Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2004 Harley-Davidson XL1200R

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › master cylinder. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder2
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Jul 11, 2007KS

CONSUMER IS SEEKING ASSISTANCE FOR RECALL INVOLVING THE FRONT MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER ON HIS HARLEY DAVIDSON, THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *MC THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED MOST OF THE TIME. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS EVEN BEFORE THE RECALL WAS ISSUED. THE DEALER WOULD MAKE SOME REPAIRS OR ADJUSTMENTS AND SAY IT WAS FIXED. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE DEALER DID RECEIVED THE KITS, THEY GAVE THEM ALL AWAY AND DIDN'T CONTACT HIM TO LET HIM KNOW THEY WERE IN STOCK. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Aug 25, 2006NV

CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALER REFUSED TO GIVE A LOANER WHILE WAITING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE RECALL PARTS. *KB *JB

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2006
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20071300Routine
20062100Routine
2004 — this page2000Routine
20030100Routine

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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.