HAPPENED 4 TIMES: LAST OCCURRENCE COULD HAVE HAD DISASTEROUS RESULTS HAD A PULL OFF NOT BEEN AVAILABLE. COMPLETE ELECTICAL FAILURE. 1ST TIME AT A STOPLIGHT. 2ND TIME IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. 3RD TIME RIDING IN LIGHT TRAFFIC. 4TH TIME ON AN INTERSTATE (I-295). HAD IT HAPPENED 10 SECONDS SOONER, I WOULD HAVE BEEN RUN OVER BY A TRUCK. AFTER 2ND TIME, TOOK THE MOTORCYCLE TO MY DEALER...HE STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE 1992 FLHS AND COULD NOT DO ANY SERVICE AS A RECALL. HOWEVER, IF I WANTED TO PAY FOR IT...AND NOW, I SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE 1994 -1998 FLHS FOR THE VERY SAME THING. (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98V158000) ALL FOUR TIMES: AFTER ALLOWING THE MOTORCYCLE TO STAND FOR A MINITE OR TWO, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER RESET ITSELF AND THE VICHICLE STARTED AND CONTINUED ON AS IF NOTHING EVER HAPPEND. THIS RECALL SHOULD GO BACK TO 1992 OR BEFORE. *AK
1992 Harley-Davidson Flhs Series
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition › switch. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System › Ignition › Switch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsDRIVING ON FREEWAY MOTORCYCLE STALLED. PULLED TO SIDE & WAITED. FINALLY WAS ABLE TO RESTART AGAIN. DID NOT TAKE TO DEALER DUE TO PROBLEM NOT REAPPEARING. *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.