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2017 Harley-Davidson Flss 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 Jun 25, 2017
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 21, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2017 Harley-Davidson Flss. 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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Powertrain (other)
Filed Jun 25, 2017
Crash reported1 injury reported

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE HYDROLIC CLUTCH BECOMES VERY STIFF. THIS IS RANDOM, IT MAY WORK CORRECTLY THEN SUDDENLY BECOME INCREASINGLY HARD TO PULL THE CLUTCH LEVER IN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS EVENTUALLY THE CLUTCH WILL NOT DISENGAGE. MAKING IT NECESSARY TO TURN THE BIKE OFF IN ORDER TO DISENGSGE THE CLUTCH. AT ONE POINT I WAS UNABLE TO PULL THE CLUTCH LEVER IN WHEN APPROCHING A STOP LIGHT ON A BUSY MAJOR INTERSECTION. I HAD TO TURN THE MOTORCYCLE OFF AND DRIFT TO THE SHOULDER AT THE LAST MOMENT. I HAVE SINCE HAD AN ACCIDENT ON A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS. THE CLUTCH IS UNRELIABLE, AT TIMES IT WORKS CORRECTLY AND AT OTHER TIMES IS BECOMES TOO STIFF TO OPERATE. I HAVE DRIVEN MOTORCYCLES FOR 27 YEARS AND AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH CLUTCH OPERATION. I HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS MOTORCYCLE AND IT HAS ONLY 300 MILES ON IT. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE THIS MOTORCYCLE UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED.

NHTSA ID
11001221
Incident
Jun 12, 2017
Mileage
300 mi
Brakes
Filed May 21, 2017

I WAS RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT 65 MPH WHEN I NOTICED A SLIGHT POWER LOSS, I APPLIED SOME EXTRA THROTTLE AND THE POWER LOSS JUST GOT WORSE, THE MOTOR CYCLE WAS SLOWING RAPIDLY UNDER POWER SO I LET OFF OF THE THROTTLE, AT THIS TIME THE REAR BRAKE LOCKED UP THE REAR WHEEL SENDING ME INTO A SKID OFF OF THE PAVEMENT AND INTO THE GRAVEL. THERE WAS A SEMI TRUCK HAULING HAY THAT WAS BEHIND ME AND I MANAGED TO KEEP THE MOTORCYCLE UPRIGHT AS THE TRUCK WENT PASSED ME. I GOT OFF OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND COULD SMELL HOT BRAKE SMELL. I LOOKED AT THE REAR BRAKE DISK AND IT WAS SO HOT THAT IT WAS PURPLE AND THE REAR BRAKE PEDAL WAS LOCKED UP. I COULDN'T MOVE IT AT ALL. AFTER IT COOLED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES THE REAR BRAKE BEGIN TO FREE UP. I HAD THE MOTORCYCLE TRAILERED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I WAS CHANCING THE BRAKE LOCKING UP AGAIN. THE BIKE IS AT HIGH DESERT HARLEY IN MERIDIAN IDAHO AND I'M WAITING TO HERE FROM THEM. THE MOTORCYCLE ONLY HAS ABOUT 950 MILES ON IT. IT IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH ANTI LOCK BRAKES.

NHTSA ID
10990826
Incident
May 19, 2017
Mileage
950 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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