Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,245,377 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA, including 140,173 crashes, 56,794 fires, and 8,580 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim, NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,245,377 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports, when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report, that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints, specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened, feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 4,224 complaints for HARLEY-DAVIDSON
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 30, 2015
Incident date: Jun 26, 2015
I'VE BEEN RIDING MOTORCYCLES FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. WENT FOR A RIDE ON FRIDAY THE 26 OF JUNE ON THE ISLAND I LIVE ON WITH A FRIEND. I WAS ON A 25 MILE SPEED LIMIT ROAD APPROACHING A DOWN HILL TURN TO THE LEFT. I ENTERED THE TURN MAINTAINING COVER ON BRAKES AND CLUTCH. AS I STARTED LEANING THE BIKE INTO THE TURN THE MOTORCYCLE SURGED THE FUEL BY CUTTING OFF AND COMING BACK ON RAPIDLY GIVING ME TOO... Read more
Crash
1 injured
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jun 30, 2015
Incident date: Jun 26, 2015
I'VE BEEN RIDING MOTORCYCLES FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. WENT FOR A RIDE ON FRIDAY THE 26 OF JUNE ON THE ISLAND I LIVE ON WITH A FRIEND. I WAS ON A 25 MILE SPEED LIMIT ROAD APPROACHING A DOWN HILL TURN TO THE LEFT. I ENTERED THE TURN MAINTAINING COVER ON BRAKES AND CLUTCH. AS I STARTED LEANING THE BIKE INTO THE TURN THE MOTORCYCLE SURGED THE FUEL BY CUTTING OFF AND COMING BACK ON RAPIDLY GIVING ME TOO... Read more
Crash
1 injured
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
DYNA
(2012) - SUSPENSION
Jun 27, 2015
Incident date: Jun 9, 2015
WAS RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE AROUND A MILD CURVE AND IT BEGAN TO WOBBLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AND DOESNT REQUIRE A SHARP TURN TO OCCUR. FEELS LIKE A STABILITY PROBLEM AND/AN ENGINEERING DEFECT. IVE RIDDIN MOTORCYCLES MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE AND THIS IS THE FIRST IVE EVER EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF ISSUE.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 27, 2015
Incident date: Jun 27, 2015
THE MOTORCYCLE LAGS AND LEAPS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP OR WHEN ACCELERATING QUICKLY. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE ONLY HAD THE BIKE A FEW WEEKS. I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS AROUND WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME BUT IF THIS HAPPENS TO ANYONE WHILE THEY ARE IN TRAFFIC THEY WILL GET SERIOUSLY INJURED. VERY SCARY.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
DYNA
(2012) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jun 27, 2015
Incident date: Jun 9, 2015
WAS RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE AROUND A MILD CURVE AND IT BEGAN TO WOBBLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AND DOESNT REQUIRE A SHARP TURN TO OCCUR. FEELS LIKE A STABILITY PROBLEM AND/AN ENGINEERING DEFECT. IVE RIDDIN MOTORCYCLES MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE AND THIS IS THE FIRST IVE EVER EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF ISSUE.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 26, 2015
Incident date: Jan 19, 2015
OK SO FIRST TIME I HAD AN ISSUE WAS IN JANUARY WHEN I NOTICED A MAJOR SURGE TO THE POINT OF STALLING OUT REGUARDLESS OF FUEL LEVEL IN THE TANK. TOOK IT TO HARLEY ONCE AND THEY COULD NOT REPLECATE THE ISSUE. SECOND TIME WITHIN THE SAME MONTH SAME ISSUE THE FIXED IT BY REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP STATING IT WAS FAULTY. HAD NO PROBLEMS FOR MONTHS TILL RECENTLY IN MAY I STARTED NOTICING I WAS ON THE HIGHW... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jun 26, 2015
Incident date: Jan 19, 2015
OK SO FIRST TIME I HAD AN ISSUE WAS IN JANUARY WHEN I NOTICED A MAJOR SURGE TO THE POINT OF STALLING OUT REGUARDLESS OF FUEL LEVEL IN THE TANK. TOOK IT TO HARLEY ONCE AND THEY COULD NOT REPLECATE THE ISSUE. SECOND TIME WITHIN THE SAME MONTH SAME ISSUE THE FIXED IT BY REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP STATING IT WAS FAULTY. HAD NO PROBLEMS FOR MONTHS TILL RECENTLY IN MAY I STARTED NOTICING I WAS ON THE HIGHW... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLTRU
