1998 Harley-Davidson Flstc

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting › turn signal › flasher unit. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal › Flasher Unit2
000
Electrical System › Starter Assembly1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal › Flasher Unit
Filed May 24, 2001CA

SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO FAILURE. THE TURN SIGNAL SYSTEM FAILED WITH THE LAST FAILURE OF THE SPEEDOMETER. TURN SIGNALS SELF CANCEL AND WORK THRU THE SPEEDOMETER. WARRANTY WORK. *AK

Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal › Flasher Unit
Filed May 23, 2001CA

THE SPEEDOMETER ON THIS CYCLE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO FAILURE. THE TURN SIGNAL SYSTEM FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY THE LAST FAILURE OF THE SPEEDOMETER. ADVISED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL AND SPEEDOMETER WORK TOGETHER. SELF CANCELING TURN SIGNALS. ALL WARRANTY WORK.

Electrical System › Starter Assembly
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

STARTER FAILED RESULTING ENGINE TO FAIL. YH

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2012
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20162000Routine
20152000Routine
20143000Routine
20132000Routine
201212000Routine
20115000Routine
20101000Routine
200911000Routine
20083000Routine
20078100Routine
20061000Routine
20052100Routine
20040100Routine
20030100Routine
20022110Routine
20011000Routine
20009000Routine
19991100Routine
1998 — this page3000Routine
19964000Routine
19920100Routine
19910200Routine
19901200Routine

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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.