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2026 Harley-Davidson Fltrx 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 Jun 25, 2026
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 Jun 25, 2026

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2026 Harley-Davidson Fltrx. 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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EngineOther / unspecified
Filed Jun 25, 2026

Incident Description: On [XXX], I took delivery of a brand-new 2026 Harley-Davidson Road Glide from a certified franchise dealership. Within 15 to 20 minutes of departing the dealership, under normal riding conditions on a well-maintained roadway, the motorcycle suffered a sudden, catastrophic mechanical failure. I observed a large cloud of white smoke trailing heavily from the motorcycle. I immediately pulled over to the shoulder and shut the engine down. Upon inspection, the entire right side of the motorcycle was saturated in motor oil. The oil was actively ejecting from the air cleaner housing and rapidly accumulating on the ground in a large puddle. Safety Hazard & Impact: The volume of motor oil ejected from the air cleaner assembly created an immediate, severe traction hazard. Because the air cleaner is situated on the right side of the motorcycle directly upwind of the rear tire path, the atomized and pooling oil thoroughly saturated the right side of the chassis. Continued operation would have inevitably coated the contact patch of the rear tire, introducing an incredibly high probability of an unrecoverable rear-wheel slide (low-side crash), leading to catastrophic vehicle damage and severe bodily injury or death. Resolution & Dealer Action: The motorcycle was recovered by the dealership. Due to the immediate mechanical safety failure and discrepancies with delivery mileage, I demanded the bill of sale be rescinded and my financial assets/trade-in vehicle returned. The dealership reluctantly complied and unwound the deal, but they completely refused to provide a mechanical explanation or diagnostic report for why a brand-new vehicle suffered this severe oil-expulsion failure. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID
11746590
Incident
Jun 17, 2026
EngineOther / unspecified
Filed Jun 25, 2026

Incident Description: On [XXX], I took delivery of a brand-new 2026 Harley-Davidson road glide from a certified franchise dealership. Within 15 to 20 minutes of departing the dealership, under normal riding conditions on a well-maintained roadway, the motorcycle suffered a sudden, catastrophic mechanical failure. I observed a large cloud of white smoke trailing heavily from the motorcycle. I immediately pulled over to the shoulder and shut the engine down. Upon inspection, the entire right side of the motorcycle was saturated in motor oil. The oil was actively ejecting from the air cleaner housing and rapidly accumulating on the ground in a large puddle. Safety Hazard & Impact: The volume of motor oil ejected from the air cleaner assembly created an immediate, severe traction hazard. Because the air cleaner is situated on the right side of the motorcycle directly upwind of the rear tire path, the atomized and pooling oil thoroughly saturated the right side of the chassis. Continued operation would have inevitably coated the contact patch of the rear tire, introducing an incredibly high probability of an unrecoverable rear-wheel slide (low-side crash), leading to catastrophic vehicle damage and severe bodily injury or death. Resolution & Dealer Action: The motorcycle was recovered by the dealership. Due to the immediate mechanical safety failure and discrepancies with delivery mileage, I demanded the bill of sale be rescinded and my financial assets/trade-in vehicle returned. The dealership reluctantly complied and unwound the deal, but they completely refused to provide a mechanical explanation or diagnostic report for why a brand-new vehicle suffered this severe oil-expulsion failure. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID
11746587
Incident
Jun 17, 2026

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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