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2003 Harley-Davidson Fxst Series 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 20, 2007
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 20, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2003 Harley-Davidson Fxst Series. 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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Engine
Filed Jun 20, 2007

VIBRATION OVER TIME CAN CAUSE COMPENSATORY OR NUT TO BACK OFF, ALLOWING METAL PARTICLES TO MOVE FREELY AROUND INTERNAL MOVING PARTS. CONCERN IS MECHANICAL FAILURE WHILE OPERATING THE MOTORCYCLE. THERE ARE NO SCHEDULED CHECKS TO PREVENT THIS. OVER TIME CAM TENSION FAILS, CHECK OR REPLACEMENT IS AT 30-35000 MILES. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS HAPPENING SOONER. CONCERN WAS AGAIN FREE FLOWING METAL INSIDE THE WORKING INTERNAL PARTS OF THE ENGINE. THERE WAS NOT A SCHEDULED CHECK PRIOR TO THE REPLACEMENT MILEAGE TO PREVENT THIS. NOTE: THERE WAS AN ADJUSTMENT MADE BUT NO CHECK REQUIRING PULLING THE CAMS AND CHECKING THE TENSION. DANGER: BOTH OF THESE HAVE THE ABILITY OF ALLOWING METAL FRAGMENTS TO STOP THE NORMAL WORKINGS OF THE ENGINE. IF THIS OCCURS WHILE IN OPERATION IT COULD CAUSE A LOCK UP AND POSSIBLE CRASH, ESPECIALLY WITH A NEW RIDER. THERE IS A RANGE OF YEARS AND I KNOW OF THREE TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST MONTH IN CALIFORNIA, RANGING FROM 2000-2004 SOFT TAILED WITH TC 88 ENGINES. THE INFORMATION I HAVE WAS THAT THESE PROBLEMS HAVE NOT REACHED THE PERCENT MARK NEEDED TO PUT OUT A RECALL. SOLUTION: SUGGESTED LOOKING INTO A DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE PLAN TO INCLUDE THESE ISSUES AND RECALL THOSE NEEDING CHECKS BASED ON NEW PLAN. *AK

NHTSA ID
10193837
Incident
Jun 18, 2007

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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