FaultScore

Worst years for a Indian Scout

Owners have filed 65 complaints about the Indian Scout with NHTSA across model years 2001 to 2025. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2015 Indian Scout

12 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly fuel & propulsion.

Cleanest on record

2016 Indian Scout

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Indian Scout year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 8 4 0 Engine & Cooling
2023 1 1 0 Brakes
2022 1 0 0 Brakes
2021 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2018 2 1 0 Brakes
2016 C 10 0 0 1,613 Electrical System
2015 D 12 2 0 1,092 Fuel & Propulsion
2003 3 0 0 Lights
2002 D 13 3 0 Lights
2001 C 14 1 0 Suspension

What breaks on a Indian Scout

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 11 16.9%

Worst in 2002

Lights 11 16.9%

Worst in 2002

Fuel & Propulsion 9 13.8%

Worst in 2015

Electrical System 8 12.3%

Worst in 2016

Body & Structure 6 9.2%

Worst in 2001

Suspension 5 7.7%

Worst in 2001

Engine & Cooling 3 4.6%

Worst in 2025

Transmission & Drivetrain 3 4.6%

Worst in 2002

Acceleration & Cruise Control 3 4.6%

Worst in 2015

Other & Unspecified 3 4.6%

Worst in 2001

Steering 1 1.5%

Worst in 2016

Tires 1 1.5%

Worst in 2015

Stability & Traction Control 1 1.5%

Worst in 2016

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Indian Scout, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Nov 2001 peak 13 Jul 2025

Compare the Indian Scout

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.