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2010 Harley-Davidson Fxdf 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 Nov 28, 2017
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 Jan 27, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2010 Harley-Davidson Fxdf. 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 Nov 28, 2017
Crash reported1 injury reported

THE REAR BRAKE RESERVOIR HAS 2 WIRES COMING OUT OF IT TO THE BACK. THE LOWER OF THESE 2 WIRES MELTED AND LEAKED ALL MY BRAKE FLUID OUT. THIS CAUSED AND ACCIDENT WITH DAMAGE TO MY BIKE AND MYSELF WHILE RIDING IN TRAFFIC.

NHTSA ID
11051072
Incident
Nov 27, 2017
Mileage
25,600 mi
Exterior lighting
Filed Jan 27, 2011

WHEN RIDING IN THE RAIN ON MY 2010 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FAT BOB, MY TAIL LIGHT HAS FILLED WITH WATER, AND THE BULB FAILED (STOP AND TAIL). WATER GETS INTO THIS AREA BETWEEN THE REAR FENDER AND THE LICENSE PLATE/TAIL LIGHT BRACKET FROM THE INSIDE. THERE IS QUITE A LARGE AREA HERE TO FILL WITH WATER, WHICH GOES UNNOTICED. THE DAMPNESS BEHIND THE TAIL LIGHT HAS CAUSED MAJOR CORROSION IN THE WIRING AND MAKES THE TURN SIGNALS COME ON BY THEMSELVES DUE TO SHORTING OUT A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, INTO WHICH THE TAIL LIGHT AND OTHER COMPONENTS PLUG INTO. THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM ALSO OCCURRED ON MY 2008 MODEL (OF THE SAME MODEL MOTORCYCLE), AND I AM AWARE OF SIMILAR ISSUES ON THE 2011 CROSS BONES MODEL (WHICH SHARES A SIMILAR REAR FENDER/TAIL LAMP DESIGN). THESE MOTORCYCLES ARE MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BOTH IN THE USA AND THE 'INTERNATIONAL' MARKET, WHOSE VERSIONS HAVE IDENTICAL COMPONENTS IN THIS AREA. I BOUGHT A 2010 MODEL (NEW) DUE TO MULTIPLE REPETITIVE FAILURES OF THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD DESCRIBED ABOVE ON THE 2008 MODEL CAUSED BY THE SAME ISSUES OF WATER INGRESS, AND WITHIN WEEKS THE SAME PROBLEM HAD APPEARED ON THE 2010 VEHICLE. BOTH MOTORCYCLES HAD BEEN TAKEN IN TO AN OFFICIAL DEALER WHO REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BOARDS (ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS ON THE 2008 VEHICLE) BUT THIS DOES NOT STOP THE WATER GETTING INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE TAIL LIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10379311
Incident
Oct 15, 2010
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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