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2010 Harley-Davidson Flstfb 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 Nov 4, 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 Oct 27, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2010 Harley-Davidson Flstfb. 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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BrakesExterior lighting
Filed Nov 4, 2011

APPLICATION OF FRONT BRAKE FAILED TO ACTIVATE BRAKE LIGHT. DEALER REPLACE FRONT BRAKE LEVER SWITCH. VERY DANGEROUS TO NOT HAVE WORKING BRAKE LIGHT ON A MOTORCYCLE. AND TO HAVE THIS FAILURE AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10434275
Incident
Sep 7, 2011
Mileage
6,136 mi
Steering
Filed Oct 27, 2010

2010 HARLEY DAVIDSON FATBOY LO FLSTFB. DANGEROUS FRONT END WOBBLE AT 45-50 MPH WHEN RELAXING GRIP ON HANDLEBARS OR HOLDING WITH ONE HAND. HAPPENS WHEN DECELERATING OR AT CONSTANT SPEED OF 45-50 MPH. WAS ADVISED BY CHESAPEAKE HARLEY DEALERSHIP THAT THERE IS AN INHERENT ISSUE WITH SOME FATBOY LO'S HAVING A WOBBLE. BROUGHT BACK 3 TIMES NEVER FIXED. HARLEY SERVICE MANAGER FROM MILWAUKEE RODE MY BIKE... TOLD THROUGH CHESAPEAKE HARLEY DEALERSHIP AND MILWAUKEE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT HARLEY WOULD DO NOTHING FURTHER THAN FIELD THE COMPLAINT. NUMEROUS MECHANICS ACKNOWLEDGE A WOBBLE FROM HARLEY. CHESAPEAKE HD SET FRONT END BACK UP TO SPECS BUT BIKE STILL DOES SAME. RODE SIMILAR MODELS AT DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS THAT WERE COOPERATIVE IN PROVIDING CUSTOMER SERVICE . FATBOY LO'S AND ALSO 2011'S... SAME THING OCCURRED ... WOBBLE IN FRONT END. COMPARED TO REGULAR FATBOYS FLSTF AND THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ISSUE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10362650
Incident
Sep 14, 2010
Mileage
10 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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