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Harley-Davidson FL

Every Harley-Davidson FL model year on file, 1965 to 2001. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years81 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years121965 to 2001
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1Summed across model years
By model year

The 1996 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 38% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

01231965198819891990199119941995199631997199820002001
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Harley-Davidson FL complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
5
Fuel system
3
Equipment
2
Engine and cooling
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Harley-Davidson FL model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Harley-Davidson FL by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2001Motorcycle250.0100001
2000Not decoded10.0100010
1998Not decoded0NoneNone100
1997Not decoded0NoneNone100
1996Not decoded30.0300200
1995Motorcycle10.050100
1994Motorcycle10.050100
1991Not decoded0NoneNone110
1990Not decoded0NoneNone310
1989Not decoded0NoneNone200
1988Not decoded0NoneNone100
1965Not decoded0NoneNone000
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Harley-Davidson FL

  • 97V-227 Dec 15, 1997
    Vehicle description: motorcycles
    Brakes · 2,012 vehicles
  • 96V-204 Oct 22, 1996
    Effects of reformulated gasoline along with certain usage of the fuel supply valve affects the supply of gasoline to the carburetor
    Fuel system · 177k vehicles
  • 96V-103 Jun 14, 1996
    Seal on the rear master cylinder piston can move out of position
    Brakes · 251 vehicles
  • 92V-173 Nov 30, 1992
    Fuel inlet needle does not seal properly against the fuel inlet seat
    Fuel system · 66k vehicles
  • 92V-125 Sep 4, 1992
    Positive battery cables installed as part of harley- davidson's previous recall 077 (nhtsa recall 92v011000) can fail in service
    Electrical system · 6,838 vehicles
  • 92V-011 Jan 22, 1992
    Positive battery cable can chafe because of its proximity to the oil tank, causing a short circuit if the cable should ground
    Electrical system · 35k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.