Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel/propulsion system. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Unknown or Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SPEEDOMETER FOGS OVER WITH CONDENSATION, WHEN LEFT IN THE SUN. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TOREAD ANY OF THE DIGITAL FUNCTIONS WHEN THIS OCCURS. HARLEY REPLACED THE SPEEDO TWO DAYS AGO AND IT DID IT AGAIN. APPARENTLY HARLEY IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS NOT CORRECTED IT. THEY SIMPLY REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER ONE TH0AT THEY KNOW MAY ALSO BE DEFECTIVE. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD,THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ANOTHER BIKE I OWNED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FAT BOY (FLFB). WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN THE CONTACT SWITCHED GEARS TO DOWNSHIFT AND BRAKE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SHATTERED HIS FEMUR AND INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW IF THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED; HOWEVER, IT WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84.
BOUGHT BRAND NEW HARLEY DAVIDSON 2018 FLFB HAD A BAD FUEL LEAK COMING FROM VENT TUBE TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FUX. THEY CALLED HARLEY THEY TOLD THEM TO PUT NEW FUEL PUMP IN AND IT WORKED FOR TWO WEEKS PROBLEM IS NOW BACK AND THEY SAY THAT A FUEL LEAK IS NORMAL AND THEY DON'T HAVE A FIX FOR IT YET. AFRAID TO RIDE IT I'M AFFRAID THAT IT'S GONNA CATCH ON FIRE WILE I'M RIDING THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.