2002 Harley-Davidson XL1200C

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › manual transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Power Train › Manual Transmission	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power Train › Manual Transmission

Filed Jul 19, 200710,000 milesMO

THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION OF HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTERS THAT CAUSES THE MOTORCYCLE TO LURCH BADLY IN FIRST GEAR. THIS BEGINS AT AROUND 10K AND THE DEALERS SAY THIS IS RELATED TO SPORTSTERS BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. THIS COULD CAUSE A NOVICE RIDER TO LOSE CONTROL, ESPECIALLY ON LOOSE SURFACES SUCH AS GRAVEL OR SAND. I HAVE SPOKEN TO HD BUT GOTTEN NOWHERE. THE STANDARD REPLY IS TO TRADE IT OFF. I HAVE NEARLY DROPPED MY BIKE IN SLOW TURNS IN FIRST GEAR MORE THAN ONCE. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2006

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2019	0	1	Routine
2014	2	0	Routine
2009	3	0	Routine
2008	1	0	Routine
2007	4	1	Routine
2006	6	0	Routine
2005	4	0	Routine
2004	2	0	Routine
2003	3	1	Routine
2002 — this page	1	0	Routine
2001	1	0	Routine
2000	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.