2005 Harley-Davidson Fxdwg

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine1
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What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Mar 4, 2014KS

JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 35 OR 40 MILES PER HOUR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE MOTOR STARTS KNOCKING LIKE HELL SOUNDED LIKE IF THE MOTOR WAS JUST GOING TO BLOW UP BETWEEN MY LEGS IM VERY GLAD THAT I'M A SKILLED RIDER IF I WASN'T I COULD HAVE WRECKED I SHUT IT OFF ADMITTEDLY. I'M BRING IT TO A SHOP BUT I GOT ON A COUPLE INTERNET SITES AND SEEN THAT OTHER RIDERS HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND THEY SAID ITS THE OIL PUMP IN THE 2005 DYNA WIDE GLIDES SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PICK UP TUBE OR THE PUMP IT'S SELF WHEN A INDIVIDUAL SPENDS THE TYPE OF MONEY ON A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IT SHOULD ENDURE MORE THAN JUST PUTTING DOWN THE ROAD NEW IT COST $16,000.00 DOLLARS AND TO REPLACE THE ENGINE IS ABOUT 6 OR 7 THOUSAND DOLLARS I JUST THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING IT SINCE I SAW IT ON THE NET OF OTHER RIDERS SAYING THE SAME THING AS I JUST EXPLAINED AS MANY PLACES THAT I SAW IT YOU WOULD THINK HARLEY AS MANY AS THEY SELL YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD TELL YOU TO BRING YOUR BIKE IN TO CHANGE OUT THE BAD PUMP BEFORE IT BLEW THE MOTOR SO THERE WOULD BE NO BAD TALK ABOUT THERE ENGINES BUT WHY TELL THE CONSUMERS IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEM MORE FOR SELLING A MOTOR VERSES SELLING A CHEAP OIL PUMP IT REALLY SUCKS CAUSE IM DISABLED AND LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME SO IF I HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE I WILL NOT BE RIDING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS 6 THOUSAND VERSES A LITTLE $150 PART PLUS LABOR THAT IS A DAMNED BIG DIFFERENCE WELL THANKS FOR LETTING ME VENT AND HOPE Y

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2008
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20131000Routine
20121000Routine
20103000Routine
200813100Routine
20072100Routine
2005 — this page1000Routine
20033100Routine
20024101Fatalities reported
20013000Routine
20002000Routine
19996200Routine
19981000Routine
19972000Routine

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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.