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2014 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 Sep 9, 2015
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 7, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2014 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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Filed Sep 9, 2015

I BOUGHT MY BIKE BRAND NEW ON 08/31/14. AT EXACTLY 5000 MILES, (TECHNICALLY BEFORE THEN), THE REAR FACTORY DUNLOP D401 WAS SLICK. I TOOK THE BIKE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THE BIKE WAS PERFECT, ALIGNMENT WAS PERFECT, EVEN THE TIRE WEAR WAS PERFECT AND THAT SOMETIMES, BIKES JUST DO THAT. I DON'T BUY THAT. THEY REFUSED TO HELP ME WITH IT, SO I CONTACTED DUNLOP, WHO ALSO REFUSED TO HELP. SO, I BOUGHT A DUNLOP AMERICAN ELITE. I WANT TO STAY AMERICAN MADE. I HAVE A LITTLE OVER 7000 MILES ON IT, AND NOW IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE TIRES. I HAVE RUN DUNLOP'S ON OTHER BIKES FOR YEARS AND GOTTEN ANY WHERE FROM 10K-12K MILES AND THAT IS WITH BURN OUTS! TO DATE, I HAVE NEVER DONE A BURN OUT ON THIS HD. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE THE SAME BIKE, AND THEIRS GET GOOD TIRE MILEAGE, AND I HAVE TALKED TO OTHERS WHO HAVE VARIOUS OTHER MODELS OF HD'S AND A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS IN THE BIKE SETUP. SOMEWHERE. I LOVE MY BIKE, BUT I DON'T HAVE 300 BUCKS TO SHELL OUT EVERY FEW MONTHS BECAUSE THE TIRE IS SLICK. MY FRONT TIRE IS STILL THE FACTORY TIRE AND WILL STILL PASS STATE INSPECTION. I DON'T GET IT. LESS THAN 13K MILES, AND ALREADY NEED A 3RD TIRE!

NHTSA ID
10762656
Incident
Feb 10, 2015
Mileage
5,000 mi
Engine
Filed Dec 3, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLSTC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOTOR WOULD BECOME EXTREMELY HOT. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL TANK WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE SEAT AND AS A RESULT, AN AIR COOL FILTER AND SHIELD GUARD NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. ## VIN PASSED ## HARLEY DAVIDSON HERITAGE SOFTAIL CLASSIC 2014 ##

NHTSA ID
10661964
Incident
Sep 1, 2014
Mileage
300 mi
Powertrain (other)
Filed Sep 7, 2014

WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, MY CLUTCH DISENGAGED CAUSING MY MOTORCYCLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. I HAD TO APPLY BRAKE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE GEAR TO NEUTRAL AS CLUTCH WOULD NOT ENGAGE. LUCKILY I WAS FIRST IN LINE AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE IT INTO CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF MEDIAN. I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS BECAUSE BIKE WAS HOT AS AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES IT RAN NORMAL INCLUDING CLUTCH. HOWEVER, RESEARCHING PROBLEM I NOTICED OTHER MAKES SAME YEAR HAD RECALL ON CLUTCH AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL INFORMATION IN CASE OTHERS HAVE SIMILAR INCIDENCES TO PREVENT SOMETHING SERIOUS FROM HAPPENING. AS I JUST HAPPENED TO GET LUCKY WHEN IT HAPPENED, I COULD HAVE EASILY LUNGED OUT INTO CROSS TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION AND/OR HIT PERSON IN FRONT OF ME IF THERE WAS ONE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10631380
Incident
Sep 5, 2014
Mileage
1,600 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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