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2009 Harley-Davidson Flhpe 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 8, 2018
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 Feb 8, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2009 Harley-Davidson Flhpe. 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 8, 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHPE. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES WERE APPLIED. IN ORDER TO STOP THE MOTORCYCLE, THE REAR BRAKES HAD TO BE APPLIED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BLEED THE BRAKES, CHANGED THE BRAKE PAD, AND CHECKED THE MASTER CYLINDER; HOWEVER, THE FRONT BRAKES WERE STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED (ROCKY TOP HARLEY DAVIDSON, 105 WALDENS MAIN ST, PIGEON FORGE, TN 37863) AND STATED THAT THE CONTACT COULD NOT BLEED THE BRAKES FOR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THEIR COMPUTER. THE CONTACT HAD THE FAILURE REPAIRED BY BLEEDING THE BRAKES AND HAVING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE MODULE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,076.

NHTSA ID
11071753
Incident
Apr 20, 2017
Mileage
56,076 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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