2004 Harley-Davidson Flhtci

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front1
111
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension › FrontCrashFire1 injured
Filed Jun 21, 201032,500 milesTN

WHEN RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE THE FRONT WHEEL STARTED TO WOBBLE CAUSING ME TO HAVE A WRECK. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME I WAS GOING STRAIGHT AND COULD USE THE BRAKES TO STOP. THE SECOND TIME I WAS IN A LEFT TURN AND WRECKED. I'VE LOST MY RIGHT LEG. *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Feb 9, 200620,000 milesCA

FAILURE OF THE REAR BRAKE SYSTEM. DUE TO LOCATION OF THE MASTER CYLINDER (BELOW THE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM) & MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE LINES BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. (HEAT BUILD UP).. ALONG WITH THE USE OF DOT 5 FLUID WHICH CAUSES (GAS) AIR BUBBLES AT HIGHER ALTITUDES. *JB

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20064000Routine
2004 — this page2010Routine
20032200Routine
20022200Routine
20016200Routine
20006100Routine
19995210Routine
19982100Routine
19971100Routine
19960100Routine
19940100Routine

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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.