2016 Harley-Davidson Fxdls
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Service brakes is the leading concern among 3 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the highest complaint count among 2 Fxdls model years with reports.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
No safety recalls on file.
Representative owner complaints: service brakes
2 reports, newest first. Show all
Suspension, Other or unspecified, Service brakes, Aug 21, 2020
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.
Service brakes, Jun 10, 2019
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.