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2012 Harley-Davidson Fltrxse 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 Apr 3, 2019
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 14, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2012 Harley-Davidson Fltrxse. 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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Brakes
Filed Apr 3, 2019
Crash reported1 injury reported

I WAS ROLLING MY MOTORCYCLE OUT OF MY GARAGE WHICH ON A STEEP GRADE , WENT TO HIT THE FRONT BRAKE AND THE LEVER WAS FROZEN SOLID, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OUT OF CONTROL TILL IT FLIPPED ON TOP OF ME , CAUSING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO THE MOTORCYCLE, AND CAUSING ME ROAD BURN ON MY BACK AND SHOULDERS

NHTSA ID
11193669
Incident
Mar 30, 2019
Mileage
6,800 mi
Brakes
Filed Sep 14, 2018

FRONT BRAKE LEVER BECAME HARD/STUCK. FRONT BRAKES ARE STUCK OPEN, WILL NOT FUNCTION. NO WARNING OR ABS LIGHTS ACTIVATED. WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY TO START 3 DAY ROAD TRIP, LUCKILY IT OCCURRED AT THE HOUSE AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEED.

NHTSA ID
11129617
Incident
Sep 14, 2018
Mileage
22,000 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.

Data sources

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