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2004 Harley-Davidson Flhtpi 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 19, 2018
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 May 26, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2004 Harley-Davidson Flhtpi. 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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Brakes
Filed Apr 19, 2018

WHILE RIDING I LOST MY REAR BRAKES IT WAS DISCOVERED THE REAR BRAKE LINE HAD CHAEFFED THREW IN TWO PLACES FROM ROUTING UNDER THE FRAME THERE IS A RECALL ON BIKES WITH ABS BUT NOT MINE AS MINE IS NOT ABS EQIUPED BUT APPEARS TO HAVE THE SAME PROBEM THIS OCCUERD WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MILES PER HOUR AND LOST REAR BRAKES 85 TO 90 MILES FROM HOME HAD TO HAVE THE BIKE TRAILERED HOME HAVE INSTALLED A BRAIDED LINE SO THE PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR AGAIN HARLEY HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED AS OFF YET AS THIS HAD JUST OCCURED WHILE PREPING FOR THE SEASON I JUST HAD THIS BIKE INSPECTED AT ABC HARLEY IN WATERFORD MICH.

NHTSA ID
11088972
Incident
Apr 18, 2018
Mileage
22,013 mi
Brakes
Filed May 26, 2011

FIRST THE REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED BECAUSE IT CHAFED THROUGH BECAUSE OF A COVER MADE OF PLASTIC ON THE LINE TO PREVENT RUBBING ON THE FLOORBOARD HARDWARE AT THE FACTORY THIS DID NOT STOP THIS FROM CHAFING ANYWAY. THE REAR BRAKES ON THIS HARLEY HAVE ALWAYS FELT A LITTLE STRANGE WITH A SOFT PEDAL THIS MONTH MAY 2011 THE BRAKES WENT OUT AGAIN THIS TIME BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM IN THE REAR BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WHEN I TOOK THIS APART TO INSPECT IT WAS DISCOVERED THE PISTON KIT INSTALLED ONLY HAD ONE INLET AND ONE RETURN PORT FOR THE FLUID THE KIT TO REBUILD THIS WAS PART NUMBER 42382-87C THIS PART HAS TWO RETURNS PORTS AND ONE INLET AS REQUIRED I HAVE CALLED HARLEY CORP ON MONDAY 23RD OF MAY 2011 TWICE TO GET INFO ON THIS PART THE REP SAID THEY WOULD CALL THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE NEW PART SHE DID NOT TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SHE TALKED TO TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAD NO INFO ON THIS PROBLEM AT ALL, NO ONE HAS CALLED ME BACK I AGAIN CALLED ON THE 26TH OF MAY AND TALKED TO A PERSON THERE AND THEY STATED THEY WOULD HAVE A REP CALL ME BACK AS THEY SAID THE DEALER COULDN'T TELL THEM ANYTHING ABOUT THIS THE REB CALL AND LEFT NO MESSAGE OR HER NAME I HAD TO CALL BACK AND HAVE THEM CHECK THERE FILES TO SEE WHO IT WAS IT WAS THE SAME REP AS ON MONDAY THEY WERE TO HAVE HER CALL BE BACK AGAIN AS OF THIS TIME I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM HARLEY AND NO ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS ON THIS MATTER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10402857
Incident
May 20, 2011
Mileage
11,000 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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