FaultScore

Worst years for a Harley-Davidson Flhtk

Owners have filed 210 complaints about the Harley-Davidson Flhtk with NHTSA across model years 2010 to 2023. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2014 Harley-Davidson Flhtk

50 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2017 Harley-Davidson Flhtk

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Harley-Davidson Flhtk year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2023 3 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2022 1 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2021 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2020 2 2 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 4 1 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2018 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2017 B 10 0 0 2,400 Transmission & Drivetrain
2016 B 14 0 0 13,000 Brakes
2015 B 13 0 0 6,000 Engine & Cooling
2014 D 50 2 1 862 Engine & Cooling
2013 D 17 2 0 13,000 Brakes
2012 D 27 3 0 3,713 Brakes
2011 D 26 3 0 22,022 Brakes
2010 D 37 1 0 20,455 Brakes

What breaks on a Harley-Davidson Flhtk

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 63 30.0%

Worst in 2010

Engine & Cooling 30 14.3%

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2014

Electrical System 16 7.6%

Worst in 2014

Wheels 14 6.7%

Worst in 2010

Acceleration & Cruise Control 10 4.8%

Worst in 2014

Steering 9 4.3%

Worst in 2010

Fuel & Propulsion 9 4.3%

Worst in 2015

Body & Structure 7 3.3%

Worst in 2015

Other & Unspecified 6 2.9%

Worst in 2014

Suspension 5 2.4%

Worst in 2012

Equipment & Accessories 5 2.4%

Worst in 2012

Lights 2 1.0%

Worst in 2011

Tires 2 1.0%

Worst in 2012

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Harley-Davidson Flhtk, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jun 2010 peak 10 Jul 2026

Compare the Harley-Davidson Flhtk

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.