2013 Harley-Davidson Flhtc 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 2013 Harley-Davidson Flhtc, 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 / unspecified133.3%
- Steering133.3%
- Suspension133.3%
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
ON 7/16/2018, I WAS DRIVING THE SUBJECT VEHICLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL COLORADO ON HWY 50 JUST EAST OF GUNNISON, COLORADO GOING THROUGH MONARCH PASS. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR THAT THE ROD WAS DRY. I WAS FULLY AWAKE AND SOBER (DO NOT DRINK). AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM, AS I SLOWED MY APPROACHED TO THE TURN AT MONARCH PASS, MY VEHICLE STEERING BEGAN TO GYRATE FROM SIDE TO SIDE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 -30 MPH AS I SLOWED TO TAKE A CURVE. THE GYRATION CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE. I WAS THROWN FROM THE MOTORCYCLE INTO THE SIDING AREA OF THE 2 LANE ROAD. THERE WERE NO REPORTED WITNESSES. I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND REPORTEDLY WENT IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS AT THE SCENE AND THROUGHOUT MY EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEN BY EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT TO GRAND JUNCTION TRAUMA CENTER. FOR 3 WEEKS I SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURED RIBS, A COLLAPSED LUNG, A CONCUSSION (WAS WEARING MY HELMET), AND A VARIETY OF BRUISES AND ABRASIONS FROM THE CRASH. I EXPERIENCED RETROGRADE AMNESIA, WHICH BLOCKED MY MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT UNTIL THIS WEEK (8/16/18). I NOW REMEMBER THE VIOLENT GYRATION OF THE HANDLEBARS JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. I HAVE OVER 12 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE RIDING MOTORCYCLES AND WAS ON THE THIRD DAY OF RIDING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS IS THE FIRST ACCIDENT I HAVE HAD SINCE I BEGAN MOTORCYCLE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE WAS VIRTUALLY NEW (<5200 MILES) AND IN GOOD CONDITION FROM THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM ON MAY 19, 2018. I AM SURE THAT THE STEERING OF THE MOTORCYCLE CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. THE MOTORCYCLE DID NOT SUSTAIN SERIOUS DAMAGE AND WAS RIDE-ABLE WHEN BROUGHT HOME THEN FOLLOWING WEEKEND. UP TO THAT TIME I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. I WANT TO REPORT THIS BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED SOMETHING WAS MECHANICALLY WRONG ON THE MOTORCYCLE THAT DAY. I MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE THE NEXT RIDER FROM THE SAME PROBLEM.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Steering
Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage.
From owner reports, verbatim
ON 7/16/2018, I WAS DRIVING THE SUBJECT VEHICLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL COLORADO ON HWY 50 JUST EAST OF GUNNISON, COLORADO GOING THROUGH MONARCH PASS. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR THAT THE ROD WAS DRY. I WAS FULLY AWAKE AND SOBER (DO NOT DRINK). AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM, AS I SLOWED MY APPROACHED TO THE TURN AT MONARCH PASS, MY VEHICLE STEERING BEGAN TO GYRATE FROM SIDE TO SIDE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 -30 MPH AS I SLOWED TO TAKE A CURVE. THE GYRATION CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE. I WAS THROWN FROM THE MOTORCYCLE INTO THE SIDING AREA OF THE 2 LANE ROAD. THERE WERE NO REPORTED WITNESSES. I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND REPORTEDLY WENT IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS AT THE SCENE AND THROUGHOUT MY EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEN BY EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT TO GRAND JUNCTION TRAUMA CENTER. FOR 3 WEEKS I SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURED RIBS, A COLLAPSED LUNG, A CONCUSSION (WAS WEARING MY HELMET), AND A VARIETY OF BRUISES AND ABRASIONS FROM THE CRASH. I EXPERIENCED RETROGRADE AMNESIA, WHICH BLOCKED MY MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT UNTIL THIS WEEK (8/16/18). I NOW REMEMBER THE VIOLENT GYRATION OF THE HANDLEBARS JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. I HAVE OVER 12 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE RIDING MOTORCYCLES AND WAS ON THE THIRD DAY OF RIDING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS IS THE FIRST ACCIDENT I HAVE HAD SINCE I BEGAN MOTORCYCLE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE WAS VIRTUALLY NEW (<5200 MILES) AND IN GOOD CONDITION FROM THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM ON MAY 19, 2018. I AM SURE THAT THE STEERING OF THE MOTORCYCLE CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. THE MOTORCYCLE DID NOT SUSTAIN SERIOUS DAMAGE AND WAS RIDE-ABLE WHEN BROUGHT HOME THEN FOLLOWING WEEKEND. UP TO THAT TIME I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. I WANT TO REPORT THIS BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED SOMETHING WAS MECHANICALLY WRONG ON THE MOTORCYCLE THAT DAY. I MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE THE NEXT RIDER FROM THE SAME PROBLEM.
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.
From owner reports, verbatim
ON 7/16/2018, I WAS DRIVING THE SUBJECT VEHICLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL COLORADO ON HWY 50 JUST EAST OF GUNNISON, COLORADO GOING THROUGH MONARCH PASS. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR THAT THE ROD WAS DRY. I WAS FULLY AWAKE AND SOBER (DO NOT DRINK). AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM, AS I SLOWED MY APPROACHED TO THE TURN AT MONARCH PASS, MY VEHICLE STEERING BEGAN TO GYRATE FROM SIDE TO SIDE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 -30 MPH AS I SLOWED TO TAKE A CURVE. THE GYRATION CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE. I WAS THROWN FROM THE MOTORCYCLE INTO THE SIDING AREA OF THE 2 LANE ROAD. THERE WERE NO REPORTED WITNESSES. I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND REPORTEDLY WENT IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS AT THE SCENE AND THROUGHOUT MY EMERGENCY TREATMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEN BY EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT TO GRAND JUNCTION TRAUMA CENTER. FOR 3 WEEKS I SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURED RIBS, A COLLAPSED LUNG, A CONCUSSION (WAS WEARING MY HELMET), AND A VARIETY OF BRUISES AND ABRASIONS FROM THE CRASH. I EXPERIENCED RETROGRADE AMNESIA, WHICH BLOCKED MY MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT UNTIL THIS WEEK (8/16/18). I NOW REMEMBER THE VIOLENT GYRATION OF THE HANDLEBARS JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. I HAVE OVER 12 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE RIDING MOTORCYCLES AND WAS ON THE THIRD DAY OF RIDING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS IS THE FIRST ACCIDENT I HAVE HAD SINCE I BEGAN MOTORCYCLE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE WAS VIRTUALLY NEW (<5200 MILES) AND IN GOOD CONDITION FROM THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM ON MAY 19, 2018. I AM SURE THAT THE STEERING OF THE MOTORCYCLE CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. THE MOTORCYCLE DID NOT SUSTAIN SERIOUS DAMAGE AND WAS RIDE-ABLE WHEN BROUGHT HOME THEN FOLLOWING WEEKEND. UP TO THAT TIME I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. I WANT TO REPORT THIS BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED SOMETHING WAS MECHANICALLY WRONG ON THE MOTORCYCLE THAT DAY. I MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE THE NEXT RIDER FROM THE SAME PROBLEM.
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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