NHTSA lists 9 complaints for the 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster, 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 2026-10-10.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER.
At a glance
Complaints
9
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
1
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
2
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
Top systems
System
Complaints
Share of this vehicle's complaints
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
3
33.3%
STRUCTURE
2
22.2%
VISIBILITY
2
22.2%
EQUIPMENT
1
11.1%
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1
11.1%
STEERING
1
11.1%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1
11.1%
Top subsystems
System
Subsystem
Complaints
VISIBILITY
REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE
1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
1
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.
PROMPTED BY THE REFERENCED OWNER COMPLAINT, ODI OPENED THIS PE AFTER DETERMINING THAT HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALERS HAD FREQUENTLY REPLACED THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT (OE) MIRRORS ON 2002 SPORTSTER 1200 CUSTOM MODEL MOTORCYCLES BECAUSE OF STEM FRACTURES ON THE MIRROR ASSEMBLY.THE STEMBEING THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE WHICH CONNECTS THE ACTUAL MIRROR HEAD ASSEMBLY TO THE MOTORCYCLE.THE SINGLE CRASH ALLEGATION HAS
Date: 2003-03-04. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.
SERVICE MANUAL INCORRECTLY DESCRIBED THE REAR BELT DEFLECTION ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE. *SCC
10001423
Date: 2003-02-07. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: WHEELS.
REAR WHEEL SPACER IDENTIFICATION. *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.