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2004 Harley-Davidson Flhpi 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 Jun 26, 2010
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 26, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2004 Harley-Davidson Flhpi. 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 Jun 26, 2010
Crash reported1 injury reported

I HAVE 2004 HARLEY DAVIDSON ROAD KING POLICE. I WAS COMING DOWN THE CANYON AND MY REAR BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN ON A CURVE. I USED AS MUCH FRONT BRAKE AS I COULD WITH OUTLOCKING UP THE WHEEL. BEFORE I COULD STOP I HAD TO GO OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID A TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. I THEN HAD TO LAY THE BIKE DOWN TO AVOID GOING IN THE RIVER. A GUY STOPPED AND HELPED ME GET IT BACK UP TO THE ROAD. I NOTICE WHEN I PUSHED THE REAR BRAKE PEDAL THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS SPRAYING OUT OF THE METAL BRAKE LINE ABOUT 2" BEHIND THE MASTER CYLINDER. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE IT HOME. I TOOK THE VIN# INTO TIMP HARLEY IN LINDON,UTAH AND ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER REPORTS OR RECALLS THEY TOLD ME NO. I ASKED IF THERE WAS A PHONE NUMBER TO HARLEY DAVIDSON THAT I COULD FILE A COMPLAINT TO. THEY TOLD ME NO BECAUSE THE BIKE WAS 6 YRS OLD AND HARLEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. I HAD THEN HAD THEM CHECK THE PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF A NEW BRAKE LINE. THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE ABOUT $70.00 BUT WHEN THEY CHECKED THE AVAILABILITY THEY FOUND THE BRAKE LINE MINE USED HAD BEEN DISCONTINUED AND THERE WAS A UPDATED LINE THAT WOULD COST OVER $160.00 AND WAS ON BACKORDER. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM IF THEY HAVE DISCONTINUING THE ORIGINAL LINE AND HAVE A BACKORDER ON THE NEW UPDATED LINE. I THANK GOD I DIDN'T HAVE MY WIFE OR KID ON WITH ME WHEN I CRASHED AND I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE RECALLING ALL OF THE UNSAFE LINES AND INSTALLING THE UPDATED LINE AT THE MFGS EXPENSE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10340196
Incident
Apr 19, 2010
Mileage
18,120 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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