Recall Register

1987 Harley-Davidson XL Series: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1987 Harley-Davidson XL Series. The newest campaign is 87V129000. NHTSA received the report on 14 Aug 1987. The NHTSA record gives the component Wheels. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names 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, 87V129000, in the NHTSA record

Replace wheels with different tested wheels.
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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. 16,132 units in total.

  1. 87V129000Received . 13,303 units.

    Wheels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Cracks in front and rear wheels could develop and continue through wheel spokes.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Hub and rim could separate creating handling problemswhich could result in loss of control.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace wheels with different tested wheels.

    Report filed by HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO..

  2. 86V153000Received . 2,829 units.

    Power Train

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    A piece of gear could break at the mainshaft first gear in the transmission case. Consequence of defect: if gear tooth becomes lodged between transmission gears, drive train and rear wheel could lock up possibly resulting in an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace gear with one that has been proven and tested.

    Report filed by HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO..

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

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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 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.

1987 Harley-Davidson XL Series: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling1
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
24 Jul 2000

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 1987 Harley-Davidson XL Series, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1987 Harley-Davidson XL Series
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE95015Preliminary evaluationHANDLEBAR LOWER CLAMP FRACTURINGSteering28 Feb 19957 Jul 1995

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. 19821
  2. 19841
  3. 19872
  4. 19891
  5. 19911
  6. 19920
  7. 19950
  8. 19990

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. 1987 Harley-Davidson XL Series: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/harley-davidson/xl-series/1987/. 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
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1987 Harley-Davidson XL Series?
16,132 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 XL Series have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the Harley-Davidson XL Series, model years 1982 to 1999. 2 of them name the 1987 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1987 Harley-Davidson XL Series name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1987 Harley-Davidson XL Series open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.