2005 Harley-Davidson Flhr Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2005 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
- Other / unspecified150.0%
- Tires & wheels150.0%
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
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
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
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
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
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
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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