2008 Harley-Davidson Flhtc problems, complaints & recalls

2018-02-02 · Power Train · 42,000 mi

“i would like to bring to light an issue i have recently had found. i ride a 2008 harley davidson electraglide. i only have 42000 miles on it. last fall i was coming back from a memorial mission with the american legion riders. i noticed a strange rattle in my primary case area. i got home and parked it until i could open it up to see what the iss…”

2017-11-01 · Service Brakes · 3 mi

“on 10-19-2017 i was riding with a group of friends on our way to a fellow bikers funeral. we were doing about 45 mph on the highway, as we approached our turn i attempted to start braking with my back brake. when i tryed to push the back brake pedal down nothing happened!!!!!!!!!!! the pedal was frozen in place!!!!!!!!! i brought the bike to a fri…”

2016-12-21 · Service Brakes · 17,500 mi

“i took my bike out for a nice ride and nothing in the way of a problem. the next day went to ride the bike and my front brake lever is as hard as a rock i went to stop and had no front brake. went through the intersection . i checked for trouble codes in the memory and it showed none. tried to bleed the front brakes cracked the bleeder and lever m…”

2016-09-14 · Service Brakes · 8,790 mi

“i recently was riding when the front brake handle on the bike started to vibrate. i was close to home so i went there. since it was time to do some maintenance on the bike i ordered parts and over the next couple of months changed fluids and did other items including replacing the front right handgrip. after repairs were complete i started the bike…”

2016-07-18 · Engine · 25,000 mi

“compensator in primary went out with only 25,000 miles. upon research, it is found that this is a known problem to harley, yet they haven't said anything. this is a major cost to the consumer and most importantly dangerous!!! if this goes out while you are riding down the highway, it locks the back wheel and primary engine! no telling how many deat…”

2016-05-02 · Service Brakes · 14,000 mi

“front brakes failed completely. brake lever became rock hard & would not activate the front brakes at all. this occurred when attempting to use vehicle after it had benefitting a few days. very shocked when i went to use the front brakes & they would not work, almost causing an accident.…”

2015-08-24 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 68,348 mi

“met friends at quaker steak for a ride,started bike,ran for 10 seconds then died,fuel filter housing cracked,was told there was a recall on this but dealer stated was not part of the recall,to me it should be,had to be towed and then 52.00 in parts with me fixig myself…”

2014-04-23 · Service Brakes · 55,005 mi

“driving my harley at about 20-30 mph pulling up to red light. go to hit front brake. nothing. front brake is completely disabled without any warning. it appears that harley davidson has faulty abs modules and this is not the first nor probably the last of this issue. thank you for taking the time to read my complaint. *tr…”

2013-12-02 · Power Train · 36,000 mi

“throttle gave out for no apparent reason. had no response from the throttle. stopped and removed hand grip and moved the electronic part and replaced hand grip. throttle was the ok, this has happened on 2 more occasions on august 31st and september 1st, i did the same to fix the problem. luckily i was not a busy freeway when these incidents occurre…”

2013-06-18 · Fuel System, Gasoline · 6,000 mi

“tl* the contact owns a 2008 harley davidson flhtc motorcycle. the contact stated he received a notification of nhtsa campaign number: 08v357000 (fuel system, gasoline) and took the vehicle to the dealer for recall service. the contact had not experienced a failure prior to the recall service. the contact stated that after the recall service, the fu…”