Harley-Davidson Electra Glide: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the Harley-Davidson Electra Glide, model years 1967 to 2004. NHTSA has 37 complaints on file for this model line. 2 of the 18 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 0 | 6 | 292% | |
| 2003 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 0 | 13 | 632% | |
| 2002 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 146% | |
| 2001 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 0 | 5 | 243% | |
| 2000 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 97% | |
| 1999 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 0 | 4 | 195% | |
| 1998 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 49% | |
| 1997 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 97% | |
| 1982 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 49% | |
| 1976 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 57,140 |
| 1975 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 57,140 |
| 1974 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 57,140 |
| 1972 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 11,400 |
| 1971 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide | 2 | 0 | 0% | 11,555 |
| 1970 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 12,963 |
| 1969 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 12,963 |
| 1968 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 5,000 |
| 1967 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide | 2 | 0 | 0% | 8,972 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
40 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 350 | 14 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 125 | 5 |
| Structure | 100 | 4 |
| Equipment | 100 | 4 |
| Power Train | 75 | 3 |
| Suspension | 75 | 3 |
| Seats | 50 | 2 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 25 | 1 |
| Exterior Lighting | 25 | 1 |
| Steering | 25 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Harley Davidson5 campaigns
- FLHTCUI4 campaigns
- FLHTCU14 campaigns
- FLHTC11 campaigns
- Sportster6 campaigns
- FLHT9 campaigns
- Softail8 campaigns
- FLHR12 campaigns
- FXDWG6 campaigns
- FLHTCI5 campaigns
- FXDL10 campaigns
- FLHX16 campaigns
- 12004 campaigns
- Touring2 campaigns
- FXDB4 campaigns
- FXD9 campaigns
- FLHRC5 campaigns
- FLHPI6 campaigns
- FLTRI4 campaigns
- FL Series2 campaigns
- FXST4 campaigns
- Dyna Glide4 campaigns
- FL6 campaigns
- FLTR7 campaigns
- Dyna5 campaigns
- FXDX3 campaigns
- FXDWGI3 campaigns
- FLHTPI8 campaigns
- FXSTC5 campaigns
- FXDC5 campaigns
- XL8834 campaigns
- FX5 campaigns
- FXSTS4 campaigns
- XL4 campaigns
- XL Series6 campaigns
- XL1200L3 campaigns
- FLH3 campaigns
- FLHP12 campaigns
- FLHTCUTG8 campaigns
- FLT3 campaigns
- XL883R4 campaigns
- FLHTP14 campaigns
- FLHTK12 campaigns
- FXR3 campaigns
- XL1200R4 campaigns
- FLHTCUSE32 campaigns
- FLTC4 campaigns
- Dyna Wide-Glide2 campaigns
- FLHRSE42 campaigns
- FLTRX10 campaigns
- 134011 campaigns
- FLHPEI5 campaigns
- Super Glide4 campaigns
- XL1200X2 campaigns
- XL883L4 campaigns
- FLHTCUSE43 campaigns
- FLHTCUSE53 campaigns
- FLTRSEI2 campaigns
- FLHTKSE8 campaigns
- FLHXS9 campaigns
Harley-Davidson: all 105 model lines
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Harley-Davidson Electra Glide: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/harley-davidson/electra-glide/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Harley-Davidson Electra Glide model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1971 with 2, 1967 with 2, 1976 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Harley-Davidson Electra Glide model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 13 of the 37 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Harley-Davidson Electra Glide name?
- Electrical System: 14 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 5 component mentions. Structure: 4 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Harley-Davidson Electra Glide?
- 1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.