Harley-Davidson Flhp, Harley-Davidson Flhr, Harley-Davidson Flhrxs, Harley-Davidson Flhtcu, Harley-Davidson Flhtp, Harley-Davidson Flhx, model year 2017. Filed by Harley-Davidson Motor Company and reported to NHTSA on 22 May 2017. 45,589 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain 2017 Electric Glide Ultra Classic (FLHTCU), Police Electra Glide (FLHTP), Police Road King (FLHP), Road King (FLHR), Road King Special (FLHRXS), Street Glide (FLHX), Street Glide Special (FLHXS), Road Glide (FLTRX), and Road Glide Special (FLTRXS) …
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: 0170. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V333 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 17V333 cover?
- Harley-Davidson FLHP, Harley-Davidson FLHR, Harley-Davidson Flhrxs, Harley-Davidson Flhtcu, Harley-Davidson FLHTP, Harley-Davidson FLHX, Harley-Davidson FLHXS, Harley-Davidson FLTRX, model year 2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain 2017 Electric Glide Ultra Classic (FLHTCU), Police Electra Glide (FLHTP), Police Road King (FLHP), Road King (FLHR), Road King Special (FLHRXS), Street Glide (FLHX), Street Glide Special (FLHXS), Road Glide (FLTRX), and Road Glide...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The incorrectly installed clamp may result in the engine oil cooler line detaching, causing a sudden loss of oil, potentially into the path of the rear tire, 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 and correct the oil cooler line clamps, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on June 6, 2017. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson customer service at 1-800-258-2464. Harley-Davidson's number for this recall is 0170.
- 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 0170, 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: “The incorrectly installed clamp may result in the engine oil cooler line detaching, causing a sudden loss of oil, potentially into the path of the rear tire, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V333 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Harley-Davidson Motor Company |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling |
| Reported to NHTSA | 22 May 2017 |
| Model years | 2017-2017 |
| Vehicles named | HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHP, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHR, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHRXS, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTCU, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTP, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHX, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHXS, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLTRX, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLTRXS |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The incorrectly installed clamp may result in the engine oil cooler line detaching, causing a sudden loss of oil, potentially into the path of the rear tire, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Harley-Davidson will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and correct the oil cooler line clamps, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on June 6, 2017. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson customer service at 1-800-258-2464. Harley-Davidson's number for this recall is 0170.
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 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Harley-Davidson FLHP recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson FLHR recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson Flhrxs recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson Flhtcu recalls: 11 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 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 17V333, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v333/
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 17V333 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8db62631 - Consequence
7a05fa8c - 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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