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2002 Harley-Davidson Flhr Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2002 Harley-Davidson Flhr, 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

  • Driver assistance150.0%
  • Suspension150.0%

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

Driver assistance

Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Jul 9, 2002

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Suspension

Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Oct 31, 2002

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

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