2008 Harley-Davidson Softail

Routine

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

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Visibility	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Visibility

Filed Aug 25, 20081 milesVA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON SOFTAIL CUSTOM. WHENEVER THE CONTACT RIDES HIS BIKE DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHT MOUNT IS UNSTABLE AND SHAKES. THE FAILURE CAUSES A STROBE LIGHT EFFECT AT NIGHT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE MOUNT WAS DESIGNED IN THAT MANNER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 718 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1. UPDATED 09/29/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE REPLACED THE FAULTY HEADLAMPS AT HIS EXPENSE.UPDATED 09/29/08. *JB

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2013	1	0	0	Routine
2012	3	1	0	Routine
2011	3	1	0	Routine
2010	1	0	0	Routine
2008 — this page	1	0	0	Routine
2007	2	1	0	Routine
2005	4	3	0	Routine
2004	4	1	0	Routine
2003	7	0	1	Routine
2002	4	0	0	Routine
2001	2	0	0	Routine
2000	7	0	0	Routine
1999	0	1	0	Routine
1998	3	1	0	Routine
1997	1	1	0	Routine
1996	3	1	0	Routine
1995	3	1	0	Routine

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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.