Recall · 25V375000
Harley-Davidson Motor recalled 7 models over suspension
82,117
Vehicles covered
7
Models
24
Model years
June 6, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER
- The defect
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain 2018-2024 Softail motorcycles. The mounting tab on the rear shock pre-load adjuster may break, allowing the rear shock absorber adjuster to damage the rear tire, causing a loss of tire pressure.
- What it can cause
- A sudden loss of tire pressure increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will install a new bracket, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed June 16, 2025. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson customer service at 1-800-258-2464. Harley-Davidson's number for this recall is 0188. Some of the vehicles included in this recall were previously repaired under recall 23V591, and will need to have the new remedy completed.
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-DavidsonFlde | 2018 to 2019 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFLHC | 2018 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFLHCS | 2018 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFLHCS ANV | 2018 and 2023 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFXLRS | 2020 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFXLRST | 2022 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFXRST | 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 82,117 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 91% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2018 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 7 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Harley-Davidson vehicles have been recalled over the suspension once before this, most recently in August 2023 as 23V591000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 24 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 10 complaints with NHTSA, 9 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the suspension, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in January 2019, 6 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 24V753000 (service brakes), 23V591000 (suspension).
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 June 6, 2025 as campaign 25V375000. 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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