2006 HARLEY-DAVIDSON Fxdwgi

REAR SPROCKET BOLTS ARE KNOWN TO BACK OUT AND HARLEY DAVIDSON HAS MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES REGARDING THE DYNAS AND HAS YET TO INFORM THE PUBLIC. MY BOLTS BACKED OUT TWICE. ONCE LAST NIGHT AND ONCE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. I HAVE PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE 1ST OCCURRENCE. MY HARLEY IS NOW BACK AT THE HARLEY DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. THE SERVICE MANAGER KNOWS IT IS AN. ISSUE BUT BY HARLEY CONTRACT HE IS NOT ABLE TO DISCLOSE THE ISSUE TO THE NHTSA WHICH COULD HAVE COST MULTIPLE DEATHS.

I OWN A 2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON DYNA WIDE GLIDE WHICH I PURCHASED BRAND NEW, 25 MONTHS LATER THE STATOR AND STATOR ROTOR WENT OUT. THE STATOR BROKE AWAY FROM THE SPRING COVER WHICH WAS HELD TOGETHER WITH 8 SCREWS, THE SCREWS THEN TORE UP THE STATOR. I TALKED TO MANY HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALERS AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD PART AS THE COMPANY CHANGED THE PART TO A NEW ONE, THE NEW PART HAS NO MORE SCREWS TO HOLD THE PART ONTO THE STATOR ROTOR, I WAS ALSO TOLD I WAS LUCKY THAT WHEN IT CAME APART THAT IT DID NOT LOCK UP OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN OFF THE BIKE. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE COMPANY DID NOT DO A RECALL ON THIS PART, AND THE COMPANY TOLD ME MY BIKE WAS NOT COVERED ANYMORE. I SEE THIS PART AS A FACTORY DEFECT WHICH CAN END UP KILLING PEOPLE. I HAD TO FIX IT MYSELF AND IT COST ME OVER $600.00. I DO HAVE THE PARTS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. THIS SHOULD BE LISTED AS A SAFETY RECALL, THANK YOU. *TR

06 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FXDWGI (STILL UNDER WARR). INNER PRIMARY BEARING FAILS DUE TO THE IMPERFECT ALIGNMENT OF THE 06 PRIMARY CASE. H-D IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND WILL NOT INSTALL THE NEW IMPROVED '07 PRIMARY CASE (PERM. FIX) UNTIL THE BEARING FAILS TWICE. WHEN THE BEARING FAILS, A LOUD GRINDING NOISE EMANATES FROM THE PRIMARY COVER AREA, AND ULTIMATELY THE BEARING WILL SEIZE OR BLOW WHICH, IN A CATASTROPHIC CASE, COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH. H-D KNOWS THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM PERMANENTLY UNTIL THERE ARE TWO BREAKDOWNS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. I KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE I OWN AN06 FXDWGI AND SO DOES MY BOYFRIEND. WE HAVE THE SAME MILEAGE (WITHIN 55 MILES). WE RECENTLY RODE FROM NJ TO WI. HIS BIKE STARTING MAKING A LOUD NOISE IN THE PRIMARY CASE. THE MECHANIC KNEW THE EXACT PROBLEM. THEY ASKED "HOW MANY TIMES HAS IT HAPPENED"? WE ANSWERED "THIS IS THE FIRST TIME". DEALER INDICATED THAT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENS HD WILL REPLACE THE BEARING ONLY. WE WERE TOTALLY UNAWARE THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE WITH THESE BIKES AT THAT TIME. THIS DEALER TOLD ME "IT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN TO YOURS - - IT'S HIT AND MISS". THE NEXT DAY - -APPROX. 50 MILES LATER (APPROX. 12,500 MI) MY BIKE HAD THE EXACT PROBLEM (2 OUT OF 2). SINCE WE WERE NOW IN A DIFFERENT CITY WE WENT TO A DIFFERENT HD SHOP FOR REPAIR. WE TOLD THIS DEALER WE LOST A FULL DAY OF VACA THE DAY BEFORE DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM, AND BECAUSE WE WERE SO UPSET, THIS DEALERSHIP WAS WILLING TO INSTALL THE "07 FIX" (ENTIRELY NEW PRIMARY CASE); HOWEVER, THEY NEEDED 2 OR 3 DAYS TO ORDER THE PARTS AND COMPLETE THE WORK. WE HAD TO RETURN TO NJ THE NEXT DAY, SO I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. THEY SUGGESTED I LIMP HOME WITH THIS FIX AND THEN REQUEST THAT MY LOCAL HD MECHANIC GIVE US THE "07 FIX". HOME NOW & HD IS UNWILLING TO FIX THE BIKE UNTIL THE BEARING GOES AGAIN. THIS IS COMPLETELY LUDICROUS. THIS "PATCH" IS UNSAFE AND UNSATISFACTORY. *TR UPDATED 10/23/08. *JB