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NHTSA Campaign 11V037000

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA campaign 11V037000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling: engine. The repair is free.

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY filed the report for 11V037000 with NHTSA on January 31, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 11V037000, NHTSA lists up to 6,964 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 7, 2010 and October 8, 2010.

The 11V037000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 11V037000 were scheduled from February 21, 2011, 21 days after the report.

11V037000 covers 1 model from Harley-Davidson, model years 2011.

Owners of the model years 11V037000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.

By potentially affected vehicles, 11V037000 ranks 3 of 5 HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY recalls on this site.

What this recall covers

The defect
HARLEY-DAVIDSON IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 SOFTAIL MOTORCYCLES MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 7, 2010 THROUGH OCTOBER 8, 2010. THE BODY CONTROL MODULES (BCM) INSTALLED ON THESE MOTORCYCLES (PART NUMBERS 69991-11 AND 69993-11) HAVE A CASE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY SEALED DURING PRODUCTION. AN IMPROPER SEAL MAY ALLOW WATER INTRUSION INTO THE BCM WHICH MAY CAUSE ENGINE STALL.
The risk
AN ENGINE STALL WHILE IN TRAFFIC CAN RESULT IN A CRASH, WHICH COULD LEAD TO INJURY OR DEATH TO THE RIDER.
The fix
HARLEY-DAVIDSON WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BCM FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 21, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HARLEY-DAVIDSON AT 1-414-343-4056.

Reported January 31, 2011

Vehicles covered by 11V037000 (1)

Harley-Davidson (1)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V037000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.

Newest record on this page: January 31, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted