The Used Car Index

2014 Harley-Davidson XL Sportster problems

NHTSA lists 4 complaints for the 2014 Harley-Davidson XL 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 XL SPORTSTER.

At a glance

Complaints
4
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
2

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
ENGINE125.0%
POWER TRAIN125.0%
TIRES125.0%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER125.0%
Top subsystems
SystemSubsystemComplaints

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

Model-generated complaint tags

These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.

Failure modes
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
mechanical failure250.0%0.99
electrical electronic125.0%0.96
unclear125.0%0.95
Severities
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
low250.0%0.74
moderate250.0%0.70

Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 4 tagged complaints of 4 complaints (100.0%).

Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.

Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.

Recalls

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0 recalls.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

2 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2

10056032

Date: 2014-06-10. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

HARLEY DAVIDSON: EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE SPEED SENSORS (VSS) ARE BEING REPLACED DUE TO CIRCUIT PROBLEMS AND ARE INOPERATIVE, ON SOME MOTORCYCLES, THEY ARE BEING TESTED AND COMING BACK WITH NO TROUBLE. *PE

10055876

Date: 2014-02-10. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

HARLEY DAVIDSON: DUE TO A LOOSE CONNECTION OF THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH, THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR LAMP FAILS TO ILLUMINATE WHEN IGNITION IS ON. ALL MODEL 2014. *PE

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
XL SPORTSTER4

Same model, other years

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Other Harley-Davidson models, 2014

Sources

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