(2009) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 26, 2015
Incident date: Jun 26, 2015
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WHEN ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC THE THROTTLE RESPONSE AND ENGINE POWER SHIFTS INTO LIMP HOME MODE. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE SPEED AND REQUIRED RAPID RESPONSE TO CLEAR THE ROAD AND GET TO THE SHOULDER.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLTRU
(2009) - ENGINE
Jun 26, 2015
Incident date: Jun 26, 2015
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WHEN ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC THE THROTTLE RESPONSE AND ENGINE POWER SHIFTS INTO LIMP HOME MODE. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE SPEED AND REQUIRED RAPID RESPONSE TO CLEAR THE ROAD AND GET TO THE SHOULDER.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLTRU
(2009) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 26, 2015
Incident date: Jun 26, 2015
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WHEN ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC THE THROTTLE RESPONSE AND ENGINE POWER SHIFTS INTO LIMP HOME MODE. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE SPEED AND REQUIRED RAPID RESPONSE TO CLEAR THE ROAD AND GET TO THE SHOULDER.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
SOFTAIL
(2012) - WHEELS
Jun 25, 2015
Incident date: Apr 28, 2014
UPON DECELERATION, A WOBBLE OCCURS IN THE REAR TIRE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES NOW. THE DEALERSHIP HAS GIVEN THE SAME ANSWER ALL THREE TIMES THAT THE REAR SPOKES HAVE BACKED LOOSE.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
ELECTRA GLIDE
(2004) - POWER TRAIN
Jun 24, 2015
Incident date: Apr 6, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 (NA) HARLEY DAVIDSON ELECTRA GLIDE ULTRA L. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V216000 (POWER TRAIN) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIE... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLTRX
(2012) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 23, 2015
Incident date: Jun 19, 2015
WHILE RIDING ON MY 2012 HARLEY-DAVIDSON ROAD GLIDE MOTORCYCLE IT SUDDENLY DIED. IT DIED BECAUSE THE BATTERY WAS NOT BEING CHARGED; THEREFORE MY ELECTRONICS WOULD NOT WORK, INCLUDING THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE VOLTAGE REGULATOR THAT IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO HARLEY. THIS DEFECTIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS PART OF HARLEY-DAVIDSON?S PRODUCT PROGRAM (PRODUCT NOTICE: 0912) AND ... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 23, 2015
Incident date: Jun 13, 2015
THE FOLLOWING EVENT OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY AT A LOWER MILEAGE AT LEAST ONCE, BUT I ATTRIBUTED IT TO MY INEXPERIENCE. I AM A BEGINNER AT RIDING. ON 6/13/15 WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COUNTRY ROAD ONTO A STATE HIGHWAY WHERE QUICK ACCELERATION IS DESIRED THE BIKE BOGGED SLIGHTLY AND THEN PROPELLED LIKE A ROCKET SHIP AGAIN ABLE TO CONTROL THIS BUT IT WASN'T THE DESIRED ACCELERATION FOR THE TURN I WAS MAKIN... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 18, 2015
Incident date: May 16, 2015
FROM A COMPLETE STOP, I ACCELERATED SLOWLY DOWN MY GRAVEL DRIVEWAY TOWARD THE PUBLIC STREET. AS I ACCELERATED AND LEANED LEFT SLIGHTLY TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED MOMENTARILY AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED RAPIDLY. I GRABBED THE FRONT BRAKE AND PRESSED DOWN ON THE REAR BRAKE SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THE BIKE SLID AND LAID DOWN. AFTER RECOVERING AND ASSESSING THE SITUA... Read more
Crash
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jun 18, 2015
Incident date: May 16, 2015
