2004 Harley-Davidson Flhtpi 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 2004 Harley-Davidson Flhtpi, 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
- Brakes2100.0%
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
Brakes
Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.
From owner reports, verbatim
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.
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
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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