Equipment › Electrical
Filed Apr 10, 2018FL
THE BREAK LIGHT SWITCH ON THE HAND BREAK ARE FAULTY. THE BREAKLIGHT STAYS ON AS IF IT WERE BEING PRESSED THE WHOLE TIME. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD.
2011 Harley-Davidson Brake Light Switch
Fatalities reported
Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment › electrical. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment › Electrical | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEquipment › Electrical
Filed Jan 6, 2018WA
BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED.
Equipment › ElectricalCrash1 killed
Filed May 1, 2012MO
2009 HARRITAGE FLSTC REAR BRAKES I HAD THIS BIKE CHECKED OUT AND IT SEEMS THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH MILFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE BRAKE LINE TO LEAK HAS THERE BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS BIKE
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Dec 3, 2011NJ
I RECEIVED A LETTER ON NOV 9 MY DEALER ONLY GETS 8 OF 10 RECALL PARTS A WEEK IF THERE LUCKY. I CALL MAIN OFFICE OF HARLEY. THERE EXCUSE IS THEY CANT MAKE THEM FAST ENOUGH. IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH BRAKES ON MY BIKE YOU THINK THEY BE GETTING OUT MORE PARTS THEN WHAT THERE GIVING. THERE EXCUSES IS THERE GLOBAL. SO MAKE MORE PARTS .IF YOU DON'T CAMP OUT AT YOUR DEALER TO GET IT FIXED YOU'LL NEVER GET IT FIXED. THIS LETTER CAME OUT NOV 9 BUT IT WAS IN THE PAPERS A MONTH BEFORE AND STILL HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED .CANE YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE THEY CANT MEET THERE RESPONSIBILITY .. I HAVE A CASE [XXX] WITH MAIN OFFICE OF HARLEY [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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1 death reported in complaints filed with NHTSA.
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.