Recall Register

Harley-Davidson FXD: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 9 recall campaigns for the Harley-Davidson FXD, model years 1986 to 2010. NHTSA has 25 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 16 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. 19861
  2. 19871
  3. 19881
  4. 19891
  5. 19902
  6. 19912
  7. 19921
  8. 19992
  9. 20000
  10. 20010
  11. 20031
  12. 20061
  13. 20071
  14. 20081
  15. 20091
  16. 20100
Harley-Davidson FXD: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2010 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page0164%
2009 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page12128%3,285
2008 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page17448%538
2007 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page14256%614
2006 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page1164%10,498
2003 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page100%31,070
2001 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page02128%
2000 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page03192%
1999 Harley-Davidson FXD25320%24,452
1992 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page100%29,986
1991 Harley-Davidson FXD200%96,032
1990 Harley-Davidson FXD200%96,032
1989 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page100%29,986
1988 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page100%29,986
1987 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page100%29,986
1986 Harley-Davidson FXD NHTSA page100%29,986

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

30 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 FXD: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling166.75
Power Train1003
Suspension1003
Electrical System1003
Fuel System, Gasoline1003
Structure66.72
Exterior Lighting66.72
Service Brakes66.72
Fuel System, Other66.72
Tires33.31

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Harley-Davidson FXD, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1992, with 2 campaigns.
Complaints about the Harley-Davidson FXD, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2008, with 4 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Harley-Davidson: all 105 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Harley-Davidson FXD: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/harley-davidson/fxd/. 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 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 FXD model years have the most recall campaigns?
1999 with 2, 1991 with 2, 1990 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Harley-Davidson FXD model year has the most complaints?
The 2008 model year, with 7 of the 25 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Harley-Davidson FXD name?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 5 component mentions. Power Train: 3 component mentions. Suspension: 3 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Harley-Davidson FXD?
1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.