Recall · 26V270000
Harley-Davidson Motor recalled 9 models over engine and engine cooling
88,039
Vehicles covered
9
Models
15
Model years
April 28, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV)
- The defect
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain 2024-2026 FLTRX, FLHX, 2025-2026 FXBR, FLFB, 2025 FLHXU, 2026 FLTRXL, FLTRT, FLHXL, and FLHLT motorcycles built with an Airbox Baseplate (part number 29000373). The airbox backplate breather port may be blocked, allowing pressure to build up inside the crankcase.
- What it can cause
- When the dipstick is removed while the crankcase is pressurized, oil may eject from the fill spout, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the breather port, and if the port is blocked, repair the blockage, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 14, 2026. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson customer service at 1-800-258-2464. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov April 16, 2025. Harley-Davidson's number for this recall is 0193.
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-DavidsonFLFB | 2025 to 2026 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFLHLT | 2026 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFLHX | 2024 to 2026 | 2024 |
| Harley-DavidsonFLHXL | 2026 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFlhxu | 2025 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFLTRT | 2026 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFLTRX | 2024 to 2026 | 20242025 |
| Harley-DavidsonFLTRXL | 2026 | Not published here |
| Harley-DavidsonFXBR | 2025 to 2026 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 88,039 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 2024 to 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Harley-Davidson vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 7 times before this, most recently in December 2023 as 23V836000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 3 of the 15 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 25 complaints with NHTSA, 22 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the engine and engine cooling, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in May 2024, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 24V672000 (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 April 28, 2026 as campaign 26V270000. 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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