I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HILL AND I LET UP ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE BIKE BEGAN TO MOVE SIDE TO SIDE UNDER ME. WHEN I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE IT SMOOTHED OUT. I TOOK THE BIKE TO MY LOCAL HARLEY MECHANIC. HE LIFTED IT UP TO FIND THE REAR SPOKES COMPLETELY LOOSE. HE TIGHTENED THEM UP AND IT WAS FINE FOR A WHILE BUT I CONTINUED TO PERIODICALLY CHECK AND TIGHTEN THE SPOKES. A FRIEND HAD A 2005 FLSTC WITH 45000 MILES HE PURCHASED NEW AND NEVER HAD TO TIGHTEN THE SPOKES. MY MECHANIC HAS BEEN A HARLEY MECHANIC FOR 30 YEARS AND USED TO OWN HIS OWN DEALERSHIP. HE SAID THERE IS NO WAY THE SHOULD HAVE COME THAT LOOSE IN THAT FEW MILES. *TR
2010 Harley-Davidson Flstc
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWheels
Filed Oct 15, 201424,000 milesIL
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2012| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1992 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1991 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1990 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.