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2013 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 Sep 6, 2014
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 Nov 17, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2013 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.

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Steering
Filed Sep 6, 2014

IF I REMOVE MY HANDS FROM THE HANDLE BARS THE BIKE STEERING WOBBLE VIOLENTLY THIS ALSO HAPPENED AT LOWER SPEEDS 45 MHR. LOST OF CONTROL COMES QUICKLY,YOU KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS COULD BE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10631264
Incident
Feb 17, 2014
Mileage
6,500 mi
Other / unspecifiedSteering
Filed Nov 17, 2013

AFTER PURCHASING MOTORCYCLE NEW FROM DEALER.. NOTICED THAT STEERING SHAKE / WOBBLE ON DECELERATION BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 30-60 MPH. NOTIFIED DEALER AND FOUND THAT STEERING COMPONENT NUT OF SOME SORT WAS LOOSE AND NEEDED ADJUSTMENT. THIS SEEMED TO HAVE FIXED ISSUE BUT SOON RETURNED WITHIN 1000 MILES. THE MOTORCYCLE CURRENTLY HAS AROUND 4000 MILES AND STILL HAS THIS CONDITION. REPORTED TO DEALER WHERE MOTORCYCLE WAS PURCHASED SEVERAL TIMES AND AFTER FAILURE TO FIX CONDITION CONTACTED ANOTHER DEALER. THIS NUT WAS THEN RE-TIGHTENED BUT SOON SHAKE / WOBBLE RETURNED DURING DECELERATION AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 30-60 MPH. AFTER COMPLAINING TO SECOND H-D DEALER, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONTACTED H-D AND WERE TOLD TO ADVISE THE CUSTOMER (ME) TO NOT REMOVE HANDS FROM HANDLEBARS WHILE RIDING AND KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE BARS AT ALL TIMES. I THEN ADVISED THAT HANDS DON'T HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM HANDLEBARS TO FEEL THIS SHAKE AND WOBBLE ON DECELERATION. SPOKE WITH SEVERAL SERVICE TECHS AT H-D AND THEY STATED THAT THIS MOTORCYCLE (H-D ROADGLIDE) HAS BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE THIS CONDITION MOST OF ITS PRODUCTION. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HARLEY DAVIDSON SELLS THESE MOTORCYCLES NEW STARTING AT $20000 AND IN MY CASE A SPECIAL EDITION CVO FOR $35000 AND CAN TELL ME THAT EVEN THOUGH MY STEERING SHAKES AND WOBBLES NOT TO REMOVE MY HANDS FROM THE HANDLEBARS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF THIS CONDITION, JUST YOUTUBE THE WORDS "HARLEY DAVIDSON ROADGLIDE WOBBLE". PLEASE HELP FIX THIS ISSUE AS IT WILL RESULT IN CRASH AND SERIOUS IF NOT FATAL INJURIES. *TR

NHTSA ID
10552638
Incident
Nov 21, 2012
Mileage
500 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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