Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2016 Harley-Davidson Flhtcutg

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine1
000
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Sep 9, 201913,500 milesOH

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTCUTG TRI GLIDE UTRA MOTORCYCLE. WHILE OPERATING THE MOTORCYCLE, THE HORN RANDOMLY MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER REPEATED USE, THE HORN SOUND SUDDENLY BECAME MUTED BEFORE EVENTUALLY BECOMING SILENT. MOMENTS LATER, THE HORN OPERATED NORMALLY. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN TO LAKE ERIE HARLEY-DAVIDSON (38401 CHESTER RD, AVON, OH), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,500.

Engine
Filed Jul 20, 2016PA

THERE IS A CONTINUOUS TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE MOTOR. IT STARTS AS SOON AS THE ENGINE IS STARTED AND LASTS APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WHILE RIDING. IT SOUNDS TO BE THE LIFTERS. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT WITHOUT IT BEING FIXED. THE DEALER ADVISED THEY CONTACTED HARLEY-DAVIDSON TECH SERVICE BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO "FIX" TO THE PROBLEM.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2017
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20251000Routine
20241000Routine
20231000Routine
20222100Routine
20210100Routine
20204201Fatalities reported
20198202Fatalities reported
20187100Routine
201713101Fatalities reported
2016 — this page2000Routine
20156110Routine
20145200Routine
20137000Routine
20127102Fatalities reported
20119101Fatalities reported
20109200Routine
20095210Routine

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Other Harley-Davidson models

All Harley-Davidson models →
Flhtcu 276Flhx 184Flhtk 161Flhtc 109Flhtcui 108Harley Davidson 101XG750 88Flhr 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.