Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 9 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 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.
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CAM BEARING FAILURE, CAM BEARING PLATE BROKEN, CAM REPLACEMENT, OIL PUMP REPLACEMENT. HD NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT FOR ALL AFFECTED ENGINES (88B). NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND COSTLY REPAIR TO OWNER. MY COST FOR REPAIR OF THIS WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM...$1300.00. *TR
REAR CAM BEARINGS,CAM SUPPORT PLATES AND OIL PUMP FAILING HARLEY -DAVIDSON SENT LETTER'S TO THE OWNER'S SAYYING THEY WILL REPAIR WITHIN 5 YEARS OR 50,000 MILES IF THERE IS A FAILURE TIME RUN OUT ON ALL 99 THIS OCT.2004 0N MY 2000 TIME IS UP OCT.12,2004 IF THE FAILURE HAPPENS AFTER THAT DATE IT COST ME $853.00 I ONLY HAVE 15,000 MILES ON MY 2000 HARLEY-DAVIDSON.HARLEY-DAVIDSON SHOULD MAKE THE RECALL AND TAKE CARE OF THERE CUSTOMER. *AK
MY 2000 HARLEY SOFTAIL HERTIAGE CLASSIC FLS/FLHS JUST QUITS RUNNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. I HAVE COME CLOSE TO BEING RUN OVER BY HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE HAD IT IN SEVERAL HARLEY SHOPS IN NEBRASKA AND THEY HAVE FAILED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO REPORTED THE PROBLEM DIRECTLY TO HARLEY HEADQUARTERS TO NO AVAIL.. *AK
THE MOTORCYCLE KICKSTAND/JIFFY STAND BROKE. *YD
THIS ENGINE TYPE (TC-88) IN EARLIER MODELS (PRODUCED BEFORE ROUGHLY END OF 1999) HAS HARLEY-DAVIDSON (H-D) ACKNOWDGED KNOWN POOR CAM BEARING DESIGN WHICH CAN RESULT IN CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. H-D HAS EVEN SENT LETTERS TO OWNERS OF SUCH ENGINES A FIVE (5) YEAR GUARANTEE OF TOTAL ENGINE REBUILD AND REPAIR AT NO EXPENSE TO THE OWNER IF THE OWNER CAN PROOVE THE ENGINE FAILED FOR THIS REASON. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THERE SHOULD BE A FULL UNCONDITIONAL RECALL OF ALL SUCH ENGINES THAT FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORY OF ADMISSION BY H-D. MAJOR MOTORCYLE MAGAZINES HAVE MANY, MANY DOCUMENTATIONS OF SUCH ENGINE FAILURES, MANY HAPPENING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING INJURY EITHER DIRECTLY FROM THE FAILURE OR INDIRECTLY FROM ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE. THESE ARE LARGE ENGINES AND TO HAVE ONE LITERALLY EXPLODE BETWEEN THE LEGS OF THE RIDER IS NO ENVIABLE SITUATION. EVEN THOUGH H-D WILL REPLACE AFTER FAILURE, ALL REPAIRS ARE POSSIBLY NOT DONE AS METAL PARTS FROM THE FAILURE CAN GET INTO ENGINE PARTS CAUSING SECONDARY DAMAGE OR SECONDARY ENGINE FAILURE AT A LATER DATE. THE ONUS OF PROVING IN ON THE OWNER, THAT THE FIRST FAILURE CAUSED THE SECOND PROBLEM. NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN. THE VALUE OF A MOTORCYLE VALUED NEW AT $16,000-20,000 IS DIMINISHED GREATLY AND POSSIBLY NOT VERY MARKETABLE FOR RESALE. I PLEAD THE NHTSA.DOT WILL REVIEW THIS AND DECLARE A TOTAL RECALL ON ALL SUCH AFFECTED H-D MOTORCYCLES.
THE REAR CAM BEARINGS, CAM SUPPORT PLATES, AND OIL PUMP FAILED CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE, THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS OF THE MALFUNCTION BUT FEELS ITS TOO COSTLY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM UNTIL IT FAILS. NLM
BEARINGS IN REAR OF MOTORCYCLE HAVE FAILED. MANUFACTURER SENT A LETTER TO EXTEND WARRANTY, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE DONE DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE MOTORCYCLE. *AK
CAM BEARINGS ARE DEFECTIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
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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