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2017 Harley-Davidson Flde 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 3, 2019
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 Jun 4, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2017 Harley-Davidson Flde. 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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Brakes
Filed Feb 3, 2019
1 injury reported

IF I CAN WRITE THIS MAIL, IT'S BECAUSE I'M STILL ALIVE. I'M GIUSEPPE AND I'M LIVING IN BRUSSELS BELGIUM. I HAVE A HARLEY-DAVIDSON STREET ROD 750 SINCE SEPTEMBER 2017 BUT I RIDE SINCE MARCH 2018. I BOUGHT MY STREET ROD AT HARLEY-DAVIDSON BRUSSELS. IN APRIL 2018, MY DEALER MADE THE FIRST SERVICE AT 5000KM. THIS SATURDAY THE FIFTH OF THIS MONTH JANUARY AT 05:45 AM, I WAS RIDING HOME AFTER WORK. I WAS ALONE ON THE ROAD AND FORTUNATLY, I WAS RIDDING ONLY AT 50 KM/H ( 31 MILES. SUDANLY, THE PISTON OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM OF THE FRONT WHEEL WAS ACTIVATED WITHOUT REASON AND BLOCKED THE WHEEL. I FELL AND I FINISH MY WORK DAY IN THE HOSPITAL WITH A BROKEN THUMB, AN INJURED SHOULDER AND A BROKEN KNEE. TO RIDE WITH A HARLEY-DAVIDSON, IT'S A DREAM SINCE I WAS CHILD. NOW, I'M 53 AND I WANT TO STILL TRUST IN H-D BIKE AND H-D SERVICES. NOW, MY BIKE IS IN THE GARAGE OF THE H-D BRUSSEL, I'M VERRY ANGRY AND ANRAGED BECAUSE I RISKED MY LIFE. NOT BECAUSE OF AN OTHER DRIVER WHO WAS ON THE PHONE AND HE DOENS'T SAW ME, NOT BECAUSE OF THE GROUND WAS WET. BUT BECAUSE THE H-D MECANISME ARE NOT RELIABLE. I REMINDER YOU THAT IF I WAS RIDING AT 120 KM/H, I WAS DEAD. I WANT TO COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE ARE THE 10 OF JANUARY, 5 DAYS AFTER MY ACCIDENT AND I'M ALWAYS THINKING, '' WTF!!!! I RISKED MY LIFE BECAUSE I WAS RIDING???!!!'' I'M SORRY GUYS, BUT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP.

NHTSA ID
11173798
Incident
Jan 5, 2019
Mileage
4,100 mi
Filed Nov 28, 2018

VEHICLE HAS BEEN UNDER A RECALL SINCE NOVEMBER 4, 2018. TODAY IS NOVEMBER 28, 2018 AND IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED, THE DEALER SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL GET TO IT. THEY HAVE A PARTS ISSUE. I THINK THIS IS AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME WAITING, AND NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED. THE NHTSA RECALL NUMBER IS 18V734. PLEASE HELP.

NHTSA ID
11154648
Incident
Nov 4, 2018
Engine
Filed Jun 4, 2018

MY ENGINE WOULD STALL OUT INTERMITTENTLY. TYPICALLY WOULD OCCUR WHEN STOPPING OR GOING. WOULD NOT RESTART WITH CLUTCH IN. HAD TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL TO RESTART. A FAULTY CLUTCH MODULE WAS THE CAUSE. THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES BY MY DEALERSHIP.

NHTSA ID
11099563
Incident
Mar 3, 2018
Mileage
10,000 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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