Recall · 25V590000
Harley-Davidson Motor recalled the HARLEY-DAVIDSON RH1250S over steering
8,424
Vehicles covered
1
Model
5
Model years
September 10, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
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- The defect
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain RH1250S (Sportster S) motorcycles. The upper triple clamp may fracture.
- What it can cause
- An upper triple clamp that fractures while the motorcycle is being operated could lead to a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the upper triple clamp, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 1, 2025. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson customer service at 1-800-258-2464. Harley-Davidson's number for this recall is 0190.
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-DavidsonRH1250S | 2021 to 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 8,424 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 78% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Harley-Davidson vehicles have been recalled over the steering 4 times before this, most recently in October 2022 as 22V745000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 5 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA, 1 of them before this campaign was filed. 3 of those name the steering, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 26V075000 (steering), 22V030000 (electrical system).
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 10, 2025 as campaign 25V590000. 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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