2004 Harley-Davidson Dyna Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2004 Harley-Davidson Dyna, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Fuel system1100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
A RECALL WAS SENT TO ME, REGARDING AN EXPLOSION COULD RESULT, ON MY MOTORCYCLE, TOOK IT TO MY DEALER,WHO TORE INTO IT IMMEDIATELY AND FOUND THE PROBLEM. A NEW GAS TANK WAS TO BE SENT TO THE DEALER, HERE IS WHERE THE PROBLEM BEGINS; THE BIKE SAT ON MY DEALERS FLOOR, FOR OVER TWO WEEKS, BEFORE HARLEY DAVIDSON, WOULD GIVE A DECISION, AFTER, I CONTACTED, MY DEALER,AND HARLEY, A FEW DAYS PASSED AND SAID THEY ARE GOING TO SEND A NEW TANK,BUT IT WILL TAKE 6 TO 8 WEEKS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, AFTER SEVERAL MORE PHONE CALLS AND A LOT OF BULL AND AGGRAVATION, THEY SAID THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY CAN AND THAT WAS IT. I MISSED SEVERAL EVENTS, RIDES AND DAYS. I RIDE MY BIKE TO WORK, SO IT IS TRANSPORTATION ALSO. MY POINT IS; WE AS CONSUMERS, WERE NEVER TOLD, THAT THEY WOULD KEEP OUR BIKES, FOR 6 TO 8 WEEKS HOSTAGE, PAYMENTS ON A BIKE ARE THE SAME AS A CAR PAYMENT NOWADAYS, EXCEPT CAR DEALERS,GIVE YOU SOME TYPE OF COMPENSATION; A RENTAL, REIMBURSEMENT, ETC.,HARLEY DOES NOTHING, BUT TAKE YOUR BIKE AND LEAVE YOU HANGING. IN ALL FAIRNESS, TO HARLEY, I'VE BEEN RIDING FOR CLOSE TO 40 YEARS,THROUGH THEIR LEAN TIMES AS WELL AS THE GOOD AND ALL WAYS IT HAS BEEN ON A HARLEY. IT SEEMS A SHAME,THAT AN INDIVIDUAL,WHO WORKS IN,HARLEYS' CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT,CAN LEAVE SUCH A MARK,BY REMARKS. INSINUATIONS AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS ATTITUDE. MY BIKE HAS BEEN THERE FOR 5 WEEKS AND I AM SURE, IF NOT FOR MY GRIPING AND WINTER APPROACHING, IT STILL WOULD NOT BE DONE,YOU SEE I WAS THE FIRST TO BRING THE BIKE IN FOR RECALL, AT MY DEALER, MY QUESTION IS; WHAT HAPPENS IN THE GOOD WEATHER, WHEN DEMAND IS GREAT? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHERS? *NM
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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