2005 Harley-Davidson Flht

Routine

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

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine

Filed Aug 15, 201248,576 milesTX

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHT MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CHATTERING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE WHEELS SUDDENLY SEIZED AND THE RPMS AS WELL AS THE OIL PRESSURE LEVEL GAUGE DECREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT DEBRIS HAD ENTERED THE BEARING AND THE OIL PUMP, DAMAGING THE CAM CHAIN TENSIONER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,576.

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 — this page	1	0	Routine
2004	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.