Exterior Lighting › Brake Lights › Switch
Filed Feb 11, 2002CA
FRONT BRAKE SWITCH THAT OPERATED THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT FAILED.
1997 Harley-Davidson 1200
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the vehicle speed control › linkages. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Exterior Lighting › Brake Lights › Switch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsVehicle Speed Control › Linkages
Filed Nov 7, 1997CT
A SEVERE BACKFIRE UPON ACCELERATION THROUGH THE CARBURETOR, CAUSING MOTORCYCLE TO STALL.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.