Complaints by model year
Each bar is one model year. The most recent years are still collecting complaints.
NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026
Year by year
| Model year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 Fxdwg | 13 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
A model year gets its own page when it has enough data for at least three sections
Most common problems
- Fuel system, gasoline12
- Engine and engine cooling9
- Engine6
- Power train4
- Wheels3
- Electrical system3
- Suspension2
- Service brakes, hydraulic2
NHTSA ODI complaints, all model years
Fatal crashes in the US
From 2020 to 2023, 25 Fxdwg vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died, and 23 people died inside them. These are counts, not crash rates: a model with more cars on the road shows up more often, and people killed outside the vehicle are not counted here.
| Model year | Vehicles in fatal crashes | Deaths in the vehicle |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 9 | 9 |
| 1996 | 6 | 5 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 |
| 1994 | 4 | 3 |
| 1993 | 5 | 5 |
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain) · how we count
Recalls
6 campaigns cover the Fxdwg.
ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES BUILT AND SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA, THE CATALYTIC MUFFLER PROTECTIVE HEAT SHIELD WAS NOT INSTALLED. THIS CONDITION COULD ALLOW DIRECT CONTACT WITH THIS MUFFLER AND CAUSE INJURY.
ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE INTERNALLY WIRED HANDLEBARS HAVE A POTENTIAL TO CRACK AT THE HOLE WHERE THE WIRES EXIT THE HANDLEBARS BETWEEN THE HANDLEBAR CLAMPS.
ON CERTAIN DYNA, XL, AND TOURING MOTORCYCLES, THE TAIL LIGHT BULB CAN FALL OUT OF THE SOCKET.
ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE REAR BRAKE LINE ASSEMBLIES COULD FRACTURE INTERNALLY.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES. THESE MOTORCYCLES WERE BUILT WITH A FUEL TANK VENT FITTING THAT COULD BE PLUGGED ALLOWING THE CARBURETOR TO OVERFLOW FUEL.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES. THE ENGINE CAM BOLT CAN LOSE ITS CLAMP LOAD AND/OR BREAK.
NHTSA recalls