FROM A COMPLETE STOP, I ACCELERATED SLOWLY DOWN MY GRAVEL DRIVEWAY TOWARD THE PUBLIC STREET. AS I ACCELERATED AND LEANED LEFT SLIGHTLY TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED MOMENTARILY AND THEN IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED RAPIDLY. I GRABBED THE FRONT BRAKE AND PRESSED DOWN ON THE REAR BRAKE SIMULTANEOUSLY AND THE BIKE SLID AND LAID DOWN. AFTER RECOVERING AND ASSESSING THE SITUA... Read more
Crash
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 17, 2015
Incident date: Nov 4, 2014
FROM A COMPLETE STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE WHILE TURNING RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION AFTER STOP LIGHT CHANGED. THE BIKE SEEMED TO STALL MOMENTARILY AND THEN RECOVER, THEN STALL AGAIN AND RECOVER AGAIN. THIS HAS SINCE BECOME A REGULARLY OBSERVABLE PATTERN WHEN THE GAS TANK IS PARTIALLY FULL BUT NO LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT DISPLAYS. TOPPING UP THE TANK RESOLVES THE ISSUE AGA... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 16, 2015
Incident date: Jun 1, 2015
I WAS RIDING MY BIKE HOME FROM WORK ON 6/1/2015 AND HAVE CONTINUED TO NOTICE ROUGH THROTTLE RESPONSE WHICH IS SOMETHING IVE EXPERIENCED SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE ISSUE DID SEEM TO BE A LITTLE WORSE THAN USUAL THOUGH WHEN LEAVING THE PARKING LOT AT WORK. I THINK THE TRIPMETER WAS AT ABOUT 85 MILES OR SO WHEN I LEFT. AS IM RIDING HOME, THE LOW FUEL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND WAS RIDDING GREAT WHILE IN ... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
VRSCA
(2006) - SERVICE BRAKES
Jun 15, 2015
Incident date: Jun 7, 2015
I WAS ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE SPEED TO TURN INTO A GAS STATION AND REAR BRAKES FAILED TO FUNCTION. REAR BRAKE PEDAL IS MUSHY & MY MOTORCYCLE DOES NOT HAVE FUNCTIONING REAR BRAKES. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THIS INCIDENT I'VE HAD WITH THIS BIKE (FIRST TIME WAS IN 2010). IN 2010, AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN I HAD A SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF REAR BRAKES AND NEARLY SUFFERED A COLLOSION. ... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
VRSCA
(2006) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 15, 2015
Incident date: Jun 7, 2015
I WAS ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE SPEED TO TURN INTO A GAS STATION AND REAR BRAKES FAILED TO FUNCTION. REAR BRAKE PEDAL IS MUSHY & MY MOTORCYCLE DOES NOT HAVE FUNCTIONING REAR BRAKES. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THIS INCIDENT I'VE HAD WITH THIS BIKE (FIRST TIME WAS IN 2010). IN 2010, AS I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN I HAD A SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF REAR BRAKES AND NEARLY SUFFERED A COLLOSION. ... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
HARLEY DAVIDSON
(9999) - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jun 15, 2015
Incident date: Jun 1, 2015
2008 HARLEY-DAVIDSON CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MOTOR COMPENSATOR ISSUES AND THROTTLE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR COMPENSATOR WHICH WOULD NOT LET THE STARTED ENGAGE SMOOTHLY, IF AT ALL AND CAUSED AN UNACCEPTABLE LOUD SCRAPPING NOISE ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MOTOR WAS WARM. ALSO, THE THROTTLE SHUT DOWN... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
HARLEY DAVIDSON
(9999) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 15, 2015
Incident date: Jun 1, 2015
2008 HARLEY-DAVIDSON CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MOTOR COMPENSATOR ISSUES AND THROTTLE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR COMPENSATOR WHICH WOULD NOT LET THE STARTED ENGAGE SMOOTHLY, IF AT ALL AND CAUSED AN UNACCEPTABLE LOUD SCRAPPING NOISE ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MOTOR WAS WARM. ALSO, THE THROTTLE SHUT DOWN... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLHXI
(2015) - POWER TRAIN
Jun 14, 2015
Incident date: May 25, 2014
RIDING IN NC ON HWY 215 COMING DOWN MOUNTAIN WITH A FRIEND WENT AROUND A CURVE TO RIGHT THEN BACK TO LEFT WENT TO DOWN SHIFT AND PULLED IN CLUTCH BIKE KEPT PULLING CLUTCH DIDN'T DISENGAGE CAUSE TO WRECK BIKE. SCRATCHED BAT WING KNOCKED OFF MIRROR SCRATCHED TANK AND DENTED TANK BENT CRASH BAR BACK TO FOOL BOARD SCRATCHED CROME ON ENGINE BENT FRONT FENDER BUSTED LEFT BAG.
