Harley-Davidson Flhtcu, Harley-Davidson Flhtcul, Harley-Davidson Flhtk, Harley-Davidson Flhtkl, Harley-Davidson Flhtkse, Harley-Davidson Flhtp, model year 2016. Filed by Harley-Davidson Motor Company and reported to NHTSA on 27 June 2016. 27,232 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain model year 2016 Electric Glide Ultra Classic (FLHTCU), Electra Glide Ultra Classic Low (FLHTCUL), Ultra Limited Low (FLHTKL), Ultra Limited (FLHTK), CVO Street Glide (FLHXSE), Street Glide (FLHX), Street Glide Special (FLHXS), Road Glide Special …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
The maker's own number for this recall: 0169. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V471 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V471 cover?
- Harley-Davidson Flhtcu, Harley-Davidson Flhtcul, Harley-Davidson FLHTK, Harley-Davidson Flhtkl, Harley-Davidson Flhtkse, Harley-Davidson FLHTP, Harley-Davidson FLHX, Harley-Davidson FLHXS, model year 2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain model year 2016 Electric Glide Ultra Classic (FLHTCU), Electra Glide Ultra Classic Low (FLHTCUL), Ultra Limited Low (FLHTKL), Ultra Limited (FLHTK), CVO Street Glide (FLHXSE), Street Glide (FLHX), Street Glide Special (FLHXS),...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- When the engine is running and the motorcycle is in gear, if the clutch cannot be fully disengaged, the motorcycle may move unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Harley-Davidson will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the clutch master cylinder for the presence of gas in the fluid, if so, the dealer will flush the clutch system and rebuild the clutch master cylinder, free of charge. The recall began July 19, 2016.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall 0169, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “When the engine is running and the motorcycle is in gear, if the clutch cannot be fully disengaged, the motorcycle may move unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V471 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Harley-Davidson Motor Company |
| System at fault | Power Train:Clutch Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 27 June 2016 |
| Model years | 2016-2016 |
| Vehicles named | HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTCU, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTCUL, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTK, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTKL, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTKSE, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTP, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHX, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHXS, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLSS, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLSTFBS, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLTRU, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLTRX, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLTRXS, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FXSE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
When the engine is running and the motorcycle is in gear, if the clutch cannot be fully disengaged, the motorcycle may move unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Harley-Davidson will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the clutch master cylinder for the presence of gas in the fluid, if so, the dealer will flush the clutch system and rebuild the clutch master cylinder, free of charge. The recall began July 19, 2016. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson customer service at 1-800-258-2464. Harley-Davidson's number for this recall is 0169.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The same recall in other countries
This campaign carries a manufacturer code that also appears in another country’s register, which means the same defect was recalled there too.
- Canada: Transport Canada recall 2016420, recorded 30 August 2016 (2 months after the American filing)
Matched on 0169, the manufacturer’s own number for this campaign, which is the only field the registers share. Exact match, nothing paired on brand and date. The two dates are adjacent instruments rather than the same one, so a difference of a day or two means nothing.
How often the two countries file on the same day · The European alerts
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Harley-Davidson Flhtcu recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson Flhtcul recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson FLHTK recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson Flhtkl recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson Flhtkse recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson FLHTP recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson FLHX recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson FLHXS recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson Fltru recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson FLTRX recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson Fltrxs recalls: 6 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V471, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v471/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 16V471 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8c8f3d87 - Consequence
e7daf9f0 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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