Harley-Davidson Flde, Harley-Davidson Flhc, Harley-Davidson Flhcs, Harley-Davidson Flhcs Anv, Harley-Davidson Fxlrs, Harley-Davidson Fxlrst, model years 2018 to 2023. Filed by Harley-Davidson Motor Company and reported to NHTSA on 22 August 2023. 65,224 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain 2018-2019 FLDE, 2018-2021 FLHC, 2018-2023 FLHCS, 2018 and 2023 FLHCS ANV, 2020-2023 FXLRS, 2022-2023 FXLRST, and 2022 FXRST Softail motorcycles. A fastener securing the rear shock absorber may break and allow the rear shock absorber adjuster to …
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.
Harley Davidson's own number for this recall: 0181. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23V591 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 23V591 cover?
- Harley-Davidson Flde, Harley-Davidson FLHC, Harley-Davidson FLHCS, Harley-Davidson FLHCS Anv, Harley-Davidson FXLRS, Harley-Davidson Fxlrst, Harley-Davidson FXRST, model years 2018-2023.
- What is wrong with them?
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Harley-Davidson) is recalling certain 2018-2019 FLDE, 2018-2021 FLHC, 2018-2023 FLHCS, 2018 and 2023 FLHCS ANV, 2020-2023 FXLRS, 2022-2023 FXLRST, and 2022 FXRST Softail motorcycles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A loss of tire pressure can lead to a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the shock absorber fastener, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 8, 2023. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson customer service at 1-800-258-2464. Harley-Davidson's number for this recall is 0181.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Harley Davidson calls this recall 0181, 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: “A loss of tire pressure can lead to a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23V591 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Harley-Davidson Motor Company |
| System at fault | Suspension:Rear:Shock Absorber |
| Reported to NHTSA | 22 August 2023 |
| Model years | 2018-2023 |
| Vehicles named | HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLDE, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHC, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHCS, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHCS ANV, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FXLRS, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FXLRST, HARLEY-DAVIDSON FXRST |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A loss of tire pressure can lead to a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the shock absorber fastener, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 8, 2023. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson customer service at 1-800-258-2464. Harley-Davidson's number for this recall is 0181.
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 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 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 2023473, recorded 24 August 2023 (within a week of the American filing)
- European Union: Safety Gate alert A12/02542/23, published 20 October 2023, raised by Germany (the Commission’s own page) (59 days after the American filing)
Matched on 0181, 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 FLHC recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson FXLRS recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson Fxlrst recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Harley-Davidson FXRST recalls: 3 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 23V591, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v591/
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.
Other Harley Davidson notices we hold
- 26V270: 2024-2026 FLTRX, FLHX, 2025-2026 FXBR, FLFB, 2025 FLHXU, 2026 FLTRXL, FLTRT, FLHXL, and FLHLT motorcycles built with an Airbox Baseplate (part number 29000373)
- 26V234: 2025-2026 FLHC, FXBB, FXLRS, and FXLRST Softail motorcycles
- 25V590: RH1250S (Sportster S) motorcycles
- 25V375: 2018-2024 Softail motorcycles
- 24V753: 2022 FXRST and 2022-2024 FXLRST motorcycles
- 24V719: 2018-2019 Softail FXBB Street Bob and 2018-2019 Softail FXLR Low Rider motorcycles
- 24V672: 2024 FLHX, FLHXSE, FLTRX, FLTRXSE, and FLTRXSTSE motorcycles
- 23V836: 2023 FLHXSE (Street Glide CVO) motorcycles
All 40 Harley Davidson campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 23V591 on 5 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
94d18d02 - Consequence
98eab136 - 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.
The wording we hold for 23V591 · how the whole register is watched
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