2016 HARLEY-DAVIDSON Fxdls

LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEEL AFTER 30 MINUTES OF RIDING. MOST NOTICEABLE AT 25-35 MPH. SLIGHTLY MORE THAN NORMAL REAR BRAKE CALIPER NOISE. APPLYING REAR BRAKES DID NOT CHANGE SYMPTOMS. CORNERING AND LEANING THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE VIBRATION THROUGHOUT BIKE. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE REQUESTING REAR WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED BASED ON SYMPTOMS. REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WERE BAD. NOISE STARTED WHEN IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 3200 MILES CHANGED AT APPROXIMATELY 3700 MILES. SHOULD LAST 100,000 MILES. BIKE NOT LONGER HAS THE VIBRATION; HOWEVER, AFTER 30 MINUTES OF RIDING THE NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. STILL NEEDS FURTHER DIAGNOSIS; HOWEVER, DEALERSHIPS SEEM UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO DIAGNOSIS AND MAKE PROPER REPAIRS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HARLEY-DAVIDSON LOW RIDER S (FXDLS). WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CLUTCH DID NOT ENGAGE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OLD GLORY HARLEY-DAVIDSON (301-575-0575, LOCATED AT 11800 LAUREL BOWIE RD, LAUREL, MD 20708) WHERE THE ENGINE AND THE CLUTCH WERE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED IN HOT WEATHER AND DID NOT SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHO REPLACED THE ENGINE AND THE CLUTCH. THE VEHICLE WORKED WELL DURING THE WINTER, BUT STILL OVERHEATED IN HOT WEATHER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 585.

HARLEY LATE-MODEL DYNA MOTORCYCLES FRONT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER IS PRONE TO FAILURE. THE FAILURE MODE IS THAT THE PISTON IN THE MASTER CYLINDER DOES NOT RETURN TO THE FULLY EXTENDED POSITION, CAUSING THE BRAKE LEVER TO CONTACT THE BRAKE SWITCH WHILE RIDING, MAKING THE BRAKE LIGHT REMAIN ILLUMINATED DURING RIDING WITHOUT THE BRAKE APPLIED. (THIS FAILURE WILL ALSO REGISTER A CODE IN THE BODY CONTROL MODULE OF THE MOTORCYCLE; SAID CODE RELATING TO FRONT BRAKE SWITCH BEING STUCK ON.) I HAVE OWNED 3 LATE-MODEL DYNAS ('09 FXDB, '14 FXDF & '16 FXDLS) AND 2 OF THEM HAVE HAD SAID FAILURE. SAID FAILURE OCCURRED WITHIN THE 2-YEAR BASIC WARRANTY PERIOD ON MY '14 FXDF, AND HAS OCCURRED NOW ON MY '16 FXDLS (14 MONTHS BEYOND THE BASIC 2-YR WARRANTY). THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED LAST YEAR ON MY STEP-FATHER'S '14 FXDC (SHORTLY BEYOND THE BASIC 2-YR WARRANTY). SOCIAL MEDIA INDICATES THAT THIS FAILURE IS COMMON ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RECALL. SAFETY CONCERN OF SAID FAILURE IS SUCH THAT IF THE BRAKE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY WHILE RIDING, DRIVERS BEHIND THE MOTORCYCLE RIDER DO NOT HAVE AN INDICATION WHEN THE RIDER HAS ACTUALLY BEGUN BRAKING.