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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.

Complaints by model year
  1. 3
Primary concernService brakes2 reports · 67% of complaints
Owner complaints3Filed with NHTSA
Recall relationshipNo recalls on fileNHTSA campaign records

What owners report most often

  1. Service brakes2
  2. Engine1
  3. Power train1
  4. Suspension1
  5. Other or unspecified1

Recalls and investigations

No safety recalls on file.

Representative owner complaints: suspension

1 report, newest first. Show all

  1. 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.