Big Dog Pitbull 2005

Model Pitbull made in 2005 by Big Dog got 16 consumer complains. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to electrical system, engine and engine cooling and fuel system, gasoline.

Pitbull year 2005

Consumer Complaints

Car dealers

Model 2005

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
10/21/2008	3000
	Tl-the contact owns a 2005 big dog pitbull. the contact stated that there was an intermittent loss of electrical power; the vehicle completely shut down. at times, the vehicle would immediately restart and other times, the contact had to wait several minutes before it would restart. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the dealer stated that the electronic harness controller was the cause of the failure and was repaired. the failure occurred again; the vehicle had not been repaired again at the time of the complaint. the contact called the manufacturer who stated that they were no longer manufacturing the controller and were working on the part that would replace it. the current mileage was approximately 6,000. the failure mileage was approximately 3,000-bk
01/29/2010	2242
	Tlthe contact owns a 2005 big dog pitbull motorcycle. while the contact was driving 60 mph the vehicle shut off without warning. there was a recall under nhtsa campaign id number 06v305000 (electrical system). the vin was not included in the recall. the contact experienced the same symptoms stated in the recall. the manufacturer refused to repair the vehicle under the recall remedy repair. there were concerns of the safety issues. the failure mileage was 2,242. updated 04-15-10 bf
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING
02/28/2005		1	02/24/2005
	Recall campaign 05v052000 concerning electric harness control. consumer was unable to get the dealer to honor this recall because no parts were available at this time.*ak
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE
06/05/2005		4	04/30/2005
	Consumer complaint regarding 2005 big dog pit bull engine unexpectedly died while riding. ts jb
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - DELIVERY
05/16/2005		2	05/16/2005
	Dt: consumer had purchased a big dog pit bull 2005 motorcycle on may 16, 2005. fuel delivery system did not pump fuel through the vehicle and vehicle would shut down and not move, on june 30, 2005 the vehicle was replaced, the replaced vehicle had the same problem. the back disc brakes locked up, the brake was smoking, vin number was for the replacement vehicle, none of the problems have been repaired as of now, when consumer contacted the manufacturer, they told him that they would get back to him. *ak
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC - ROTOR
05/16/2005		2	05/16/2005
	Dt: consumer had purchased a big dog pit bull 2005 motorcycle on may 16, 2005. fuel delivery system did not pump fuel through the vehicle and vehicle would shut down and not move, on june 30, 2005 the vehicle was replaced, the replaced vehicle had the same problem. the back disc brakes locked up, the brake was smoking, vin number was for the replacement vehicle, none of the problems have been repaired as of now, when consumer contacted the manufacturer, they told him that they would get back to him. *ak
TIRES
08/16/2011	19000
	I recently purchased an avon cobra motorcycle tire (300/35r18). in less than 2000 miles of normal riding conditions, the center of the tire is beginning to erode off the tire. i don't spin or burnout, yet the center of the tire now has a 2 to 3 wide section that appears to be vanishing and has actually left a groove in my tire. i don't feel safe riding this tire and have grounded my bike until i can get another tire. the avon venom tire i had before this got close to 10000 miles before a change was required. the rubber on the avon cobra feels soft and must be of different material/contruction than the previous avon venom tires. i feel this is a factory defect or flaw in the materials used to manufacture this tire. my options for this size tire are limited and my past experience has been positive with avon. i would like to see their quality back to where it once was with the venom tires.
WHEELS - CAP/COVER/HUB
10/15/2005		1
	I just got a letter about a recall on my 2005 bigdog motorcycle. i have made several attempts (4) to contact bigdog to see if i can take it anywhere else other than the dealer which is about 30 miles away, plus i do not trust the dealer (rolling thunder) to do the work properly because of terrible work done in the past. i have yet to hear back from them. could you please help. *nm

Car dealers selling

State	City	Zip	Name	Phone
AZ	SCOTTSDALE		HACIENDA CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE
IL	ARLINGTON HEIGHTS		AMERICA'S OPEN ROAD
SC	GAFFNEY	29341	EXTREME MOTORCYCLE	864/489-1171
UT	SALT LAKE CITY	84115	ROLLING THUNDER	8019947888