2016 Harley-Davidson XL1200CX

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System1
001

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System1 injured
Filed Jun 7, 20199,333 milesCA

AS I EXITED THE FREEWAY, I APPROACHED A RED LIGHT AND THE ROADSTER JUST SHUT OFF AND THE BIKE SEIZED. HAD I NOT QUICKLY PRESSED THE CLUTCH I WOULD'VE LOST CONTROL. THEN THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND THE SECURITY LIGHTS TURNED ON. I TRIED TO TURN THE MOTORCYCLE ON AND IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING. IT FINALLY STARTED BUT AS SOON AS I WOULD THROTTLE THE ACCELERATOR THE MOTORCYCLE WOULD SHUT OFF. THE BIKE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE INDICATOR LIGHTS ON. WHEN I DID TURN THE MOTORCYCLE ON IT WOULD STALL VIOLENTLY AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN SERVICED AND HAD BRAND NEW GAS AS WELL AS A NEW BATTERY. I AM HAVING THE MOTORCYCLE INSPECTED BY HARLEY BUT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME WITH THIS SAME MOTORCYCLE.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2017
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20200100Routine
20190100Routine
20171000Routine
2016 — this page1000Routine

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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.