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 May 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 Sep 18, 2007
What this page shows
Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 Harley-Davidson Flhrse3. 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 May 26, 2010
Crash reportedFire reported2 injuries reported
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HARLEY DAVIDSON SCREAMING EAGLE MOTORCYCLE, FLHRSE3. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR TIRE SUDDENLY DEFLATED WHICH WAS UNDETECTABLE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK SINCE THERE WAS NO TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SMELLED RUBBER BURNING AND SMOKE. THE VEHICLE SWAYED FROM THE LEFT TO RIGHT UNCONTROLLABLY. THE PASSENGER WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED THE PASSENGER TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN SHIN, ROAD RASH AND A SEVERE INJURY TO THE ANKLE. THE PASSENGER SUFFERED SEVERAL INJURIES WHICH CONSISTED OF ROAD RASH, BODY BRUISES, A SPRAINED WRIST, FINGER AND ANKLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WITH $15,000 WORTH OF DAMAGES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,500.
NHTSA ID
10332287
Incident
Apr 19, 2010
Mileage
59,500 mi
Driver assistance
Filed Feb 17, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHRSE3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE HAND GRIP WOULD SLIDE OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. HE NOTICED THE PROBLEM A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES. THE LATEST OCCURRENCE WAS WHILE HE WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH SO HE PULLED OVER TO PUSH IT BACK ON. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE GRIP 3 TIMES AND 1 TIME THE DEALER TRIED TO GLUE IT BACK ON WHICH CAUSED THE THROTTLE TO STICK. HE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,300. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,500.
NHTSA ID
10311206
Incident
Oct 27, 2007
Mileage
3,500 mi
Engine
Filed Oct 15, 2008
WHILE RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE (RECORDED MILEAGE 1800KM) THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE BADLY AND POUR OIL......WHICH WENT OVER MY BACK TIRE. STOPPED SAFELY AND FOUND THAT THE CRANKCASE SENSOR HAD FAILED. THIS WAS MY FIRST EVER HARLEY, A CVO ROAD KING, 2007 AND 1600KM ON THE CLOCK. TOOK IT IN - UNDER WARRANTY. CRANK RUN OUT WAS RIGHT SIDE .004" LEFT SIDE .001". HARLEY HAVE SAID 'NOT AN ISSUE' AND REFUSED TO REPLACE. THEY CLAIM THAT THE CRANK SENSOR SUPPLIER WAS CHANGED BECAUSE OF FAILURE ISSUES AND I HAD THE OLD VERSION. PARTICLES FROM THE SENSOR BLOCKED OIL WAYS, CAUSED A BUILD UP OF PRESSURE IN THE CRANK CASE WHICH BLEW THE SENSOR OUT. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND IN THE US, SIMILAR REPORTS LED TO AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT UNDER WARRANTY. MY ENGINE WAS ALSO AWAITING A 0906 RECALL FOR HEAD GASKETS, CRANKNUT AND ACRS........... IT APPEARS THAT HARLEW INCREASED CRANK TOLERANCES TO PREVENT FURTHER WARRANTY CLAIMS FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR
NHTSA ID
10245501
Incident
Sep 28, 2008
Mileage
1,000 mi
Engine
Filed Sep 18, 2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHRSE3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A SERIOUS ENGINE DEFECT. HE DISCOVERED AN OIL LEAK AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED, BUT RECURRED TWO MONTHS LATER AND COULD LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. HE HAS READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS TYPE OF FAILURE AND WOULD LIKE HIS VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE HIS ENGINE FAILS COMPLETELY AS WELL. THE VIN AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 800 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 900.
NHTSA ID
10203375
Incident
Sep 8, 2007
Mileage
800 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.