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2013 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 Mar 26, 2017
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 Mar 26, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2013 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.

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Electrical
Filed Mar 26, 2017
Crash reported

THE LED INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE MOTORCYCLE, THAT INDICATE EITHER YOU ARE TURNING LEFT AND ALSO THE INDICATOR FOR THE NEUTRAL POSITION HAVE BURNED OUT. HARLEY DAVIDSON WILL NOT REPLACE THIS STRIP OF LED LIGHTS, I HAVE QUESTIONED THE TECHNICIANS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE INDICATED TO ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE BIKES, THEY TOLD ME I HAVE TO PAY $150 TO REPLACE THEM WITH LABOR AND THAT IF I WOULD REPLACE THEM MYSELF THE WARRANTY WOULD BE NOT VALID. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON, HAVING SPOKEN TO OTHER HARLEY OWNERS. SINCE THE WARRANTY IS NOW EXPIRED. I HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE IT. TWO TECHNICIANS FROM SPACE COAST HARLEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE LED'S WHERE OF CHEAP MANUFACTURERS AND THAT HARLEY HAS CHANGED SUPPLIERS. THIS PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS SINCE I CANNOT KNOW IF MY MOTORCYCLE IS NEUTRAL WHEN I COME TO A STOP. I HAVE TO GUESS. THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT SINCE I COULD NOT KNOW IF I WAS IN NEUTRAL AND WHEN I ASSUMED I WAS, HAVING LET GO OF THE CLUTCH, THE MOTORCYCLE JUMPED AND ALMOST HIT THE CAR NEXT TO ME, THE MOTORCYCLE THEN LEANED AND FELL OVER ON ME., THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THIS. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THEIR HARLEY'S BECAUSE OF THIS AND HAVE HAD MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS SINCE HARLEY DAVIDSON CORPORATION DOES NOT WANT TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THE LED INDICATORS FOR TURNING SIGNALS AND THE NEUTRAL INDICATORS NOT WORKING ARE A SAFETY HAZARD.

NHTSA ID
10968538
Incident
Mar 18, 2017
Mileage
2,800 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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