2011 Harley-Davidson Flstse2

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Vehicle Speed Control	1		0	0	0
Unknown or Other	1		0	0	0
Structure	1		0	0	0
Service Brakes	1		0	0	0
Equipment	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Vehicle Speed Control

Filed Jul 22, 201917,000 milesIL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HARLEY-DAVIDSON SCREAMIN EAGLE SOFTAIL (FLSTSE2). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANDRAE'S HARLEY-DAVIDSON (2010 N LINCOLN AVE, URBANA, IL 61801, (217) 328-2092) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT HARLEY-DAVIDSON DID NOT MAKE REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THE SPEEDOMETER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THE MOTORCYCLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

Unknown or Other

Filed May 27, 20178,700 milesTN

THE CLUTCH WILL NOT DISENGAGE WHEN YOU STOP.IT KEEPS PULLING FORWARD AND YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE BRAKES TO KEEP FROM MOVING.

Service Brakes

Filed Feb 25, 2015400 milesWI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLSTSE2 SOFTTAIL CVO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE BIKE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE CONTACT TO DRIVE THROUGH A RED LIGHT AT 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AIR IN THE HYDRAULIC LINE. AS A RESULT, THE AIR HAD TO BE BLED FROM THE LINE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400. UPDATED 4/20/15*CN UPDATED 9/26/2017

Equipment

Filed Feb 20, 20142,570 milesFL

THE SADDLE BAGS FLY OFF THE MOTORCYCLE WHEN THE BAGS ARE EMPTY AND SPEED IS APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. *TR

Structure

Filed Nov 1, 2011915 milesRI

WHILE TRAVELING ON I-95 SOUTH OF BOSTON MY LEFT SIDE SADDLEBAG FLEW OFF WHILE I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. I DID NOT IMPACT ANY OBJECT AND HAVE NEVER DETACHED THE SADDLEBAG WHILE THE BIKE HAS BEEN IN MY OWNERSHIP (I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER). THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME I HAD TRAVELED AT THESE SPEEDS WHILE ON AN INTERSTATE THOUGH THE FIRST TIME I DID SO IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. I WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT I HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG UNTIL I DISCOVERED MULTIPLE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON AN ONLINE FORUM FOR OWNERS OF THE SAME BIKE. THE FORUM IS CVO HARLEY AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: WWW.CVOHARLEY.COM > CUSTOM VEHICLE DISCUSSIONS > CVO' SOFTAIL CONVERTIBLE (MODERATOR: FORUM ADMIN) > TOPIC: OH [XXX], LOST MY LEFT BAG. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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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.