NHTSA Complaint #10476718 — 2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHT

AT AROUND 20,000 MILES I TOOK MY MOTORCYCLE IN TO HAVE THE TIRES CHANGED AND THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WERE BAD AND THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE REAR WHEEL BEARING. A FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED ON ME IN MONTANA, I AM FROM WASHINGTON STATE, ON THE FREEWAY AND I ALMOST CRASHED, I COULD HAVE DIED RIGHT THERE BUT LUCKILY I WAS NOT IN A TURN AND MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. A DEALERSHIP IN MONTANA TRAILERED MY MOTORCYCLE IN AND REPLACE THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. NOW AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES I TOOK THE MOTORCYCLE IN TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED AGAIN AND THE FRONT AND REAR WHEEL BEARING ARE BAD AGAIN AND BEING REPLACED. MY BROTHER IN LAW HAS A 2004 HARLEY ROAD KING, WITH ALMOST 50,000 MILES, AND HAS NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH WHEEL BEARINGS. MY YEAR, NOT SURE WHEN HARLEY CHANGED WHEEL BEARINGS, HAVE DIFFERENT WHEEL BEARINGS THAN HIS MOTORCYCLE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, I HAVE READ ON SEVERAL ONLINE FORUMS THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS AND THE MECHANIC AT MY DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE WHEEL BEARING PROBLEMS. PLEASE CRACK DOWN ON HARLEY DAVIDSON ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEBODY IS INJURED OR DIES. *TR