I PURCHASED A 2012 HARLEY DAVIDSON IRON 883 WITH 565 MILES AROUND APRIL 2014 WITH NO DAMAGES OR PROBLEMS. RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE ENGINE AND BATTERY LIGHT HAS BEEN POPPING UP ON THE DASHBOARD. IT WASN'T UNTIL AUGUST 22ND, THAT I TOOK IT TO WORK, NOTICE THE LIGHTS AGAIN AND DECIDE TO DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM. THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS OF COMPLAINTS WITH 2012 HARLEY DAVIDSON'S VOLTAGE REGULATOR. I UNDERSTAND THAT HARLEY DAVIDSON GAVE CUSTOMERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP TO REPLACE THE REGULATOR FREE OF CHARGE BUT THIS RECALL HAS NOW ENDED. ON MY WAY BACK HOME ON AUGUST 22ND, MY MOTORCYCLE LOST POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING ON A HEAVILY TRAFFIC AREA. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT HARMED WHEN THIS HAPPEN. I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO DELIVER THE BIKE TO MY HOME. HARLEY DAVIDSON CANNOT SELL UNRELIABLE PARTS TO CONSUMER AND EXCEPT THE CONSUMER TO FIX THEIR PROBLEM. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE APPROPRIATELY HANDLED TO PROVIDE CONSUMERS WITH RELIABLE PRODUCTS. *TR
2012 Harley-Davidson Iron 883
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsMOTORCYCLE TURN OFF COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. MOST LIKELY DUE TO VOLTAGE REGULATOR. *TR
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.