The 2012 Victory Vision has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 6,618 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the steering. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
EQUIPMENT12V4570002012-09-186,618 affected
Defect
Polaris is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Victory motorcycles manufactured from January 3, 2012, through August 15, 2012. A torqueing procedure may have been missed on some throttle cable retention nuts. On certain motorcycles, the throttle cable retention nuts for either the pull or push throttle cable may…
Consequence
If the torqueing is missed and the retention nuts are loose, the retention nuts closest to the throttle body can become dislodged and interfere with the throttle function, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Victory will notify owners and dealers will correctly torque the fasteners free of charge. The safety recall began on October 4, 2012. Owners may contact Victory consumer service department by calling 1-888-704-5290.
Complaints by component
STEERING
3
STRUCTURE:BODY
2
WHEELS
1
Total complaints6
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Tl* the contact owns a 2012 victory vision tour. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph, an abnormal noise emitted from the front of the vehicle. The contact stated the fender had detached, the bolt fell out and the plastic on the mud flaps fractured. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer.…”
“The rear half of the victory vision fender is plastic. The mounting points on my fender cracked. This is a very dangerous situation as the fender blows up into the fairing preventing the rider from steering or controlling the motorcycle. This has happened to a number of vision riders already and…”
“The rear half of the victory vision fender is plastic. The mounting points on my fender cracked. This is a very dangerous situation as the fender blows up into the fairing preventing the rider from steering or controlling the motorcycle. This has happened to a number of vision riders already and…”
“Bolt holes attaching rear section of front fender cracked. *js”
“Bolt holes attaching rear section of front fender cracked. *js”
“I'm not exactly sure when the fender broke but I found it giving the bike a full once over just before a 2500 mile road trip. It appears that there are only two bolts that hold the back half of the fender secure to the forks. They crack out the cheap composite plastic that the fender is…”
Defect investigations
InvestigationPE14006 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…
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2012 Victory Vision as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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