Harley-Davidson Fxdb

Owners filed 32 complaints across 8 model years of the Harley-Davidson Fxdb. The 2009 drew the most (17).

Model years8
Complaints32
Recalls4
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Harley-Davidson Fxdb years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Harley-Davidson Fxdb model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Harley-Davidson Fxdb model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20162
0——Power TrainRoutine
20152
0——Service BrakesRoutine
20131
0——Service BrakesRoutine
20122
0——EngineRoutine
20101
0——Service Brakes, HydraulicRoutine
200917
2—2TiresRoutine
20084
1——TiresRoutine
20073
1——Steering › ColumnRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.