Crash
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 8, 2015
Incident date: Jun 7, 2015
THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT, ORIGINAL COMPLAINT # 10721274. AFTER FILING THE COMPLAINT, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED 5/25/15 (MILES IN 106). I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE DEALER THAT THEY SPOKE TO HARLEY-TECH SUPPORT AND THE DEALER WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP (REF#248840 REP:JOHN). I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THE BIKE WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP ON 6/4/2015 ( ALL ISSUES FIXED- FUEL PUMP... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 6, 2015
Incident date: Jun 3, 2015
SO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS USER ERROR AND THEN I STARTED PAYING MORE ATTENTION AND IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN FUEL IS LOW. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS THE WORST I WAS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE FIUEL LIGHT TURNS ON SO I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF TO FUEL UP. AND EVERY TIME I WOULD TAKE OFF FROM A STOP IT WORK THRUST AND JERK ME LIKE POWER COMPLETELY STOPPED AND THEN IT WAS ... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLHR
(2011) - SERVICE BRAKES
Jun 5, 2015
Incident date: May 26, 2015
WHILE TRYING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGH THE FRONT BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL AFTER GETTING STOPPED AND PARKING THE BIKE, THE BREAK LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS PULLING ON THE BREAK IT LOOSENED UP SO I RODE BIKE TO REPAIR SHOP. EVERY TIME THE FRONT BREAK WOULD ENGAGE (WHICH WAS NOT EVERY TIME), IT WOULD CATCH AND LOCK UP THE FRONT TIRE CAUSING ME TO DROP THE BIKE ONCE. REPAIR SHOP... Read more
Crash
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLSTC
(2009) - SERVICE BRAKES
Jun 3, 2015
Incident date: May 31, 2015
RIDER BEHIND ME NOTICED THAT WHILE STOPPING THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING. SOMETHING IN THE FOOT PEDAL NOT LETTING THE REAR BREAK LIGHTS WORK. BULBS ARE GOOD AND FRONT WORKS GREAT AND ALSO ALLOWS THE LIGHTS TO WORK , JUST NOT THE FOOT PEDAL.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLHXI
(2011) - SERVICE BRAKES
Jun 2, 2015
Incident date: May 12, 2015
ABS ELECTRONIC UNIT IS BAD.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 2, 2015
Incident date: May 25, 2015
WHEN THE BIKE HAS LESS THAN 2 GALLONS IN THE TANK, THE BIKE WOULD LAG EVERY TIME I STARTED FROM A STOP, THEN LURCH FORWARD, THEN LAG & LURCH. THE BIKE HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS. LUCKILY I'M AN EXPERIENCED RIDER AND DIDN'T CRASH ON THESE INCIDENTS. THE BIKE WILL LITERALLY LAG, THEN LEAP (SMALL WHEELIE) THEN REPEAT. VERY DANGEROUS! ABOUT 4-5 MILES LATER MY LOW-FU... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLTRX
(2012) - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
May 31, 2015
Incident date: May 30, 2015
I WAS TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY 101 SOUTH BETWEEN METCALF & BAILEY HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (5/30) ON MY HARLEY DAVIDSON ROAD GLIDE 2015 THAT HAS LESS THAN 300 MILES. I WAS IN THE 2ND LANE TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH AND MY BIKE STARTED TO RIDE VERY ROUGH, I WAS LOSING SPEED VERY FAST. I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE 3RD LANE BEFORE THE BIKE COMPLETELY SHUTTING DOWN I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLTRX
