2004 Harley-Davidson Flht

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine and Engine Cooling	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine and Engine Cooling

Filed Sep 20, 200956,000 milesNY

ON ALL HARLEY DAVIDSON TWIN CAM 88 CI ENGINES YEARS 2004-2006 THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE INTERNAL CAM CHAIN TENSIONERS. THE SPRING LOADED TENSIONERS BURN OUT AS EARLY AS 25000 MILES WHICH IF NOT DETECTED MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME ACCIDENTS. ONCE THE TENSIONER BURNS THROUGH SMALL METAL PARTS BREAK OFF AND MAY HAVE ALREADY CAUSED ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE ENGINE LOCKING UP. IT HAS CAUSED COUNTLESS FAILURES COSTING OWNERS BETWEEN 700 TO 1000 DOLLARS TO FIX IF THEY ARE STILL ALIVE. HARLEY HAS TRIED TO SWEEP THIS UNDER THE RUG. BURNED OUT PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2009

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2022	0	1	Routine
2021	0	1	Routine
2020	0	1	Routine
2019	3	0	Routine
2010	1	2	Routine
2009	8	3	Routine
2008	4	2	Routine
2007	4	0	Routine
2006	1	0	Routine
2005	1	0	Routine
2004 — this page	1	0	Routine
2003	2	1	Routine
2002	6	1	Routine
2001	6	1	Routine
2000	1	0	Routine
1999	8	1	Routine
1998	4	1	Routine
1997	7	1	Routine
1996	7	1	Routine
1995	3	1	Routine
1994	0	1	Routine

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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.