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2007 Harley-Davidson Fxsts 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 15, 2011
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 15, 2011

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Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2007 Harley-Davidson Fxsts. 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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Other / unspecified
Filed Mar 15, 2011

THIS ISN'T A COMPLAINT, IT'S AN OBSERVATION. I OWN A HARLEY DAVIDSON THAT HAS A SOLID CAST ALUMINUM REAR WHEEL. THE VALVE STEM IS VISIBLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WHEEL AS YOU LOOK TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BIKE. THIS IS THE SAME SIDE OF THE BIKE THAT THE MUFFLERS AND THE REAR BRAKE DISC ARE MOUNTED. IF A RIDER ATTEMPTS TO PUT AIR IN THE REAR TIRE IMMEDIATELY AFTER STOPPING, THE MUFFLERS ARE VOLCANIC HOT, AND THE REAR DISK IS ALSO QUITE HOT. THE RIDER IS FORCED BY DESIGN OF THE WHEEL TO PUT HIS OR HER HANDS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO ITEMS ON THE BIKE THAT ARE HOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE INSTANT 2ND DEGREE BURNS AND IF NOT CAREFUL, 3RD DEGREE. I RECOMMEND THE VALVE STEM ON THIS TYPE OF REAR WHEEL DESIGN, BE MOVED TO STICK THROUGH THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WHEEL WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THE RIDER FROM HAVING TO NAVIGATE AROUND DANGEROUSLY HOT MUFFLERS AND A BRAKE DISK THAT CAN INSTANTLY BURN HIM OR HER. REAR WHEELS WITH SPOKE DESIGN ARE NOT A PROBLEM, AS THE RIDER HAS THE OPTION OF ATTACKING THE BIKE FROM THE RIGHT OR LEFT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL THAT ADDING AIR AFTER AN INITIAL STOP IS NOT RECOMMENDED, BUT IF NECESSARY, USE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BIKE WHEN ADDING AIR TO A SPOKE DESIGN WHEEL. *TR

NHTSA ID
10390234
Incident
Mar 15, 2011

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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