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2001 Harley-Davidson Softail problems

NHTSA lists 2 complaints for the 2001 Harley-Davidson Softail, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-08.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as HARLEY-DAVIDSON SOFTAIL.

At a glance

Complaints
2
With crash
0
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Recalls
0
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
Unavailable
Investigations
0
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
5

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
SystemComplaintsShare of this vehicle's complaints
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2100.0%
Top subsystems
SystemSubsystemComplaints
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGENGINE1

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.

Recalls

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0 recalls.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

5 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount
EQUIPMENT2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1

10028305

Date: 2008-10-20. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.

HARLEY DAVIDSON: A CHANGE TO THE FINAL TORQUE OF THE FORK CAP (PART NUMBER 45419-80) AND FOR TUBE PLUG (PART NUMBER 45838-77). THE NEW TORQUE FOR BOTH PARTS IS 60-70 FT LBS (81.3-94.9NM). *PE

620624

Date: 2001-06-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL.

INFORMATION ON CHANGING THE IDLE SPEED SETTING ON 2001 SOFTAIL EFI VEHICLES. *TT

620625

Date: 2001-06-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.

SUBJECT REGARDING 2001 SOFTAIL OWNERS MANUAL CORRECTIONS. *TT

620626

Date: 2001-06-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

INFORMATION ON MISSING LABOR CODES. *TT

620642

Date: 2001-06-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.

ON SOME VEHICLES, THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT CAM TO CAM TIMING COULD BE INCORRECT AFTER REPLACEMENT CAMSHAFTS ARE ASSEMBLED IN THE SUPPORT PLATE. SEE THIS INFORMATION REGARDING TC-88 CAMSHAFT REPLACEMENT. *TT

Notes on this record

  • Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
  • System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
  • Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
  • A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model labelComplaints
SOFTAIL2

Same model, other years

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Other Harley-Davidson models, 2001

Sources

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