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2001 Harley-Davidson Dyna Low Rider 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 Oct 3, 2014
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.
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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 Oct 3, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2001 Harley-Davidson Dyna Low Rider. 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

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Electrical
Filed Oct 3, 2014

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE - IDENTICAL TO THE GM IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. THIS MOTORCYCLE HAD (AND MAY HAVE) AN IGNITION SWITCH THAT "JUST SHUTS OFF" BECAUSE OF VIBRATION. MY MOTORCYCLE SHUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES WHILE RIDING WHICH PUT ME IN EXTREME DANGER. SOMETIMES IT WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE CARS WENT BY AT 40 MPH OR MORE. MANY OF THEM DID NOT SEE ME UNTIL THE LAST SECOND AND I ALMOST GOT HIT SEVERAL TIMES. ADDITIONALLY, THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS RIDING FORCING ME TO QUICKLY TRY TO GET TO THE SHOULDER WITH NO POWER. THIS WAS ALSO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. TO GET THE MOTORCYCLE TO START AGAIN I HAD TO FUMBLE WITH THE KEY TO GET IT TO MAKE A CONNECTION. I HAD THE MOTORCYCLE REPAIRED BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY PUT THE SAME TYPE OF SWITCH BACK INTO IT. IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN, THEY PUT THE SAME DEFECTIVELY DESIGNED SWITCH BACK INTO IT WHEN I HAD IT REPAIRED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF OTHERS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS. THIS IS EXTREMELY SCARY. THANK YOU. *TR

NHTSA ID
10641040
Incident
Dec 14, 2012
Mileage
18,756 mi

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.

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