2014 HARLEY-DAVIDSON Flhxs

I FILLED THE GAS TANK AND RETURNED HOME. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR, THE WIFE NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL COMING FROM THE GARAGE. I WENT OUTSIDE AND NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GASOLINE WAS ON THE FLOOR. I STARTED INVESTIGATING AS TO WHY THIS OCCURRED. I WASN'T ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, BUT NOTICED THAT WHEN I LIFTED THE FRONT OF THE TANK, THE LEAK WOULD STOP. I TOOK THE BIKE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND BETWEEN US WE DETERMINED A WELD ON THE FRONT OF THE TANK WAS THE LEAK. WE DRAINED APPROXIMATELY A GALLON AND A HALF OF FUEL OUT AND THE LEAK STOPPED. I CONTACTED TWO DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE BIKE DOWN AND THEY WOULD CHECK IT, BUT DO TO THE AGE IT WOULD LIKELY NOT BE COVERED. I REMOVED THE TANK AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK WAS NOT SEALED (BARE SHEET METAL) AND IT WAS OBVIOUS THERE WAS GAP IN THE SHEET METAL INSIDE THE TANK, WHERE IT WAS LEAKING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TANK. I OBTAINED A TANK FROM A 2017 HD TOURING AND INSTALLED IT ON MY 2014. THE 2017 TANK WAS SEALED ENTIRELY ON THE INSIDE AND ONCE INSTALLED THERE WERE NO ISSUES. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE ORIGINAL TANK TOOK SO LONG TO LEAK NOR WHY IT JUST OCCURRED OUT OF THE BLUE. I HAVE FILLED THE TANK MANY TIMES AND NEVER HAD AN ISSUE.

I JUST GOT ON TO MY BIKE AND COMMING UP TO A CURVE AT THE END OF MY STREET I GRABBED MY FRONT BRAKE AND HAD NO BRAKE RESPONSE AT ALL. IT RESULTED IN ME CRASHING INTO A FENCE AT LOW SPEED. HARLEY HAS RECALLED THE ABS ON OLDER MODEL BIKES BUT MINE HAS THE SAME MODULE AS THOSE BIKES RECALLED. NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE ON 2014 BIKES YET.

PURCHASED OUR 2014 STREET GLIDE SPECIAL ON APRIL 21, 2018. ON JUNE 11, 2018 THE PINS HOLDING THE RIGHT SADDLEBAG FAILED CAUSING THE SADDLEBAG TO FALL OFF. (WE ALWAYS CHECK BEFORE A RIDE!), LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. WE WERE DOING ABOUT 55 MPH ON A MOUNTAIN HWY GOING UPHILL AND ON A SLIGHT LEFT TURN. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED US THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PINS IN 2015 AND THAT OURS HAD BEEN REPLACED IN 2017. SO, NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER THE SAME ISSUE IS HAPPENING WITH THE RECALLED REPLACEMENT PINS? DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE OUR SADDLEBAGS. BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL THEY ARE ASKING OVER $600 TO REPLACE THE BAG. WE'VE ONLY HAD THE BIKE 7 WEEKS.

I RIDE 2014 HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE. COMING HOME FROM WEEKEND RIDE. I STOPPED TO PUT ON WARMER CLOTHES, WHEN I GOT OFF FREEWAY, WENT TO DOWN SHIFT AND MY SHIFTER SHAFT AND SHIFTER ARM WERE STRIPPED OFF. I HADN"T TOUCHED MY SHIFTER FOR 200 MILES. I WAS LEFT STRANDED AND HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW. I WENT ON HARLEY WEBSITE THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM 2013 AND UP OF FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HARLEY WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL WITCH I FILL IS THERE PROBLEM. BEING STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IS DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE ON HARLEYS PART. I HAVE HAD 4 OTHER HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES IN 35 YEARS RIDING AND HAVE NEVER BROKE DOWN. THIS IS CLEARLY BAD MANUFACTURING ON HARLEYS PART. AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH SOME KIND OFF RECALL TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO OTHER RIDERS. WE RELY ON OUR BIKE TO GET US FROM POINT A TO POINT B. I FILL IT IS SOFT METAL OR HARDENING OF THE METAL USED. ARE WE SUPPOSE TO CARRY 2 EXTRA PARTS EVERY TIME WE GO RIDING I ONLY HAVE 8000 MILE ON MY BIKE IT COST ME 25,000 DOLLARS. I HOPE THIS CAN BE USED TO HELP US RIDERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

THE SPARK PLUG WIRE IN WEARING BY RUBBING AGAINST SOMETHING. I'VE SEEN THIS ON EVERY 2014 HARLEY DAVIDSON TOURING BIKE I'VE SEEN INCLUDING MINE. IT HASN'T WORN THROUGH YET BUT IT WILL SOONER OR LATER AND WHEN IT DOES IT WILL ARCH TO THE GAS TANK. I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THE PROBLEM UNTIL MY BIKE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. HD IS REPLACING THOSE THAT ARE UNDER WARRANTY SO THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM.

DURING A RIDE ON JANUARY 9, 2016, I EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE SHIFTING MECHANISM ON MY 2014 HARLEY STREET GLIDE. THE SHIFTER WOULD MOVE FREELY AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS UNABLE TO DOWNSHIFT OR UPSHIFT AND WAS STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. I TOOK THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE HOUSE OF THUNDER HARLEY DAVIDSON MORGAN HILL, CA DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SHIFTER SHAFT SPLINES HAD STRIPPED AND THUS THEY REPLACED THE SHAFT UNDER WARRANTY AT 7,849 MILES. ON JANUARY 14, 2017, I WAS RIDING AND EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE SHIFTING MECHANISM. THIS TIME THE MOTORCYCLE WAS STUCK IN 5TH GEAR AND UNABLE TO BE MOVED INTO ANY OTHER GEAR. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED WITH 9,581 MILES. I DISASSEMBLED THE SHIFTING MECHANISM AND FOUND THAT THE SPLINES ON THE SHIFTER SHAFT HAD STRIPPED AGAIN. I CALLED THE HOUSE OF THUNDER HARLEY DAVIDSON MORGAN HILL, CA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS ISSUES WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURE'S WARRANTY.

2014 HARLEY DAVIDSON STREET GLIDE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FACTORY INSTALLATION OF BOOM BOX 6.5 INFOTAINMENT/ THE "REPEAT" FUNCTION OF THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE DOWNLOADED THE MOST RECENT SOFTWARE VERSION OF THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM. AFTER RIDING, AND USING THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE, IT WAS SOON DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING AS IT WAS DESIGNED. THE REPEAT FUNCTION OF THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM NO LONGER WORKED. THE REPEAT FUNCTION ENABLED THE RIDER TO RE-HEAR A VOICE PROMPT FROM THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM. ONCE THE VOICE PROMPT WAS COMMANDED, THE USER COULD DEPRESS THE REPEAT IN THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE DISPLAY TO HEAR THE GIVEN COMMAND AGAIN. CUSTOMER SUPPORT ACKNOWLEDGED THEY WERE GETTING CALLS REGARDING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEW MODEL YEAR FOR ANY NEW SOFTWARE CHANGES. *JB