ON 4/29/2017 I HAD ORDERED AN EXTENDED CLUTCH CABLE AND BRAKE CABLE FROM WARREN HARLEY DAVIDSON THROUGH HARLEY'S PARTS AND ACCESSORIES CATALOG. THE FIRST TIME THE PARTS WERE INCORRECT AND ALSO THE SECOND AND THIRD TIME ALSO. THE DEALERSHIP AND HARLEY DAVIDSON SAID THEIR SUPPLIER MAGNUM SHIELDING PRODUCES THE PARTS FOR THEM SO I CALLED MAGNUM SHIELDING AND THEY INSISTED THE PARTS WHERE CORRECT BUT THEY ARE NOT CORRECT. NOT ONLY ARE THESE PARTS NO WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS THEY CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD THE BIKE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REVIEW AND A REFERENCE NUMBER FROM HARLEY 3083158. MAGNUM SHIELDING HAS SENT AN EMAIL STATING THAT HARLEY AND THEIR ENGINEERS HAVE CONFIRMED THE PARTS CORRECT BUT A TWO YEAR OLD COULD TELL THEY ARE NOT. AND WHILE I AM FIGHTING WITH ALL THREE ENTITIES HARLEY DAVIDSON, MAGNUM SHIELDING AND WARREN HARLEY OF OHIO THIS HAS NO BEARING ON THE SAFETY FACTOR OR LACK THERE OF. THE CLUTCH CABLE THAT MAGNUM SHIELDING PRODUCES FOR HARLEY DAVIDSON PARTS & ACC. PLACES THE CLUTCH CABLE ADJUSTER ACROSS THE FRONT ABS UNIT BEHIND THE FRONT FENDER WHERE IT CANNOT BE PROPERLY SECURED AS THE ORIGINAL IS PLACED ON THE LEFT FRONT FRAME RAIL. THIS COULD CAUSE THE CABLE TO SNAG ONTO ABS UNIT WHILE TURNING CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AS FOR THE FRONT BRAKE CABLE ADAPTER THAT IS BEING USED IT ALSO IS IN A PLACE WHERE IT COULD BE SNAGGED RENDERING THE FRONT BRAKES USELESS! I HAVE THE PICTURES AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. SO FAR NO ONE HAS REIMBURSED ME FOR THE DEFECTIVE PARTS NOR
2016 Harley-Davidson Flstc
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWE BOUGHT A NEW 2016 HD SOFTAIL SLIM AND THE REAR BRAKE CYCLINDER WAS CRACKED BEFORE WE GOT IT HOME FROM THE DEALER. THIS COULD HAVE COST MY WIFE OR MYSELF OUR LIFE IF WE HADN'T NOTICE IT BEFORE WE WENT FOR A RIDE.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2012| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 — this page | 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 | 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.