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2000 Harley-Davidson Fxds 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 10, 2010
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 10, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2000 Harley-Davidson Fxds. 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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Electrical
Filed Jun 10, 2010

2000 FXDS HARLEY DAVIDSON IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. NOV. 2009, JAN. 2010, MARCH 2010, APRIL 2010, MAY 2010 AND FINAL DATE 6-8-2010. SWITCH STARTING LOSING CONTACT WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR REQUIRED TURNING BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE INITIAL CONTACT TO GET FULL IGNITION POWER. CHECKED ALL CONNECTIONS AND DETERMINED IT WAS INSIDE ACTUAL SWITCH. LEANED ALL CONTACTS, SPRAY ELECTRICAL CLEANER IN SWITCH AND IT WORKED FOR A WHILE LONGER UNTIL IT MELTED THE GROUND WIRE FROM HEAT AND MELTED INSIDE THE SWITCH. AT THIS POINT (6-8-2010)THE FULL ON POSITION QUICK WORKING AND THE BIKE WAS INOPERABLE. COMPLAINT FORM WOULDN'T ACCEPT SERIAL NUMBER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10335716
Incident
Jun 8, 2010
Mileage
28,000 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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