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1998 Harley-Davidson Flstc 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 May 24, 2001
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 Feb 1, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Harley-Davidson Flstc. 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 1–3 of 3

Exterior lightingPowertrain (other)
Filed May 24, 2001

SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO FAILURE. THE TURN SIGNAL SYSTEM FAILED WITH THE LAST FAILURE OF THE SPEEDOMETER. TURN SIGNALS SELF CANCEL AND WORK THRU THE SPEEDOMETER. WARRANTY WORK. *AK

NHTSA ID
745828
Incident
May 1, 2001
Exterior lightingPowertrain (other)
Filed May 23, 2001

THE SPEEDOMETER ON THIS CYCLE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO FAILURE. THE TURN SIGNAL SYSTEM FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY THE LAST FAILURE OF THE SPEEDOMETER. ADVISED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL AND SPEEDOMETER WORK TOGETHER. SELF CANCELING TURN SIGNALS. ALL WARRANTY WORK.

NHTSA ID
745807
Incident
May 1, 2001
ElectricalTransmission
Filed Feb 1, 1999

STARTER FAILED RESULTING ENGINE TO FAIL. YH

NHTSA ID
607670

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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