2005 Harley-Davidson Fltri

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front1
101
Structure › Body1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body
Filed Jun 22, 200619,500 milesTX

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MOTORCYCLE'S WINDSHIELD POPPED LOOSE WHILE BEING TOWED AT 65 MPH. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CLEAR, DRY ROAD SURFACE. THE CLIMATE WAS SUNNY. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE MOTORCYCLE AND NOTICED THE WELL NUT CAME OUT OF THE HOLE WHERE THE WELL NUT WAS SECURED TO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WELL NUT HOLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CIRCULAR, INSTEAD IT WAS OBLONG. TWO DEALERSHIPS WERE CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE FARING WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT DENIED IN REPAIRING THE DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD POPPED LOOSE ONE YEAR BEFORE THE INCIDENT, BUT WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE INCIDENT.

Suspension › FrontCrash1 injured
Filed Dec 1, 2005CA

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT 85 MPH THE MOTORCYCLE DEVELOPED A HIGH SPEED WOBBLE OR WHAT WAS CALLED A TANK SLAPPER. THIS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2006
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20065000Routine
2005 — this page2000Routine
20034200Routine
20020100Routine
20010100Routine
20001100Routine
19991200Routine
19982100Routine
19970100Routine
19960100Routine
19950100Routine
19940100Routine

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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.