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1989 Harley-Davidson Fltc 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 7, 2000
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, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1989 Harley-Davidson Fltc. 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 Sep 7, 2000

CRACK IN THE ENGINE CASE CAUSED PRIMARY FLUID TO BE EVACUATED FROM THE PRIMARY CASE RESULTING IN A SECONDARY FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH. THE FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH THEN LED TO AN IMMEDIATE DECREASE IN SPEED AND NO POWER. THE CLUTCH ACTED AS IF IT WAS ALWAYS ENGAGED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY TWO HARLEY CERTIFIED MECHANICS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THAT PARTICULAR MODEL YEAR (AS WELL AS EARLIER YEARS) AND WARRANTY WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THESE MOTORCYCLES UP TO AS LATE AS LAST YEAR. I ALSO SPOKE WITH HD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY VERIFIED THAT "SOME" WARRANTY WORK WAS PERFORMED DUE TO THIS FAILURE AND THAT NONE IS PERFORMED AFTER 10 MODEL YEARS. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS IS A POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS SITUATION. SINCERELY, GREG CURRAN

NHTSA ID
730602
Incident
Jun 30, 2000

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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