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2005 Harley-Davidson Fxdwg 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 4, 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 Mar 4, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2005 Harley-Davidson Fxdwg. 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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Engine
Filed Mar 4, 2014

JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 35 OR 40 MILES PER HOUR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE MOTOR STARTS KNOCKING LIKE HELL SOUNDED LIKE IF THE MOTOR WAS JUST GOING TO BLOW UP BETWEEN MY LEGS IM VERY GLAD THAT I'M A SKILLED RIDER IF I WASN'T I COULD HAVE WRECKED I SHUT IT OFF ADMITTEDLY. I'M BRING IT TO A SHOP BUT I GOT ON A COUPLE INTERNET SITES AND SEEN THAT OTHER RIDERS HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND THEY SAID ITS THE OIL PUMP IN THE 2005 DYNA WIDE GLIDES SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PICK UP TUBE OR THE PUMP IT'S SELF WHEN A INDIVIDUAL SPENDS THE TYPE OF MONEY ON A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IT SHOULD ENDURE MORE THAN JUST PUTTING DOWN THE ROAD NEW IT COST $16,000.00 DOLLARS AND TO REPLACE THE ENGINE IS ABOUT 6 OR 7 THOUSAND DOLLARS I JUST THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING IT SINCE I SAW IT ON THE NET OF OTHER RIDERS SAYING THE SAME THING AS I JUST EXPLAINED AS MANY PLACES THAT I SAW IT YOU WOULD THINK HARLEY AS MANY AS THEY SELL YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD TELL YOU TO BRING YOUR BIKE IN TO CHANGE OUT THE BAD PUMP BEFORE IT BLEW THE MOTOR SO THERE WOULD BE NO BAD TALK ABOUT THERE ENGINES BUT WHY TELL THE CONSUMERS IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEM MORE FOR SELLING A MOTOR VERSES SELLING A CHEAP OIL PUMP IT REALLY SUCKS CAUSE IM DISABLED AND LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME SO IF I HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE I WILL NOT BE RIDING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS 6 THOUSAND VERSES A LITTLE $150 PART PLUS LABOR THAT IS A DAMNED BIG DIFFERENCE WELL THANKS FOR LETTING ME VENT AND HOPE YOU LOOK INTO THE MATTER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10566925
Incident
Aug 15, 2013

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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