2016 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FXDLS — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEEL AFTER 30 MINUTES OF RIDING. MOST NOTICEABLE AT 25-35 MPH. SLIGHTLY MORE THAN NORMAL REAR BRAKE CALIPER NOISE. APPLYING REAR BRAKES DID NOT CHANGE SYMPTOMS. CORNERING AND LEANING THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE VIBRATION THROUGHOUT BIKE. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE REQUESTING REAR WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED BASED ON SYMPTOMS. REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WERE BAD. NOISE STARTED WHEN IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 3200 MILES CHANGED AT APPROXIMATELY 3700 MILES. SHOULD LAST 100,000 MILES. BIKE NOT LONGER HAS THE VIBRATION; HOWEVER, AFTER 30 MINUTES OF RIDING THE NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. STILL NEEDS FURTHER DIAGNOSIS; HOWEVER, DEALERSHIPS SEEM UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO DIAGNOSIS AND MAKE PROPER REPAIRS.

LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEEL AFTER 30 MINUTES OF RIDING. MOST NOTICEABLE AT 25-35 MPH. SLIGHTLY MORE THAN NORMAL REAR BRAKE CALIPER NOISE. APPLYING REAR BRAKES DID NOT CHANGE SYMPTOMS. CORNERING AND LEANING THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE VIBRATION THROUGHOUT BIKE. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE REQUESTING REAR WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED BASED ON SYMPTOMS. REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WERE BAD. NOISE STARTED WHEN IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 3200 MILES CHANGED AT APPROXIMATELY 3700 MILES. SHOULD LAST 100,000 MILES. BIKE NOT LONGER HAS THE VIBRATION; HOWEVER, AFTER 30 MINUTES OF RIDING THE NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. STILL NEEDS FURTHER DIAGNOSIS; HOWEVER, DEALERSHIPS SEEM UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO DIAGNOSIS AND MAKE PROPER REPAIRS.

LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEEL AFTER 30 MINUTES OF RIDING. MOST NOTICEABLE AT 25-35 MPH. SLIGHTLY MORE THAN NORMAL REAR BRAKE CALIPER NOISE. APPLYING REAR BRAKES DID NOT CHANGE SYMPTOMS. CORNERING AND LEANING THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE VIBRATION THROUGHOUT BIKE. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE REQUESTING REAR WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED BASED ON SYMPTOMS. REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WERE BAD. NOISE STARTED WHEN IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 3200 MILES CHANGED AT APPROXIMATELY 3700 MILES. SHOULD LAST 100,000 MILES. BIKE NOT LONGER HAS THE VIBRATION; HOWEVER, AFTER 30 MINUTES OF RIDING THE NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. STILL NEEDS FURTHER DIAGNOSIS; HOWEVER, DEALERSHIPS SEEM UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO DIAGNOSIS AND MAKE PROPER REPAIRS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HARLEY-DAVIDSON LOW RIDER S (FXDLS). WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CLUTCH DID NOT ENGAGE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OLD GLORY HARLEY-DAVIDSON (301-575-0575, LOCATED AT 11800 LAUREL BOWIE RD, LAUREL, MD 20708) WHERE THE ENGINE AND THE CLUTCH WERE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED IN HOT WEATHER AND DID NOT SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHO REPLACED THE ENGINE AND THE CLUTCH. THE VEHICLE WORKED WELL DURING THE WINTER, BUT STILL OVERHEATED IN HOT WEATHER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 585.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HARLEY-DAVIDSON LOW RIDER S (FXDLS). WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CLUTCH DID NOT ENGAGE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OLD GLORY HARLEY-DAVIDSON (301-575-0575, LOCATED AT 11800 LAUREL BOWIE RD, LAUREL, MD 20708) WHERE THE ENGINE AND THE CLUTCH WERE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED IN HOT WEATHER AND DID NOT SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHO REPLACED THE ENGINE AND THE CLUTCH. THE VEHICLE WORKED WELL DURING THE WINTER, BUT STILL OVERHEATED IN HOT WEATHER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 585.