2001 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure2
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers2
000
Structure › Motorcycle › Kickstand/Center Stand1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure
Filed Jun 20, 200623,000 milesWI

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE RIDING A MOTORCYCLE A CLUNKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM IN THE FRONT. UPON INSPECTION, 3 OF THE 4 MOUNTING BRACKETS THAT RETAINED THE FRONT FAIRING WERE BROKEN. THE BRACKETS SECURE THE FAIRING THEREFORE A FAILURE COULD SEPARATE FROM THE MOTORCYCLE STRIKING THE OPERATOR.

Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Aug 19, 2004WI

WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE IS HOT AND YOU TURN ON THE HIGH BEAMS A FUSE BLOWS.*MR WHEN THE BIKE WAS HOT AND THE CONSUMER TURNED ON THE HIGH BEAMS OR SPOTLIGHTS THE FUSE WHICH CONTROLS ALL THE LIGHTS BLEW. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE DESIGN IS POOR BY HAVING THE HEADLIGHTS AND SPOTLIGHTS CONTROL BY THE SAME FUSE. *NM

Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Jun 15, 2004MI

THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE CIRCUIT BREAKER RECALL 04V134000 WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME, BECAUSE THE PARTS WEREN'T AVAILABLE. *LA

Structure › Motorcycle › Kickstand/Center Stand
Filed Mar 9, 2004VA

RIGHT PASSENGER FLOORBOARD FELL OF WHILE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE. (NAR) *PH *CB

Structure
Filed Aug 7, 2001VA

CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER FOOTBOARD HAD DISAPPEARED, UOPN CLOSER INVESTIGATION HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE BOLT HOLDING THE FOOTBOARD TOGETHER, CONSUMER STATES HE DID NOT HEAR IT WHEN THE BOLT FELL OFF.*YD

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20049011Fatalities reported
200313000Routine
20023000Routine
2001 — this page5000Routine
20002000Routine
19995000Routine
19981000Routine
19972000Routine

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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.