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2002 Harley-Davidson Fxstb Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Nov 20, 2007
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2002 Harley-Davidson Fxstb, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Visibility1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Visibility

Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

2260 MOTORCYCLISTS WERE KILLED IN 2005 BECAUSE THEIR MOTORCYCLES WERE NOT AS VISIBLE AS AN AUTOMOBILE, PER THE 2005 CALSPAN MOTORCYCLE LIGHTING STUDY DATA. THEREFORE, THE NHTSA MINIMUM SAFETY PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, SPECIFICALLY MOTORCYCLES, (SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS, TITLE 49 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 571) ARE INADEQUATE TO ENHANCE THE CONSPICUOUS OF THE MOTORCYCLE ON THE PUBLIC ROADS SO THAT ITS PRESENCE IS PERCEIVED EITHER IN DAYLIGHT OR IN DARKNESS, OR IN OTHER CONDITIONS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY, THEREBY SUBJECTING THE MOTORCYCLIST TO UNREASONABLE RISK OF DEATH AND INJURY AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE MISUSE OF THE MOTORCYCLE HEADLIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSPICUOUS. FACT: THE MOTORCYCLE REPRESENTS LESS THAN ONE-THIRD THE PROFILE OF THE AUTOMOBILE YET ITS LIGHTING SYSTEM, AT BEST, DOES NOT ALLOW IT TO BE EVEN AS VISIBLE AS THE AUTOMOBILE. *TR

NHTSA ID 10209523 · filed Nov 20, 2007

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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Data sources

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