(2012) - SERVICE BRAKES
May 31, 2015
Incident date: May 30, 2015
I WAS TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY 101 SOUTH BETWEEN METCALF & BAILEY HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (5/30) ON MY HARLEY DAVIDSON ROAD GLIDE 2015 THAT HAS LESS THAN 300 MILES. I WAS IN THE 2ND LANE TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH AND MY BIKE STARTED TO RIDE VERY ROUGH, I WAS LOSING SPEED VERY FAST. I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE 3RD LANE BEFORE THE BIKE COMPLETELY SHUTTING DOWN I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
May 28, 2015
Incident date: May 13, 2015
WITH ROUGHLY .9 GALLONS OF FUEL IN TANK, WHEN LEAVING A FULL STOP, VEHICLE PAUSES HARD ON ACCELERATION. PROBABLE CAUSE IS FUEL STARVATION CAUSED BY FUEL FLOWING BACK IN THE TANK, AWAY FROM THE FRONT-LOCATED FUEL PUMP, STARVING EFI SYSTEM OF GASOLINE. AS FUEL MOVES FORWARD AFTER A BRIEF PAUSE IN FORWARD MOMENTUM, THE PUMP HAS ACCESS TO THE FUEL AND THE BIKE SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS MU... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - POWER TRAIN
May 27, 2015
Incident date: Apr 25, 2015
I EXPERIENCED A LAG AND LEAP ISSUE. I WAS RIDING MY BIKE WITH ABOUT 83 MILES ON THE TANK OF GAS AND OUT OF NOWHERE IT WOULD PRETEND TO STALL AND THEN TAKE OFF. WOULD CONTINUALLY DO THIS IN THE LOWER GEARS. ADDED A NEW TANK OF GAS AND IT WENT AWAY. GOT TO THE SAME MILEAGE AND HAPPENED ALL OVER AGAIN. HARLEY REPLACED MY FUEL PUMP BUT IT WAS VERY SCARY AND I AM WORRIED IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLHTCU
(2009) - SERVICE BRAKES
May 27, 2015
Incident date: May 18, 2014
RIDING MY 09 HARLEY ULTRA, WHEN AT LOW SPEED I HAD TO STOP FOR A CAR STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE FRONT BRAKE LEVER WAS FROZEN AND COULD NOT APPLY THE BRAKE. I SWERVED OFF INTO THE GRASS TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR. THE REAR BRAKES STILL WORKED BUT AT SLOW SPEEDS I USE THE FRONT SO I CAN PUT MY FEET DOWN WHEN THE BIKE COMES TO A STOP. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AT HIGHER SPEEDS THIS WOUL... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLHTCU
(2009) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
May 27, 2015
Incident date: May 18, 2014
RIDING MY 09 HARLEY ULTRA, WHEN AT LOW SPEED I HAD TO STOP FOR A CAR STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE FRONT BRAKE LEVER WAS FROZEN AND COULD NOT APPLY THE BRAKE. I SWERVED OFF INTO THE GRASS TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR. THE REAR BRAKES STILL WORKED BUT AT SLOW SPEEDS I USE THE FRONT SO I CAN PUT MY FEET DOWN WHEN THE BIKE COMES TO A STOP. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AT HIGHER SPEEDS THIS WOUL... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLHTCUI
(2000) - STRUCTURE:BODY
May 27, 2015
Incident date: May 21, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTCUI. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE BIKE STARTED WOBBLING AND SHAKING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER THINKING THERE WAS A FLAT TIRE, BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DAMAGES. ONCE THE CONTACT ARRIVED HOME, THE BIKE BELT DRIVE WAS DAMAGED AND THE SWING ARM WAS FRACTURED. THE BIKE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE V... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - ENGINE
May 27, 2015
Incident date: Apr 25, 2015
