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2005 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 Oct 3, 2011
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 Sep 6, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 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

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Engine
Filed Oct 3, 2011

CAM CHAIN TENSIONER FAILURE CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO ENGINE AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL OF MOTORCYCLE IF ENGINE LOCKS UP. I WAS INFORMED BY A SALES PERSON NAMED [XXX] AT EAGLE HARLEY DAVIDSON IN LAFAYETTE IN THAT I HAD A MOTORCYCLE WITH PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAM CHAIN TENSIONER. THE CHAIN TENSIONER WILL FAIL CAUSING ENGINE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL. I ASKED WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL NOTICE AND HE SAID IT WAS NORMAL WEAR BUT WAS REDESIGNED ON NEWER MOTORCYCLES. I WAS TRYING TO TRADE MY MOTORCYCLE IN FOR A NEW ONE AND THAT IS WHEN HE SAID MINE WAS NOT WORTH MUCH BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, IT WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AND THAT IS WHY HARLEY DAVIDSON WENT TO A HYDRAULIC TENSIONER ON NEWER MOTORCYCLES. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MOTORCYCLES AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAJOR REPAIRS OR INJURY TO MYSELF AND OTHERS IF FAILURE OCCURS AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I PHONED CORPORATE HARLEY DAVIDSON CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT ON RECALL AND NOT TO WORRY, BUT I DO. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

NHTSA ID
10428288
Incident
Sep 24, 2011
SteeringSuspension
Filed Sep 6, 2006
Crash reported1 injury reported

2005 1450CC FRONT TIRES SHIMMIED WHILE DRIVING CAUSING CONSUMER TO DROP THE BIKE. *TS THE CONSUMER SON WAS INJURED. *JB

NHTSA ID
10168030
Incident
Jun 25, 2006

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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