2010 Harley-Davidson Flstf

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train2
000
Tires1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train
Filed Apr 12, 201550,705 milesCA

BIKE WOULD BACK KICK. FIGURED IT WAS A BAD BATTERY. CHANGED BATTERY AND WAS STILL DOING IT TALKED TO ANOTHER HARLEY OWNER AND HE SAID TO CHECK UNDER THE PRIMARY CASE AND DID SO AND THE COMPENSATED SPROCKET THAT WAS LOOSE CAUSING THE BACK KICKING OF MOTOR WHICH HAD CAUSED PRIMARY CHAIN TO TIGHTEN PUTTING EXTRA STRAIN ON BEARINGS ON LEFT SIDE OF MOTOR CAUSING A HOWLING NOISE CALLED BIKE SHOP ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND WAS INFORMED THAT SEVERAL BIKES IN THE 2000'S MODELS HAVE HAD THESE ISSUES WAS TOLD THAT POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THE NUT WAS TO COME ALL THE WAY OUT. *TR

Power Train
Filed Nov 29, 20112,200 milesNY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HARLEY DAVIDSON FAT BOY MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STOPPING AND SHIFTING THE CLUTCH, THE CLUTCH FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE CLUTCH CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 2,200. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Tires
Filed Jun 6, 20104,500 milesTN

MY 2010 HARLEY DAVIDSON FATBOY HAS WORN OUT THE TIRES AT 4500 MILES. NOW THE BIKE HAS A SHAKE IN THE FRONT END. THE DEALER SAID THAT IT'S PROBABLY THE TIRES. THIS CONDITION IS UNSAFE. I HAVE NOT EVER SPUN THESE TIRE AND THEY HAVE BEEN AT RECOMMENDED PRESSURE SINCE NEW IN JAN. 2010. THESE ARE DUNLOP OEM TIRES. *TR

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2007
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20112000Routine
2010 — this page3000Routine
20092000Routine
20081000Routine
200711110Routine
20062000Routine
20052100Routine
20040100Routine
20030100Routine
20022100Routine
20013000Routine
20005000Routine
19990100Routine
19981000Routine
19921100Routine
19910100Routine
19900100Routine

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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.