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Harley-Davidson FX

Every Harley-Davidson FX model year on file, 1988 to 2000. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years60 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years91988 to 2000
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 33% of the model's total

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

00.511.521988198919901991199519961997219982000
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Suspension leads the Harley-Davidson FX complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Suspension
2
Engine and cooling
2
Fuel system
1
Brakes
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Harley-Davidson FX 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 FX by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2000Motorcycle10.040000
1998Motorcycle10.050000
1997Motorcycle20.0100100
1996Motorcycle10.050200
1995Not decoded0NoneNone100
1991Not decoded0NoneNone110
1990Motorcycle10.0100310
1989Not decoded0NoneNone200
1988Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Harley-Davidson FX

  • 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.