MY WIFE AND I WERE RIDING DOWN TO THE KEYS OF FLORIDA FROM NC WHEN JUST BEFORE ENTERING THE FLORIDA STATE LINE A LOUD PANGING NOISE STARTED IN THE MOTOR. I TOOK THE BIKE TO ADAMECS HARLEY DAVIDSON OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY TELL ME THE LOWER MAIN BEARING HAS EATEN INTO THE CASE OF THE MOTOR. PRETTY MUCH THE MOTOR IS SHOT. I'VE BEEN A H.D. OWNER-RIDER FOR 33 YEARS. I TAKE THIS BIKE TO THE H.D. DEALER FOR REGULAR SCHEDULE SERVICES AND RUN ONLY H.D. SYNTHETIC OIL. I'VE NEVER HAD A BOTTOM END GO OUT TILL NOW. WITH ONLY 52000 MILES I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD NOW EITHER. SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE AND HAVE ALREADY COME UP WITH 4 OTHER PEOPLE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. I THINK HARLEY DAVIDSON HAS A DEFECT BEARING OR SOMETHING DOWN THERE. *TR
2006 Harley-Davidson Flsti
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine
Filed Aug 16, 201452,200 milesNC
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.