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Harley-Davidson Fxsts

Every Harley-Davidson Fxsts model year on file, 1988 to 2015. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years72 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years181988 to 2015
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins46Summed across model years
By model year

The 1998 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 43% of the model's total

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

01231988199019921998320002002200420062015
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 Fxsts complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Wheels
3
Suspension
1
Engine and cooling
1
Fuel system
1
Electrical system
1
Brakes
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Harley-Davidson Fxsts 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 Fxsts by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2015Not decoded0NoneNone003
2014Not decoded0NoneNone003
2007Not decoded10.01000011
2006Not decoded0NoneNone005
2005Not decoded0NoneNone004
2004Not decoded0NoneNone004
2003Not decoded0NoneNone004
2002Not decoded0NoneNone005
2001Not decoded0NoneNone004
2000Not decoded0NoneNone003
1999Not decoded0NoneNone100
1998Motorcycle30.0150000
1995Motorcycle1100.050000
1992Motorcycle1100.0100100
1991Not decoded0NoneNone100
1990Not decoded0NoneNone200
1989Not decoded10.0100200
1988Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Harley-Davidson Fxsts

  • 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
  • 89V-184 Nov 2, 1989
    Fatigue crack in the rear brake line assembly could develop
    Brakes · 12k vehicles
  • 88V-111 Jul 8, 1988
    Front brake caliper is subject to loosen
    Brakes · 846 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.