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2002 Harley-Davidson Flhr 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 31, 2002
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 Jul 9, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2002 Harley-Davidson Flhr. 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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Suspension
Filed Oct 31, 2002

BIKE PULLS EXTREMLY HARD TO LEFT. COULD ONLY BE PARTIALLY SOLVED BY MOVING ENGINE OVER IN FRAME. CAN NOT BE TOLD BY DEALER OR HD IF THIS IS WITHIN FACTORY SPECS. HAVE HAD IN SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO RESOLVE. SPOKE WITH SOMEONE AT FACTORY AND WAS TOLD THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS ENGINE IS MOUNTED EXACTLY THE SAME EVERY TIME IN A JIG AND MOVING ENGINE IS COMPENSATING FOR SOMETHING ELSE. DEALER HAS NEVER OPENED A WARRANTY TICKET WITH HD WHICH MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THEY ARE HIDING SOMETHING. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE APRIL. HD HAS NO ANSWERS EITHER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE BIKE IS SAFE. DT

NHTSA ID
769147
Driver assistance
Filed Jul 9, 2002

DESIGN OF THROTTLE BODY IS NOT DONE PROPERLY, WHEN MOTORCYCLE VIBRATES THROTTLE BODY WILL COME LOOSE AND RPMS WILL START TO REV UP. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK HARLEY DAVIDSON IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS A REMEDY, THE ORIGINAL SCREWS ON THE THROTTLE BODY THAT HOLDS IT TO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BREAK, OR VIBRATE OUT, CAUSING THROTTLE BODY TO SEPARATE FROM INTAKE, THIS CAUSES LARGE VOLUMES OF AIR TO ENTER ENGINE, INCREASING THE RPM TO OVER 4000, CONSUMER HAD TO USE THE IGNITION SWITCH TO SHUT THE MOTORCYCLE DOWN, THE ABOVE IS NOT THE OWNERS INFORMATION. *SLC

NHTSA ID
8013480
Incident
Jun 10, 2002

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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