THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO A WHEEL ON A MOTORCYCLE THAT CAME APART. I HAVE THE WHEEL AND CAN SEND PICS OF SAME. THE WHEEL WAS MANUFACTURED @ 1997 BY AMERICAN WIRE WHEELS, WHICH IS NOW DAYTON WHEELS. THE SIDE EDGE OF THE WHEEL BROKE LOOSE FROM THE RIM RESULTING IN AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE. HAD I NOT BEEN TRAVELING AT A VERY LOW SPEED, THE DEFECT WOULD HAVE MOST CERTAINLY CAUSED ME TO GO DOWN. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY OTHER WHEELS OUT THERE DO NOT COME APART LIKE THIS. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, IF ANYTHING, I CAN DO TO GET THE COMPANY TO DISCUSS ANY LIABILITY. YOU MAY HAVE THEM OR YOUR OFFICE MAY CONTACT ME AS YOU FEEL THE NEED. I WILL RETAIN THE WHEEL FOR AT LEAST A MONTH. ALSO, I DO NOT RECALL THE "EXACT" DATE BUT HAD TO PUT A DATE IN THE FIELD BELOW. *NM
1997 Harley-Davidson Flhr
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWheels1 injured
Filed Dec 5, 2005CA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2008| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.