Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Jun 22, 2004TN
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT OF AMP FUSE. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. SERVICE MANAGERS KEITH OR DALE. *AK
2001 Harley-Davidson FL
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System › Ignition | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsElectrical System › IgnitionFire
Filed Nov 29, 2001MA
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 M.P.H. IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR MORNING TRAFFIC,MOTORCYCLE STALLED OUT IN HIGH SPEED LANE.HAD TO CROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO BREAKDOWN LANE WITH NO POWER WHATSOEVER TO MY ENGINE,COASTING TO A STOP.JUST MISSED BEING A FATALITY FROM AN 18 WHEELER.UPON INSPECTION KEY SWITCH ON GAS TANK DASHPANEL WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BURNED AWAY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR. FROM A WIRE FIRE.FIRE BURNED ITSELF OUT,MELTING CONNECTION AND DE-ENEGISING THE IGNITION SYSTEM CAUSING STALLING,BUT STOPPING FIRE.SMOKE WAS NOTED UNDER THE DASH PANEL UPON STOPPING THE MOTORCYCLE.THIS IS A REOCCURING PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS AND THE MANUFACTURER WILLNOT HONOR THE SWITCH AS A RECALL.THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.SOMEBODY WILL BE KILLED FROM THIS!ONE FRIEND HAS A 2000 MODEL YEAR FLSTC AND HAD REPLACED THE SWITCH 3 TIMES TWICE THE FAILURE HAS CAUSED NEAR FATAL RESULTS ON THE HIGHWAY,DUE TO POWER FAILURE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.MY MOTORCYCLE IS A SOURCE OF TRANPORTATION, NOT A PLEASURE TOY. I RELY ON IT DAILY AND HAVE ALMOST 10,000 MILES ON IT IN A YEAR.I DONOT WANT TO BE A RED SPOT ON YOUR HIGHWAY.PLEASE NOTIFY ME AS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE.THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME.DOUG HILL.*AK
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.