1997 Harley-Davidson FL Series

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition › switch. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Oct 6, 1998NC

RECALL 98V158000, IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER STATES THE DEALER STILL DOES NOT HAVE ANY PARTS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER HAS NO OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION UNTIL IGNITION SWITCH IS REPAIRED. MODEL # FLHPCUI. *AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19991000Routine
19986000Routine
1997 — this page1000Routine
19961000Routine
19952000Routine
19901000Routine

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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.