Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I HEARD A TAPPING SOUND WHILE RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE. A CRACKED UPPER BELT COVER/GUARD WAS DETECTED. NO INJURY OCCURRED BUT THE COVER COULD HAVE GOTTEN CAUGHT IN THE BELT CAUSING A SERIOUS INJURY TO RIDER. THE WELDING ON THE GUARD WAS CRACKED. *JB
BATTERY COVER ON 2004 HARLEY-DAVIDSON 1200 CUSTOM SPORTSTER HAS BLOWN OFF TWICE WHILE TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. FIRST TIME A CAR BEHIND ME SWERVED BUT STILL RAN OVER COVER. SECOND TIME A FRIEND ON HIS MOTORCYCLE BEHIND ME WAS NEARLY HIT BY COVER. I ALLIED HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER SERVICE AND REP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM AND GAVE ME A REFERENCE NUMBER TO GIVE MY DEALER. MY DEALER WAS UNAWARE OF PROBLEM WITH THE 2004 SPORTSTER AND I WONDER WHY NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *AK
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.