1993 Harley-Davidson Sportster

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › frame and members. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Frame and Members2
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What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Sep 4, 2000KY

REPORTING THE FRAME WAS NOTICE BROKEN, AFTER TRAVELING ON THE HWY. MFR'S NOTIFIED AND REPLACE FRAME, BUT HAVE TO TRANSFER ALL PARTS OVER AT CONSUMER COST. ASKING NHTSA TO PROVIDE OR HELPINTHIS MATTER.

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Aug 20, 2000FL

REAR FRAME SECTION FAILED ON BOTH SIDES BEHIND REAR STRUT MOUNTING AREA RESULTING IN DRIVER SEAT, PASSENGER SEAT AND REAR FENDER COLLASPSING ONTO REAR WHEEL POSSIBLY RESULTING IN REAR WHEEL LOCK UP, LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND DEATH TO BOTH PASSENGERS.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20082000Routine
20071000Routine
20057200Routine
20039000Routine
20026000Routine
20016002Fatalities reported
20009000Routine
19996100Routine
19986000Routine
19971000Routine
19966100Routine
1993 — this page2000Routine
19921000Routine

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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.