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2017 Harley-Davidson Fxsb 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 Dec 8, 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 Dec 8, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2017 Harley-Davidson Fxsb. 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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Driver assistance
Filed Dec 8, 2017

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL ROAD SPEED, MY FORWARD SPEED SUDDENLY DROPS FROM 60 MPH DOWN TO 25 MPH, THEN 5 OR 6 MPH ON A HIGHWAY. MY RIGHT GRIP THROTTLE CONTROL FAILS TO WORK. THE BIKE'S ETC, ELECTRONIC-THROTTLE-CONTROL, FAILS TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY BIKE'S COMPUTER OR THROTTLE-BODY. I HAVE TO LIMP HOME ON THE OPEN ROAD. THIS IS DANGEROUS. I'VE SUFFERED 4 SEPARATE FAILURES OF MY ETC THROTTLE CONTROL. ONCE AT DAYTIME, BUT 3 TIMES AT NIGHT. SOMEONE FROM BEHIND TRAVELING AT 45 OR 55 OR MORE MIGHT SLAM INTO ME AT NIGHT AS MY RED TAILLIGHT IS ON. I COULD EASILY GET KILLED. MY HARLEY DEALERSHIP KNEW OF THIS FAILING AS I CALLED THEIR SENIOR TECH THE VERY FIRST TIME THE ETC FAILED DURING RUSHOUR ON A CONGESTED HIGHWAY. AFTER I GOT SAFELY OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE HAR-DAV TECH WALKED ME THROUGH A COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. THIS WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEN 3 MORE ETC FAILS AT NIGHT ON HWY 27 AND COUNTY-ROADS AND 1 CITY STREET WHILE STRAIGHT-DRIVING. FRIGHTENING. CALLED TRIPLE-A & HAD MY 2017, 5 MONTH OLD BIKE TOWED BACKED TO THE HAR-DAV SHOP. THEY REPORT "NO ISSUES FOUND." FOUR THROTTLE FAILURES ? I DON'T BUY THEIR RESPONSE. I TOLD THEM TO KEEP THE BIKE & FIX IT. ALSO, ASKED THEM TO CALL HAR-DAV MILWAUKEE FOR ANSWERS. THEY DID NOT CALL. I HAD TO CALL MILWAUKEE & REPORT THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE. PLEASE HELP BEFORE I GET KILLED ON HWY 27, FL.

NHTSA ID
11053475
Incident
Dec 2, 2016
Mileage
650 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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