Recall · 22V781000
Harley-Davidson Motor recalled 21 models over exterior lighting
199,419
Vehicles covered
21
Models
55
Model years
October 18, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
- The defect
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain 2019-2022 Trike and CVO Trike and 2020-2022 Touring and CVO Touring motorcycles. Please refer to Addendum A for specific vehicle model details. Due to a software error, the brake lights may illuminate without the rider applying the brakes. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
- What it can cause
- Unintended illumination of the brake lights may confuse other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the software on Touring and CVO Touring motorcycles. On Trike and CVO Trike motorcycles, a new pressure switch will also be installed. All repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 2, 2022. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson customer service at 1-800-258-2464. Harley-Davidson's number for this recall is 0635.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup.
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Harley-Davidson FLH | 2021 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLHP | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLHR | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLHRXS | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLHT | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson Flhtcutg | 2019 to 2022 | 2019 |
| Harley-Davidson Flhtcutgse | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLHTK | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLHTK Shrine | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson Flhtkse | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLHX | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLHXS | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson Flhxse | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLHXST | 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLRT | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLTRK | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson Fltrkse | 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLTRX | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLTRXS | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson Fltrxse | 2020 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Harley-Davidson FLTRXST | 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 199,419 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 95% of the 16,333 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 481. It covers model years 2019 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Harley-Davidson vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 6 times before this, most recently in March 2021 as 21V225000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 55 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 8 complaints with NHTSA, 5 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the exterior lighting, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in January 2020, 2 years before this filing.
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Harley-Davidson Motor Company with NHTSA on October 18, 2022 as campaign 22V781000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes. Data last checked 2022-10-18.
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