Brakes
Filed Mar 20, 2023
The front brakes on my Fat Bob do not work due to the ABS module failing. The brake lever is near impossible to squeeze and does not provide any stopping power.
- NHTSA ID
- 11512772
- Incident
- Mar 18, 2023
2012 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 Mar 20, 2023
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 May 20, 2016
What this page shows
Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2012 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.
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BrakesElectrical
Filed May 20, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FXDF. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE PIPE WAS ONLY MOUNTED TO THE HEADERS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE BOLTS DETACHED FROM THE PIPES NEAR THE MOUNTING BRACKET. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE BOLTS NEAR THE MOUNTING BRACKET; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V794000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE CONTACT HAD NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V413000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), BUT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,011.
- NHTSA ID
- 10870069
- Incident
- Feb 20, 2016
- Mileage
- 62,011 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
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints, published verbatim
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