Harley-Davidson Sportster 1000 (Xl), Super Glide (Fxr). Published by Transport Canada as 1987097 on 9 September 1987. System: Suspension.
What the notice says A cracking condition could develop in the seven spoke front and rear cast wheels. if not detected, these cracks could propogate through the spokes and cause the wheel hub and rim to separate without prior warning. this could result in loss of vehicle control and a crash without prior warning.
correction: wheels will …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1987097
- Recall date
- 9 September 1987
- Make
- Harley-Davidson
- Models
- Sportster 1000 (xl), Super Glide (fxr)
- Model years
- 1987
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 654
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
A CRACKING CONDITION COULD DEVELOP IN THE SEVEN SPOKE FRONT AND REAR CAST WHEELS. IF NOT DETECTED, THESE CRACKS COULD PROPOGATE THROUGH THE SPOKES AND CAUSE THE WHEEL HUB AND RIM TO SEPARATE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: WHEELS WILL BE REPLACED WITH WHEELS OF A DIFFERENT TESTED DESIGN.
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 1987097.
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.
- 1986137 · 3 December 1986 · Sportster 883 (xl), Sportster 1000 (xl) · Powertrain
- 1988113 · 25 July 1988 · Softail Springer (fxsts) · Brakes
- 1986081 · 31 July 1986 · Tour Glide (flt), Super Glide (fxr) · Structure
- 1986065 · 17 June 1986 · Softail Custom (fxstc), Softail Standard (fxst), Heritage Softail Classic (flstc) · Powertrain
- 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
- 1989106 · 26 July 1989 · Electra Glide Classic (flhtc), Tour Glide Classic (fltc) · Engine
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1987107 · 9 October 1987 · C.o.e., Conventional · Suspension
- 1987077 · 31 July 1987 · Conventional · Suspension
- 1987073 · 14 July 1987 · GTI · Suspension
- 1987122 · 5 November 1987 · Truck · Suspension
- 1987123 · 5 November 1987 · Truck · Suspension
- 1987139 · 18 December 1987 · Conventional · Suspension
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 142 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1987.
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