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2005 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 26, 2007
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 Apr 3, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 26, 2007

MOTORCYCLE ROAD TRIP - CHECKED TIRES. REAR METZELER ME880 1.50/80HB16 - MADE IN BRAZIL. DELAMINATION - UNDERLYING PLIES EXPOSED. KNOWN PROBLEM BY METZELER WITH BRAZILIAN MANUFACTURED TIRES. METZELER IS DISTRIBUTING DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS TIRES TO DEALERS. COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO METZELER. OTHER INDIVIDUALS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. EXTENSIVE TIRE FAILURE REPORT HAS BEEN SENT TO METZELER AS OF 10/25/07. MATCHING SET OF DUNLOP TIRES REPLACED THE METZELERS. DEFECTIVE TIRE IS AVAILABLE AS EVIDENCE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN SENT TO METZELER ALONG WITH THE REPORT. THE SUBJECT METZELER TIRE WAS CLEARLY UNSAFE CREATING THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. IT IS CLEARLY FORESEEABLE TO METZELER THAT ITS TIRES WOULD CONTINUE TO EXPOSE ITS CUSTOMERS TO GREAT RISK! *TR

NHTSA ID
10206980
Incident
Aug 10, 2007
Other / unspecified
Filed Apr 3, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE REAR WHEEL VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER TIGHTENED THE SPOKES ON THE WHEELS. THAT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. IN OCTOBER 2005 MOTORCYCLE HAD SLIGHT VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH. TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR 5,000 MILES SERVICE AND REPORTED THE VIBRATION. DEALER TIGHTENED SPOKES AND TRUED WHEEL. DEALER DID NOT CHARGE THE CONTACT, IT WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. ON APRIL 3, 2006 CONTACT WENT FOR A RIDE IN A GROUP OF 9 MOTORCYCLES AND 13 PEOPLE. THE CONTACT WA SIN FRONT ON RIGHT DOING 50 MPH, AND WHEN COMING AROUND A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE RIGHT THE MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO KEEP CONTROL AND STOPPED THE MOTORCYCLE. FOUND THE SPOKES TO BE LOOSE. CALLED THE DEALER NEXT DAY AND REQUESTED NEW WHEEL. REQUEST WAS DENIED BY DEALER. THEN CALLED HARLEY DAVIDSON, AND WAS TOLD WHEELS WERE NOT COVERED. *AK

NHTSA ID
10154384
Incident
Apr 3, 2006
Mileage
6,200 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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