VEHICLE RAN GREAT NO DRIVE ABILITY ISSUES. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON FUEL LEVEL SENSOR TO THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. WHICH IS A HARLEY-DAVIDSON PART TO GO WITH THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON TACHOMETER. WHEN I REMOVED THE FUEL PUMP I FOUND THAT THE GROUND WIRE FROM THE FUEL PUMP CONNECTOR WAS MELTED FROM AN OVERLOADED ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INSIDE THE GAS TANK. KNOWING THAT THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE A FIRE OR AN EXPLOSION IN THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON DEALERSHIP I JUST BOUGHT THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON ACCESSORIES FROM AND I INQUIRED ABOUT TSB OR RECALLS REGARDING THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT HARLEY-DAVIDSON CUSTOMER SERVICE DIRECTLY.AFTER SPENDING MY PERSONAL TIME ADVISING THE REP ABOUT THE SITUATION, HE WAS NOT CONCERNED AT ALL REGARDING THIS ISSUE. NOW BEING THAT I WAS AN ASE MASTER SERVICE TECHNICIAN FOR YEARS, I KNOW THIS ISN'T RIGHT AND THAT THE REP WAS IN THE WRONG. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE PUMP AND I ORDERED A WHOLE NEW PUMP ASSEMBLY TO FIX THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE THAT THIS BE INVESTIGATED, BEFORE I HEAR ABOUT IT ON THE NEWS, BECAUSE A BIKE CAUGHT FIRE OR SOMEONE DIED IN A A FIRE CAUSED FROM A FAULTY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
2012 Harley-Davidson XL883N
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsI HAD BEEN GETTING A LOW VOLTAGE ENGINE CODE FOR SOME TIME. THE BIKE LOST ALL POWER ON I-275 AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT THE VOLTAGE REGULATORS ARE BAD AND THAT A RECALL IS LOOMING. *TR
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.