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2009 Victory Vision as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.