Recall Register

1994 Harley-Davidson FLHTC: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1994 Harley-Davidson FLHTC. The newest campaign is 98V158000. NHTSA received the report on 14 Jul 1998. The NHTSA record gives the component Electrical System / Ignition / Switch. NHTSA has 8 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 98V158000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace the ignition switch/circuit breaker and install a relay kit.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 59,051 units in total.

  1. 98V158000Received . 55,013 units.

    Electrical System / Ignition / Switch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: fl touring motorcycles. A loss of electrical power through the ignition switch can occur due to excessive current and other factors.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition can cause the engine to fail to start, operate erratically, or stall.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the ignition switch/circuit breaker and install a relay kit.

    Report filed by HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 93V211000Received . 4,038 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The components within the right-hand switch assembly may generate heat, which is conducted by the metal throttle guide tubes, sufficient to melt the interliner between the cable housing and the throttle cable, thus restricting the movement of the throttle cable.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Restriction of the throttle cable movement may cause thethrottle to bind, which may result in loss of vehicle control and an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Repair the throttle cable.

    Report filed by HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

8 complaints, 8 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1994 Harley-Davidson FLHTC: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Electrical System8
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
6 May 1999

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1994 Harley-Davidson FLHTC, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1998, with 4 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19831
  2. 19841
  3. 19891
  4. 19900
  5. 19920
  6. 19931
  7. 19942
  8. 19951
  9. 19961
  10. 19971
  11. 19981
  12. 19991
  13. 20000
  14. 20011
  15. 20021
  16. 20031
  17. 20050
  18. 20070
  19. 20082
  20. 20093
  21. 20103
  22. 20112
  23. 20121

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1994 Harley-Davidson FLHTC: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/harley-davidson/flhtc/1994/. 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
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1994 Harley-Davidson FLHTC?
59,051 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Harley-Davidson FLHTC have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 11 recall campaigns for the Harley-Davidson FLHTC, model years 1983 to 2012. 2 of them name the 1994 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1994 Harley-Davidson FLHTC name most often?
Electrical System: 8 of 8 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1994 Harley-Davidson FLHTC open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.