Comments on: Harley-Davidson Recalled Almost 50-Thousand 2008 Motorcycles

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:51:20 +0000

If You buy American You better buy as much extended warranty as You can and learn the name of a good Attorney unless You are a mechanic and enjoy working on Your own stuff. All American Manufacturers learned about “planned Obsolescence” after building things too well, in the old days, and not getting enough repeat business because of it. Now they build things sloppily so they will break and create more service and/or parts sales. It’s not just Harley, it’s every Manufacturer in America… why even a Colt isn’t what it used to be. It’s very sad and it’s why Asia is becoming the richest area on the Planet.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:17:17 +0000

Have a softail heritage 2007 at 1200 miles that is correct 1200 miles had problem starting it up. I did not have it serviced for the 1000 mile check up and it was over 2 years. No warrenty. Refuse to let them even look at it paid cash for the bike and they could not do nothing. Had it serviced by a motorcycle shop they found broken teeth on the primary 6 and on the stater motor. Almost a new bike and problems. Makes me say Honda you are looking better.

By: DALE ELLIS

DALE ELLIS — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:51:40 +0000

I have ridden Harleys since 1979 but will never buy another. My 2000 88 Road king Classic had cam tensor problems. I had bought it used and out of warranty. I had to replace the tensors, cams and oil pump. We get that fixed and it starts knocking at about 40 thousand miles. I took it to Harley and they said that the twin cams were just noisy. At 50 thousand the motor locked up. Fixed all that and totaled it out with less then 500 miles on the rebuild. Still loyal to Harley I bought a new 2008 Ultra Classic. Under warranty the brake brain goes out, the stereo quits and a speaker goes bad. Out of warranty the stereo quits again and a 4 inch chunk of the alternator assembly breaks off knocking a chunk out of the primary cover wall. After reading on the net about this problem being covered under a goodwill warranty I took it to the dealer. They told me to call Harley customer service and get the ball rolling. Things were looking better until Ola from Harley calls and said they would not cover it. It was out of warranty. She sounded like she was reading a statement. She did not say sorry or anything. I told her I would like to talk to her supervisor and she said that I could not do that. I go on for about 15 minutes trying to talk to someone else without luck. She said that she would pass my number on up and they might or might not call me back. I still have not heard back from them. They all talk about AMF being so bad but, I’ve got a 76 shovel that still runs. It may not run as good as the new Harleys but it will last a lot longer. I have bought the screaming eagle compensator kit to fix the Ultra but will never buy anything from Harley-Davidson again.

By: rich smith

rich smith — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:00:38 +0000

Not the way to treat your customers.

By: carlos segarra

carlos segarra — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:59:47 +0000

08 Roadking purchased new. Compensator spring disitegrated at 10K. Fuel pump left me on the road. Compensator being replaced again at 25K due to excessive vibration. Upgrading to SE compensator. We’ll see.

By: Kelly Skindell

Kelly Skindell — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:55:31 +0000

I have a 2007 street glide thats stalls when it gets hot and down shifting in to first gear.Dealer says they can’t find the problem.Can’t take the bike in pack ride because it will stall around curves when down shifting into first gear.Idol dropps and it stalls. Someone better fiqure it out. We have 4 Harleys and this is the only one I have problems with.It is a shame that you have to fight to get something fixed that should of never been wrong in the first place. Michigan

By: john hazzard

john hazzard — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:58:49 +0000

I have a 08 RoadKing and have had compensator sprocket problems. The gears raddle at idle feels like the clutch is slipping and gears raddle when throttling down. One dealer told me I have a problem and it will keep returning unless I buy the Screaming Eagle compensator. The would not replace the original one. It has been “fixed” twice and the problem is back again. So I took it to another dealer and they said nothing is wrong. Typical Harley and next bike is a BMW.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:17:55 +0000

I have a 2008 Custom Sporty.
Not even 7 months old, I have thrown at least 35 fuses, all concerning my lights.
Then, October 28, 2008 – I noticed my speedometer light is on!
Brake lights working, horn working!
WITHOUT A KEY NEAR THE BIKE!
-Bike has been in 5 times on the fuses, “Cant locate any problem” is what I get.
I called HD Customer Service this last time around, informed them of the 35+ fuses I have thrown, PLUS this new issue.
My bike (once again!) is in the shop -with a “case number”
This is my second HD, and prolly my last -IF they cant fix it.

By: Bre

Bre — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:38:11 +0000

My 2008 Sportster has been in the shop twice for fuel issues. First they replaced the fuel sensor then than entire fuel shell cell system due to a leak. However Sportster ‘ s are not listied for recall.

By: TERRY

TERRY — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:55:56 +0000

08 THROTTLE ON ULTRA CLASSIC SURGES WHEN RIDING FROM 100,0 TO 2500. DEALER SAID THEIR IS NO PROBLEM. SAID I WAS SHUTTING IT DOWN AT THAT HIGH OF RPM. WAS BORN AT NIGHT BUT NOT LAST NIGHT. GOT SCREWED BY MOCO AGAIN

By: Marcel

Marcel — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:53:46 +0000

call comsumer protection here in canada and harley will probably will have to pay the month we can`t touch our bike it will be very costly for them

By: Marcel

Marcel — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:52:27 +0000

problem we can`t get the peace too fix the problem and are we piss off I think so

By: Scot McNown

Scot McNown — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:26:18 +0000

Can’t get dealership to fix my bike, on the recall for fuel filter, 29 days 4 phone calls to the dealership 2 phone call to harley information getting run around. Kal;ispel MT dealership..