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1998 Harley-Davidson Flhtci 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 18, 2009
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 30, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Harley-Davidson Flhtci. 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

Showing 1–2 of 2

Body & structure
Filed Oct 18, 2009

1998 HARLEY FLHTCI REAR SWING ARM BROKE ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. VEHICLE WAS NOT AT HIGH SPEED AT FAILURE, BUT HAD THE REAR SWING ARM BROKE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. PER INTERNET FORUMS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON HARLEY TOURING BIKES BUILT BEFORE 2002. *TR

NHTSA ID
10288903
Incident
Oct 17, 2009
Mileage
61,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Sep 30, 1998

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER. CONTACTED DEALER NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. RECALL NUMBER 98V15800. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
828371

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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