Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2005 Harley-Davidson Vrscse

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline › storage › tank assembly › filler pipe and cap. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly › Filler Pipe and Cap1
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What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly › Filler Pipe and Cap
Filed Apr 20, 20087,910 milesMI

AFTER TAKING A 65 MILE RIDE I STOPPED AT A GAS STATION NEAR MY HOME TO FILL IT UP. I ALWAYS FILL IT UP BEFORE I PUT IT AWAY. THE TANK WAS ABOUT HALF FULL. AS I TOOK THE GAS CAP OFF THE VACUUM ESCAPED AS USUAL. I SET THE GAS CAP DOWN AND STARTED TO REACH FOR THE GAS PUMP WHEN GAS ERUPTED LIKE A FOUNTAIN SHOOTING UP TWO FEET AND SPRAYING GASOLINE ALL OVER ME, THE GAS PUMP, THE BIKE AND EVERYWHERE FOR ABOUT FIVE TO EIGHT SECONDS. AT LEAST A PINT OR MORE SPRAYED OUT LEAVING A FOUR FOOT DIAMETER PUDDLE. I WAS '!@#$% LUCKY THAT THERE WAS A SOUTH WIND AND I HAD PARKED THE BIKE WITH THE EXHAUST PIPES TOWARD THE WIND, WHICH KEPT THE SPRAYING GAS AWAY FROM THE HOT EXHAUST. I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I AM NOT IN A BURN UNIT TODAY. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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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.