Harley-Davidson Steering

Harley-Davidson is recalling about 464 vehicles over a problem with the steering. Contact may allow the cover and the fender to lock together, thereby limiting suspension travel and steering, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.

Campaign
04E086000
Manufacturer
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY
Reported
26 November 2004
Vehicles
464
Built between
Not published
Models
6
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
22 December 2004
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 2004-2005 Harley-Davidson FXD
  • 2005 Harley-Davidson Fxdc
  • 2005 Harley-Davidson Fxdci
  • 2004-2005 Harley-Davidson Fxdi
  • 2004-2005 Harley-Davidson Fxdx
  • 2004-2005 Harley-Davidson Fxdxi

What the defect is

Certain harley-davidson aftermarket voltage regulator covers, p/n 74593-04 that can be installed on 2004 and 2005 fxd, fxdx, fxdi, fxdxi dyna glide motorcycles, or 2005 fxdc and fxdci dyna glide model motorcycles. The cover may contact the front fender under certain circumstances.

What could happen

Contact may allow the cover and the fender to lock together, thereby limiting suspension travel and steering, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.

What gets fixed

HARLEY-DAVIDSON WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND REPAIR THE MOTORCYCLES BY REMOVING THE ACCESSORY COVER FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN DECEMBER 22, 2004.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA26 November 2004
  2. Owners notified22 December 2004

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 26 November 2004.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact harley davidson at 1-414-343-4056.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
0116
Recalling manufacturer
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Harley-davidson recall no. 0116.ALSO, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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