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Harley-Davidson Flsts

Every Harley-Davidson Flsts model year on file, 1989 to 2005. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years31 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years111989 to 2005

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins29Summed across model years

By model year

The 1990 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 33% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Wheels leads the Harley-Davidson Flsts complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Wheels

Engine and cooling

Powertrain

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Harley-Davidson Flsts 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 Flsts by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2005	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	6
2003	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	6
2002	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	6
2001	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	6
2000	Motorcycle	1	0.0	40	0	5
1999	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0
1998	Motorcycle	1	100.0	50	0	0
1992	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0
1991	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0
1990	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	1	0
1989	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Harley-Davidson Flsts

99V-200 Jul 23, 1999
Vehicle description: motorcycles
Fuel system · 10k vehicles
92V-180 Dec 14, 1992
Starter relay may short circuit when the vehicle is parked
Electrical system · 77k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.