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2010 Harley-Davidson XL1200N 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 Oct 14, 2015
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 Oct 14, 2015

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2010 Harley-Davidson XL1200N. 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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Powertrain (other)
Filed Oct 14, 2015

PRIMARY & TRANSMISSION FLUID IS BEING PULLED INTO THE CRANK CASE. RESULTED IN COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAUSE UNDETERMINED AS THE DEALER INDICATED THE SEAL WAS INSTALLED PROPERLY AND NO LEAKS OR OIL BURNING WAS FOUND. PURCHASED WITH 1801 MILES FROM DEALER. NEXT PRIMARY OIL SERVICE PER HARLEY AT 10,000 MILES, THIS FAILURE HAPPENED OVERTIME WITH NO ABILITY TO DETECT AND MILEAGE IS AT APPROXIMATELY AT 7800 MILES. HARLEY NOTED "BAD LUCK", DEALER NOT SURE IF SEAL WENT BAD BECAUSE ENGINE OIL WOULD GO INTO PRIMARY, REVERSE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

NHTSA ID
10782214
Incident
Jul 21, 2015
Mileage
7,800 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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