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2002 Harley-Davidson Fxstdi 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 30, 2008
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 30, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2002 Harley-Davidson Fxstdi. 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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Transmission
Filed Dec 30, 2008

I PURCHASE MY 2002 HARLEY DEUCE FROM A LOCAL DEALER ROSSITERS IN THE SUMMER OF 2008 JUST AFTER IT RECEIVED ITS 30K SERVICE FROM THIS DEALER. ONE DAY AFTER PURCHASE WE TOOK A RIDE WITH FRIENDS TO LEESBURG BIKEFEST THIS SUMMER 2008. ON THE WAY BACK APPROX 300 MILES ON THE NEW (TO ME) BIKE THE REAR WHEEL SPROCKET STARTED MAKING NOISE. AFTER PULLING OVER WE FOUND THAT ALL FIVE OF THE BOLTS HAD NOT ONLY WORKED LOOSE BUT WERE MISSING ABOUT HALF OF THEIR HEAD DEPTH FROM GRINDING INTO THE SWING ARM. TIGHTENING IS ALL UP GOT ME HOME. RETURNED THE BIKE TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOOK CARE OF IT, MEANING THEY NEVER GAVE ME A REASON ON THE HOW OR THE WHY THIS COULD OF HAPPENED AND HOW THEY OR I COULD PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE. AFTER PUTTING ON A CHROME SPROCKET COVER FOR ME AND NEW CHROME BOLTS. I PICKED UP MY BIKE AND HAD A LIFTER PIN COME LOOSE WITHIN 400 MILES AND CRACK THE CASE BUT THAT'S NOT THE STORY I'M WRITING ABOUT. AFTER FIXING THE SPROCKET I PUT APPROX 3K MILES ON THE BIKE AND WAS CRUISING HOME WHEN MY BUDDY HEARD MY ALL TO FAMILIAR NOISE COMING FROM MY BIKE AGAIN. 3 OF THE CHROME BOLTS WERE LOOSE,1/2", AND 2 WERE BROKEN RIGHT OFF. AGAIN TIGHTENING GOT ME HOME. I TOOK IT TO THE SAME DEALER AND WAS BASICALLY TOLD @#$%@#$^#$&%^ . THEY WANTED MONEY TO FIX THE BIKE AND WOULD NOT CONSIDER THIS A COMEBACK ON THEIR PREVIOUS WORK. AS MUCH OF A SAFETY ISSUE THIS IS AND WHAT LITTLE REGARD, OR CONCERN I GOT IN RESPONSE FROM THEM HORRIFIES ME TO THINK OF WHAT ELSE THEY HAVE DONE. IF IT IS CAUSED BY A BAD PART IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED. IF THIS IS A MECHANIC'S ERROR, SCARY IT HAPPENED TWICE. HELP. I AM HAVING A QUALIFIED PERSON LOOK AT IT NOW TO TRY TO DETERMINE HOW AND WHY THIS HAPPENED, TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. *TR

NHTSA ID
10253223
Incident
Jun 4, 2008
Mileage
32,000 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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