I EXPERIENCED A LAG AND LEAP ISSUE. I WAS RIDING MY BIKE WITH ABOUT 83 MILES ON THE TANK OF GAS AND OUT OF NOWHERE IT WOULD PRETEND TO STALL AND THEN TAKE OFF. WOULD CONTINUALLY DO THIS IN THE LOWER GEARS. ADDED A NEW TANK OF GAS AND IT WENT AWAY. GOT TO THE SAME MILEAGE AND HAPPENED ALL OVER AGAIN. HARLEY REPLACED MY FUEL PUMP BUT IT WAS VERY SCARY AND I AM WORRIED IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
May 27, 2015
Incident date: May 6, 2015
IF THE VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK LEVEL IS APPROX. HALF OR LOWER, THE VEHICLE MAY ABRUPTLY STALL AND SURGE FORWARD. THE LOWER THE FUEL LEVEL IS, THE MORE OFTEN AND ABRUPTLY THE STALL AND SURGE IS, AND CAN HAPPEN DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY UP AN INCLINE. THIS HAPPENS BEFORE THE LOW FUEL INDICATOR ILLUMINATES. THIS BEHAVIOUR CAN EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR FATALITY.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
May 27, 2015
Incident date: Apr 25, 2015
I EXPERIENCED A LAG AND LEAP ISSUE. I WAS RIDING MY BIKE WITH ABOUT 83 MILES ON THE TANK OF GAS AND OUT OF NOWHERE IT WOULD PRETEND TO STALL AND THEN TAKE OFF. WOULD CONTINUALLY DO THIS IN THE LOWER GEARS. ADDED A NEW TANK OF GAS AND IT WENT AWAY. GOT TO THE SAME MILEAGE AND HAPPENED ALL OVER AGAIN. HARLEY REPLACED MY FUEL PUMP BUT IT WAS VERY SCARY AND I AM WORRIED IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
May 26, 2015
Incident date: May 24, 2015
THIS VEHICLE WILL HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP AND THEN FEEL AS IF IT IS ABOUT TO STALL THEN SURGE. THE PATTERN MAY REPEAT SEVERAL TIMES OVER SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THERE IS CONSISTENT FULL POWER. IT HAPPENES WHEN THERE IS ABOUT 85-90 MILES DRIVEN ON A FULL TANK. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY SINCE THE DRIVER BEHIND ME REASONABLY EXPECTED THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO MAI... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - ENGINE
May 26, 2015
Incident date: May 24, 2015
THIS VEHICLE WILL HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP AND THEN FEEL AS IF IT IS ABOUT TO STALL THEN SURGE. THE PATTERN MAY REPEAT SEVERAL TIMES OVER SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THERE IS CONSISTENT FULL POWER. IT HAPPENES WHEN THERE IS ABOUT 85-90 MILES DRIVEN ON A FULL TANK. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY SINCE THE DRIVER BEHIND ME REASONABLY EXPECTED THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO MAI... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - ENGINE
May 26, 2015
Incident date: Apr 13, 2015
ON MY VERY FIRST TANK OF GAS THE BIKE DIED AT AROUND 120 MILES ON THE TRIP ODOMETER WHILE ACCELERATING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT. IT WAS A DIE AND LURCH THAT I HAVE RECENTLY READ OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. I WAS CHANGING GEARS FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND THE BIKE DID A WHEELIE JUST HIGH ENOUGH FOR MY CHILD TO SLIDE OFF THE SEAT AND ONTO THE REAR FENDER. I CHECKED THE GAS AND THERE WAS PLENTY TO SLOSH AROUND A... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
May 26, 2015
Incident date: Apr 13, 2015
ON MY VERY FIRST TANK OF GAS THE BIKE DIED AT AROUND 120 MILES ON THE TRIP ODOMETER WHILE ACCELERATING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT. IT WAS A DIE AND LURCH THAT I HAVE RECENTLY READ OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. I WAS CHANGING GEARS FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND THE BIKE DID A WHEELIE JUST HIGH ENOUGH FOR MY CHILD TO SLIDE OFF THE SEAT AND ONTO THE REAR FENDER. I CHECKED THE GAS AND THERE WAS PLENTY TO SLOSH AROUND A... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
