Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2005 Harley-Davidson Flhtc

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › frame and members. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
000
Structure › Frame and Members1
000
Structure1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Aug 12, 2010WI

DRIVING MY HARLEY ELECTRA GLIDE CLASSIC DOWN I-90 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AT AROUND 80 MPH MY BIKE STARTED TO SWAY FROM FRONT TO BACK. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ROAD AT FIRST, SINCE IT WAS A ROAD WITH LINES, WITH SUCK FOR BIKES. IT STARTED GETTING WORSE SO I SLOWED AND PULLED OVER. FLAT REAR TIRE. D402 FROM DUNLOP.. I FEEL GLAD TO BE ALIVE. I HAD THE TIRE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC DID NOT FIND ANYTHING IN THE TIRE, BUT THE LEFT SIDE WAS ALL BUBBLED. HE SAID THERE WAS NO WAY OF KNOWING IF IT CAUSED THE FLAT OR WAS THE RESULT OF THE FLAT. *TR

Structure
Filed Jul 13, 200725,000 milesNY

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTC. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HE NOTICED THAT THE PIPE THAT HOLDS THE TOUR PACK HAD SEVERED, WHICH WEDGED THE TOUR PACK BEHIND THE LICENSE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SPEAK WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 26,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Nov 16, 2005WI

CONSUMER 2005 HARLEY DAVIDSON FRONT RIGHT OF THE FRAME HAS EXPOSED METAL. *TS (11/16/05) THE COATING WAS CHIPPING NEAR AND ON THE WELD EXPOSING THE BARE METAL WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY RUSTED. *SC

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2009
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20131000Routine
20122100Routine
20114200Routine
20107300Routine
200919300Routine
200815200Routine
200714000Routine
2005 — this page3000Routine
20031100Routine
20022100Routine
20017100Routine
20001000Routine
19996100Routine
19983100Routine
19971100Routine
19962100Routine
19956100Routine
19948200Routine
19932100Routine
19923000Routine
19902000Routine

Compare every Flhtc year →

Other Harley-Davidson models

All Harley-Davidson models →
Flhtcu 276Flhx 184Flhtk 161Flhtcui 108Harley Davidson 101XG750 88Flhtcutg 87Flhr 87Flstc 73Flht 67

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.