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1997 Harley-Davidson 1200 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Feb 11, 2002
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
0
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Nov 7, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Harley-Davidson 1200. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

Brakes
Filed Feb 11, 2002

FRONT BRAKE SWITCH THAT OPERATED THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT FAILED.

NHTSA ID
9005763
Incident
May 1, 2001
Driver assistanceEngineTransmission
Filed Nov 7, 1997

A SEVERE BACKFIRE UPON ACCELERATION THROUGH THE CARBURETOR, CAUSING MOTORCYCLE TO STALL.

NHTSA ID
524443
Incident
Apr 1, 1997

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .