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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Harley-Davidson Xl883n Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Harley-Davidson Xl883n, across 3 model years from 2019 to 2021. The 2021 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2020 (1).

Model years
3

2019–2021, with a recall

Recall campaigns
2
Most recalls
2021

2 recalls

Owner complaints
9

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA about the Harley-Davidson Xl883n across 6 model years; the most, 2, concern the 2021.

Owners marked a crash on 2 of the Harley-Davidson Xl883n complaints (22%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Harley-Davidson Xl883n model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 3 complaints), then the service brakes (2).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Harley-Davidson Xl883n in 2021: 4, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Harley-Davidson Xl883n is exterior lighting: headlights: bulbs, in 3 model-year listings.

The newest Harley-Davidson Xl883n recall, 22V160000, was reported on March 16, 2022 and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: fluid.

Harley-Davidson Xl883n years to avoid

Too few Harley-Davidson Xl883n model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Harley-Davidson Xl883n, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2021222not ranked
2020111not ranked
2019121not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Harley-Davidson Xl883n years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Harley-Davidson Xl883n

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:BULBS3
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FLUID1

Harley-Davidson Xl883n model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Harley-Davidson Xl883n recall campaign (2)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Harley-Davidson Xl883n, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
22V160000March 16, 2022service brakes, hydraulic: fluid2021crash4,177
21V225000March 31, 2021exterior lighting: headlights: bulbs2019–2021crash31,346

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Harley-Davidson Xl883n. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: March 17, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted