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2005 Harley-Davidson XL883 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 Jul 25, 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 Jul 25, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2005 Harley-Davidson XL883. 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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ElectricalExterior lighting
Filed Jul 25, 2006

PURCHASED HARLEY IN APRIL, BIKE INOPERATIVE, THEY REPLACED BATTERY & IT DIED AGAIN, THEY REPLACED VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND ON 7/19/06 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 PM IN CONSTRUCTION AREA OF RT I-287, BIKE LOST ALL POWER, LIGHTS HORN, THEN ENGINE. I HAD THE STATE POLICE ARRIVE & SET UP FLARES BECAUSE IT WAS VERY DARK & THERE WAS HEAVY TRACTOR TRAILER AND CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC. STATE POLICE WANTED ME TO PUSH NEW BIKE OFF HIGHWAY. AAA CAME & TOWED BACK TO MY HOME, THEN DEALER PICKED UP FOR THE THIRD TIME AND I AM NOT IN POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. I AM A CLAIM REP FOR AN INSURANCE CO & IT IS HAZARDOUS TO LOSE ALL POWER ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT NIGHT ON A MOTORCYCLE. *JB

NHTSA ID
10163425
Incident
Jul 19, 2006
Mileage
600 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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