May 26, 2015
Incident date: May 24, 2015
THIS VEHICLE WILL HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP AND THEN FEEL AS IF IT IS ABOUT TO STALL THEN SURGE. THE PATTERN MAY REPEAT SEVERAL TIMES OVER SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THERE IS CONSISTENT FULL POWER. IT HAPPENES WHEN THERE IS ABOUT 85-90 MILES DRIVEN ON A FULL TANK. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY SINCE THE DRIVER BEHIND ME REASONABLY EXPECTED THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO MAI... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
May 25, 2015
Incident date: May 24, 2015
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, IT ALSO HAS LESS THAN 100 MILES. THE VEHICLE RAN FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS UNTIL IT REACHED AROUND 75-80 MILES. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE THEN DECELERATE AND STALL OUT AFTER STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN FORWARD MOTION AND ALSO ON TURNS. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ABOUT 20(TWENTY) TIMES LEAVING ME (VEHICLE STALLED OUT) IN ... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER
May 25, 2015
Incident date: May 24, 2015
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, IT ALSO HAS LESS THAN 100 MILES. THE VEHICLE RAN FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS UNTIL IT REACHED AROUND 75-80 MILES. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE THEN DECELERATE AND STALL OUT AFTER STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN FORWARD MOTION AND ALSO ON TURNS. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ABOUT 20(TWENTY) TIMES LEAVING ME (VEHICLE STALLED OUT) IN ... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - ENGINE
May 25, 2015
Incident date: May 24, 2015
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, IT ALSO HAS LESS THAN 100 MILES. THE VEHICLE RAN FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS UNTIL IT REACHED AROUND 75-80 MILES. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE THEN DECELERATE AND STALL OUT AFTER STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN FORWARD MOTION AND ALSO ON TURNS. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED ABOUT 20(TWENTY) TIMES LEAVING ME (VEHICLE STALLED OUT) IN ... Read more
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1200
(2002) - SUSPENSION
May 25, 2015
Incident date: May 24, 2015
THE PERSON DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IS NOT THE OWNER OF THIS MOTORCYCLE AND IS DRIVING THIS MOTORCYCLE ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE. THE SUSPENDED LICENSE IS FOR EXCESSIVE DUIS AND HAS BEEN USING THIS VEHICLE (A FRIEND OF THEIRS) TO GO OUT AND PARTY.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
May 24, 2015
Incident date: Apr 15, 2015
WHEN ACCELERATING AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BIKE HESITATED, THEN DUMPED ALL ITS POWER INTO THE ACTION, RESULTING IN A "LAG-LEAP" EFFECT. IT'S DONE IT 2-3 TIMES SINCE THE INITIAL INSTANCE.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
XG750
(2015) - UNKNOWN OR OTHER
May 24, 2015
Incident date: Apr 15, 2015
WHEN ACCELERATING AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BIKE HESITATED, THEN DUMPED ALL ITS POWER INTO THE ACTION, RESULTING IN A "LAG-LEAP" EFFECT. IT'S DONE IT 2-3 TIMES SINCE THE INITIAL INSTANCE.