Harley-Davidson Softail Custom (Fxstc), Softail Standard (Fxst), Heritage Softail Classic (Flstc). Published by Transport Canada as 1986065 on 17 June 1986. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says The possible fracturing of the magnetic end of the drain plug could damage the transmission and potentially cause the transmission and rear wheel to lock up. this could result in loss of vehicle control and a crash without prior warning.
correction: vehicles will be inspected and the drain plug will be replaced with …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1986065
- Recall date
- 17 June 1986
- Make
- Harley-Davidson
- Models
- Softail Custom (fxstc), Softail Standard (fxst), Heritage Softail Classic (flstc)
- Model years
- 1986
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 414
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE POSSIBLE FRACTURING OF THE MAGNETIC END OF THE DRAIN PLUG COULD DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION AND REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED AND THE DRAIN PLUG WILL BE REPLACED WITH A SHORTER ONE.
V.I.N. RANGE
FXST - BHL010002 TO BHL016176
FXSTC -BKL010006 TO BKL016139
FLST - BJL013186 TO BJL016076
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1986065.
Harley-Davidson elsewhere in this register
Harley-Davidson is named on 145 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1986081 · 31 July 1986 · Tour Glide (flt), Super Glide (fxr) · Structure
- 1986137 · 3 December 1986 · Sportster 883 (xl), Sportster 1000 (xl) · Powertrain
- 1987097 · 9 September 1987 · Sportster 1000 (xl), Super Glide (fxr) · Suspension
- 1984126 · 11 October 1984 · Sportster 1000 (xl) · Not Entered
- 1988113 · 25 July 1988 · Softail Springer (fxsts) · Brakes
- 1988168 · 8 December 1988 · Softail Standard (fxst), Softail Springer (fxsts), Heritage Softail (flst) · Powertrain
- 1989024 · 28 February 1989 · Sidecar (tle), Sidecar (rle) · Brakes
- 1989068 · 17 May 1989 · Sportster 1000 (xl) · Electrical
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1986035 · 24 March 1986 · Civic · Powertrain
- 1986106 · 2 October 1986 · Formula Plus · Powertrain
- 1986137 · 3 December 1986 · Sportster 883 (xl), Sportster 1000 (xl) · Powertrain
- 1987100 · 15 September 1987 · Formula Plus, Formula MXLT, Formula MX · Powertrain
- 1987114 · 22 October 1987 · Safari, Cutlass Supreme, Brougham · Powertrain
- 1987117 · 2 November 1987 · Vanagon · Powertrain
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Harley-Davidson: 145 in the register, and 147 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1986.
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