THE BIKE WAS OPERATING NORMAL AFTER AWHILE IT STARTED TO SHAKE AT ABOUT 65 MPH. AFTER ABOUT 20 MIN IT SEEMED LIKE THE TIRE WAS LOOSE. NOW IT SHAKES SO BAD I CANT DRIVE IT. CORNERS ARE HARD TO KEEP CONTROL UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT WILL SHAKE WHEN YOU ACCELERATE AND IT WOBBLES WHEN YOU DECELERATE. I HAVE A FEELING IT COULD BE A MOTOR MOUNT. AT A LITTLE OVER 10 THOUSAND MILES YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN. THE BIKE SEEMS TO HAVE LOST SOMETHING I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING MISSING AND NOTHING SEEMS LOOSE. I DROVE IT ABOUT 60 OR SO MORE MILES AND PARKED IT. I JUST BOUGHT THE BIKE FROM HARLEY ON THE 25TH OF MARCH. 2 DAYS AGO. I FEEL LIKE READING ALL THE FORUMS ONLINE EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE MOTOR MOUNTS AT EXCEPTIONALLY LOW MILES. I FEEL LIKE THIS SHOULD BE A RECAL ISSUE. HAD THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD BEEN BAD I FEEL LIKE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO KEEP THE BIKE UNDER CONTROL. THE FRONT TIRE ALMOST BOUNCES AND THE REAR END FEELS LIKE ITS SLIPPING ON ICE.
2015 Harley-Davidson Fxdb
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsI WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREETS COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT. I GENTLY GRABBED THE FRONT BRAKE TO START MY STOP WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP. THE BOLT THAT CONNECTS THE BRAKE LINE TO THE MASTER CYLINDER CAME LOOSE AND BRAKE FLUID SPRAYED ALL OVER. AS OF THAT MOMENT, I HAD NO MORE USE OF MY FRONT BREAK AND BECAUSE THE FLUID SPRAYED ALL OVER IT GOT ON THE RIGHT FOOTPEG AND REAR BRAKE PEDAL. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE PEG AND UTILIZE THE REAR BREAK. WHEN I GOT HOME AND WAS ABLE TO INSPECT THE ISSUE CLOSER I FOUND THAT THE THREADS IN THE MASTER CYLINDER THAT HOLD THE NUT IN HAD CORRODED AWAY. THE BRAKE FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR WAS GRAY FROM THE METAL AND IT APPEARS THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE OVER TIME. THE BIKE HAS ONLY 8K MILES ON IT, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS TYPE OF DEFECT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. I NOW HAVE TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER IN ORDER TO SAFELY OPERATE THE MOTORCYCLE.
2 of 2 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.