Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2016 Harley-Davidson XL883N

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Exterior Lighting1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 15, 20215,000 milesMN

HARLEY DAVIDSON DID A RECALL 0177 FOR 2019 TO 2021 HEADLAMP BULB REFLECTOR REPLACEMENT, PART #68297-05A. I HAVE THE SAME PART #68297-05A ON MY 2016 HARLEY DAVIDSON IRON 883. THEY WILL NOT REPLACE MY IDENTICAL PART NUMBER. THEY SAY THE 2016 PART 368297-05A HAS A MATT FINISH TO THE INSIDE OF THE REFLECTOR AND THE 2019 THROUGH 2021 PART #68297-05A HAS A CHROME FINISH THAT WAS CAUSING EXCESSIVE HEAT ISSUES TO THE BULB CAUSING HOLES ON THE TIP OF THE BULB'S OUTER SURFACE NEAR THE TIP. I HAVE THE SAME PART NUMBER AND REPLACED THE BULB BUT THE LIGHT IS NOT WORKING, POSSIBLE FROM THE REFLECTOR OR THE HEAT FROM THE REFLECTOR CAUSING THE WIRE TO OVERHEAT AND NOT WORK AS A NEW BULB REPLACEMENT DID NOT FIX MY HEALIGHT BURN OUT ISSUE.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2021
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20220100Routine
20212200Routine
20201100Routine
20192100Routine
20171000Routine
2016 — this page1000Routine
20122000Routine

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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.