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2018 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 Jun 5, 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 Jun 5, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2018 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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EnginePowertrain (other)
Filed Jun 5, 2019

PURCHASED MY 3RD H-D (LAST 17 YRS) ON MAY 2018, WENT BIG... 2018 CVO ROAD GLIDE (117 M8 FLTRXSE), HEARD ALL THE CHATTER BUT BOUGHT IT ANYWAY. 3100 MILES LATER, SUMPED ON A 400 MILE ROAD TRIP, ONE QT LOW, BURNING ODOR, EXTREME HEAT, LOSS OF POWER, 100 MILES ON 6 GALLON TANK OF FUEL... LOCAL DEALER PICKED UP BIKE AT HOTEL, 2 DAYS ON PHONE & EMAILS WITH SUPPORT TECHS, CONCLUSION... VOIDED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY DUE TO UNAPPROVED TUNING. HEARD ALL THE HORROR STORIES... BUT WE'VE BEEN TUNING & ALTERING FOR YEARS, JUST AN EXCUSE TO MOVE ON FROM THE ISSUES. THIS BIKE IS CURRENTLY AT "GMR PERFORMANCE" IN FORT WORTH TEXAS, LOOSE PISTON JET OILERS, BAD OIL PUMP, STICKING CRANK AND THE HITS KEEP COMING... THIS BIKE WILL BE RE-BUILT TO 128 WITH QUALITY PARTS AND A COMPETENT BUILDER... #3 IS IT FOR ME. HTTPS://GMRPERFORMANCE.COM/ HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GMR-PERFORMANCE-559176144113934/ HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/559176144113934/VIDEOS/862622857406873/?T=2 HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/559176144113934/VIDEOS/453192031918832/?T=2 HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/559176144113934/VIDEOS/852105041790372/?T=0 HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/559176144113934/VIDEOS/2078521355609032/?T=9

NHTSA ID
11218159
Incident
May 23, 2019
Mileage
3,000 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.

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