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2007 Harley-Davidson Vrscaw 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 Sep 2, 2010
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 Jul 22, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 Harley-Davidson Vrscaw. 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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Fuel system
Filed Sep 2, 2010

FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT. FUEL GAUGE POINTER WON'T MOVE,STUCK ON 1/4 TANK. *TR

NHTSA ID
10353549
Incident
Sep 1, 2010
Mileage
5,400 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 10, 2010

GAS GAUGE IS WORTHLESS. ALWAYS READS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10348496
Incident
Jul 21, 2010
Mileage
3,300 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 10, 2010

THIS IS PERTAINING TO THE FUEL SENDING UNIT/FUEL GAUGE ON A 2007 VRSCAW. GAUGE STARTED ACTING ERRATIC AT ABOUT 2000 MILES. AFTER FILL WOULD READ FINE AND THEN ABOUT 3/4 TO 1/2 TANK I WOULD SLOWLY SEE THE NEEDLE DROP TO EMPTY AND THEN RAISE BACK UP TO WHATEVER IT CHOSE. HAD SENDING UNIT REPLACED WITH WHAT THE CURRENT REVISION WAS AT THE TIME. WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 2000 TO 3000 MILES AND DID THE SAME THING. AS OF NOW, THERE IS NO NEW REVISION. THIS IS A FUEL GAUGE, SOMETHING THAT VEHICLES HAVE HAD FOR DECADES, THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER DOESN'T SEEM TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10348418
Incident
Apr 10, 2007
Mileage
2,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 10, 2010

FUEL GAUGE FAULTY ,CAUSED ME TO RUN OUT OF FUEL IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION,THIS HAPPENS EVERY PERIODICALLY WHEN I RIDE THE BIKE ,AND HARLEY DAVIDSON DENIES THERE IS A PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID
10348388
Incident
Jul 1, 2010
Fuel system
Filed Jul 22, 2010

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF MY HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE, THE FAULTY FUEL GAUGE CHRONICALLY DISPLAYS HIGHER LEVEL OF FUEL THAN WHAT IS REALLY THERE. FAILURE OCCURS MORE TIMES THAN NOT. I HAD THE FUEL SENDING UNIT (SONAR) REPLACED USING MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH COST ME $50 OUT OF POCKET. THE NEW DEVICE WORKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES BEFORE FAILING AGAIN. HD HAS UPDATED THE PART NUMBER (3X), BUT NO ACTUAL REPAIR OR CORRECTION TO THE FAULTY UNIT DEVELOPED. LATEST "FIX" INSTALLS AN ALGORITHM THAT PREVENTS THE FUEL LEVEL FROM REGISTERING UNLESS THE BIKE IS RUNNING AND IN MOTION. STILL DOES NOT WORK. CURRENT "UPDATED" PART IS IN MY MOTORCYCLE AND IS FAULTY & AVAILABLE. I AM ONE OF OVER 1000 PEOPLE WITH THIS ISSUE. (1130CC.COM) RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AT 80MPH ON A BUSY PUBLIC HIGHWAY EVEN THOUGH YOUR FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYS YOU HAVE 1/4 TANK LEFT IS NOT FUN. EVEN WORSE WHEN YOU ARE IN THE FAR LEFT LANE OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES SINCE OWNING THE BIKE. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS MARCH 2010. *TR

NHTSA ID
10344680
Incident
Apr 6, 2007
Mileage
2,500 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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