Recall Register

Harley-Davidson FLHT: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 9 recall campaigns for the Harley-Davidson FLHT, model years 1994 to 2022. NHTSA has 67 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 21 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.

  1. 19941
  2. 19951
  3. 19961
  4. 19971
  5. 19981
  6. 19991
  7. 20000
  8. 20011
  9. 20021
  10. 20031
  11. 20040
  12. 20050
  13. 20060
  14. 20070
  15. 20082
  16. 20093
  17. 20102
  18. 20190
  19. 20201
  20. 20211
  21. 20221
Harley-Davidson FLHT: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2022 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page100%199,419
2021 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page100%199,419
2020 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page100%199,419
2019 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page0394%
2010 Harley-Davidson FLHT2131%362,326
2009 Harley-Davidson FLHT38251%536,962
2008 Harley-Davidson FLHT24125%222,215
2007 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page04125%
2006 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page0131%
2005 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page0131%
2004 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page0131%
2003 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page1263%31,070
2002 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page16188%28,949
2001 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page16188%28,949
2000 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page0131%
1999 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page18251%14,211
1998 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page14125%55,013
1997 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page17219%55,013
1996 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page17219%55,013
1995 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page1394%55,013
1994 Harley-Davidson FLHT NHTSA page100%55,013

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

73 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.

Harley-Davidson FLHT: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Electrical System287.721
Engine and Engine Cooling150.711
Power Train95.97
Suspension82.26
Service Brakes82.26
Unknown or Other54.84
Structure54.84
Wheels41.13
Steering27.42
Service Brakes, Hydraulic27.42

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Harley-Davidson FLHT, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1998, with 1 campaign.
Complaints about the Harley-Davidson FLHT, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1998, with 14 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Harley-Davidson: all 105 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Harley-Davidson FLHT: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/harley-davidson/flht/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY

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 FLHT model years have the most recall campaigns?
2009 with 3, 2010 with 2, 2008 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Harley-Davidson FLHT model year has the most complaints?
The 1999 model year, with 8 of the 67 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Harley-Davidson FLHT name?
Electrical System: 287.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 150.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 95.9 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Harley-Davidson FLHT?
2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.