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2003 Harley-Davidson Flhti 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 Apr 7, 2008
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 7, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2003 Harley-Davidson Flhti. 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 Apr 7, 2008
Crash reported2 injuries reported

PURCHASED TIRES IN JULY 6TH 2007@"MOTOR CYCLE SUPER STORE .COM" HAD THEM MOUNTED AT ALL AMERICAN HARLEY DAVIDSON HUGHESVILLE MD JULY 23RD 2007. THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 200 MILES ON THEM. SEPT 2ND RIDING ON US 1 NORTH TO PA. TRAVELING 50 MPH,IN SUNNY DRY WEATHER AT ABOUT 75 DEGREES, NO TRAFFIC , NO CONSTRUCTION ON ROAD, OUR REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. CAUSING US TO LOSE CONTROL HIT GUARD RAIL AND INJURIES TO BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER. DRIVER HAD TBI, 8 BROKEN RIBS # 3- 10, PUNCTURED LUNG, BROKEN COLLAR AND SHOULDER BLADE BONES ON RIGHT SIDE, COMA AND HOSPITAL STAY OF 5 WEEKS AND CONTINUED MEDICAL CARE AND SURGERIES. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED 5 BROKEN RIBS AND SHATTERED COLLAR BONE ON RIGHT SIDE AND A BROKEN LEFT THUMB. BONE GRAPH SURGERY MAY BE NEEDED TO REPAIR COLLAR BONE. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8,000. IN DAMAGE TO THE BIKE. 300,000 TO DRIVER AND 50,000 IN MEDICAL EXPENSES TO THE PASSENGERS THAT HEALTH INSURANCE PAID OUT. SO FAR. *TR

NHTSA ID
10223540
Incident
Sep 2, 2007
Mileage
70,392 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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