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Recall · 24V672000

Harley-Davidson Motor recalled 5 models over electrical system

46,923

Vehicles covered

5

Models

5

Model years

September 16, 2024

Filed with NHTSA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

The defect
Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain 2024 FLHX, FLHXSE, FLTRX, FLTRXSE, and FLTRXSTSE motorcycles. The voltage regulator output wire may rub on the front corner of the crankcase, exposing the wire and causing an electrical short circuit. A short can result in a loss of electrical power and drive power.
What it can cause
The unexpected loss of drive power and the loss of electrical power while in motion increases the risk of a crash.
What the dealer does
Dealers will inspect and as necessary, repair the voltage regulator output wire harness, and install a secondary retention strap, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 23, 2024. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson customer service at 1-800-258-2464. Harley-Davidson's number for this recall is 0186.
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 .

VehicleModel yearsSafety record
Harley-DavidsonFLHX20242024
Harley-DavidsonFlhxse2024Not published here
Harley-DavidsonFLTRX20242024
Harley-DavidsonFltrxse2024Not published here
Harley-DavidsonFltrxstse2024Not published here

How this campaign compares

At 46,923 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 88% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2024, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2024, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.

Harley-Davidson vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 9 times before this, most recently in January 2022 as 22V030000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.

This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 5 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 19 complaints with NHTSA, 2 of them before this campaign was filed. 10 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.

The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 26V270000 (engine and engine cooling).

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 September 16, 2024 as campaign 24V672000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.

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