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2023 Harley-Davidson RA1250S

Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues

Electrical system is the leading concern among 9 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 2nd highest complaint count among 3 RA1250S model years with reports.

Complaints by model year
  3. 9
Primary concernElectrical system5 reports · 56% of complaints
Owner complaints9Filed with NHTSA
Recall relationshipNo recalls on fileNHTSA campaign records

What owners report most often

  1. Electrical system5
  2. Fuel/propulsion system5
  3. Engine4
  4. Power train1
  5. Service brakes1
  6. Other or unspecified1

Recalls and investigations

No safety recalls on file.

Representative owner complaints: power train

1 report, newest first. Show all

  1. Power train, Electrical system, Engine, Feb 1, 2026

    I purchased a 2023 Harley Davidson Pan America only to find out that the motorcycle has a known issue with the charging system. The motorcycle model years 2021 through 2023 have a faulty charging systems which was fixed for 2024 and beyond models by a redesign of the entire charging system. The faulty older system causes the motorcycle to stall randomly and eventually deplete the battery on the vehicle. The issues is as follows: 1. When the motorcycle has become warm it no longer generates enough voltage at idle to keep the Variable Valve Timing system on the motorcycle functioning properly. 2. Once the Variable Valve Timing system starts to malfunction by turning off and on repeatedly the motorcycle will eventually stall leaving you stuck in the middle of traffic. It is a very well documented issue with these motorcycle and be assured it is dangerous. Harley Davidson is unfortunately profiting on the issue by charging customers upwards of $4000 to $5500 dollars to fix it by upgrading their motorcycles to the latest version of the "fixed" system for the later models. This should absolutely be a recall as it is very dangerous to have your motorcycle randomly stall because of a faulty design of a charging system. Harley Davidson has vast knowledge about this issue but only wants to fleece customers for the profit to fix. Example of the issue: [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)