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2005 Harley-Davidson Fxstsi 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 Jan 24, 2006
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 Jan 24, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2005 Harley-Davidson Fxstsi. 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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Filed Jan 24, 2006

HARLEY DAVIDSON 2005 TC88 BURNING OIL IN THE FORWARD CYLINDER, CONSUMPTION ESTIMATES SEEM TO BE 1 QUART OF OIL IN 700 MILES OF SERVICE. TO A PERSON WHO KNOWS TO CAREFULLY WATCH NEW VEHICLES THEY WILL ADD OIL, BUT TO PERSONS WHO WILL TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT HARLEY SAYS THEY HAVE A NEW ENGINES ,VASTLY IMPROVED, AND HAVING PREVIOUSLY USED FOREIGN MOTORCYCLES WHICH BURN RELATIVELY MINUTE AMOUNT OF OIL, THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. SUCH CONSUMPTION COMPARED TO THE STANDARD CONSUMPTION OF OTHER PRODUCTS,DUE TO LACK OF FAMILIARITY , COULD CAUSE A SEIZED ENGINE WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND LIFE.*AK

NHTSA ID
10148505
Incident
Apr 21, 2005

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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