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Harley-Davidson 1000 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 5 model years of the Harley-Davidson 1000 (1975–1979).

6
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
1979
year with most recalls

Pick your Harley-Davidson 1000 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1979 Harley-Davidson 100040
1978 Harley-Davidson 100020
1977 Harley-Davidson 100020
1976 Harley-Davidson 100010
1975 Harley-Davidson 100010

All Harley-Davidson 1000 recalls (6)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Harley-Davidson 1000, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Pedals and linkages (service brakes)

    NHTSA 79V167000 Reported 27,546 vehicles potentially affected HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.

    Because the rear brake pedal is made of aluminum castings it could break at the pedal arm or clamping hole.

    Remedy: The dealer will inspect and, if necessary, replace the rear brake pedal without charge.

    Model years: 1978, 1979

  2. Master cylinder (service brakes)

    NHTSA 79V169000 Reported 21,970 vehicles potentially affected HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.

    The rear brake master cylinder plastic piston employs a non-specified material which may allow excessive water absorption. As a result, the plastic piston might stick in the master cylinder piston bore and cause brake drag.

    Remedy: Dealer will replace rear brake master cylinder pistons without charge to owner.

    Model years: 1979

  3. Pedals and linkages (service brakes)

    NHTSA 79V115000 Reported 635 vehicles potentially affected HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.

    The rear brake free travel adjusting bolt and nut installed during vehicle assembly may have been incorrectly tightened. This could cause the brake pedal to become jammed during brake operation.

    Remedy: Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, adjust and tighten the jamnuts.

    Model years: 1979

  4. Master cylinder (service brakes)

    NHTSA 79V114000 Reported 3,074 vehicles potentially affected HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.

    The involved cycles were produced with a rear brake master cylinder push rod which has insufficient contact area with the rear brake master cylinder piston. This could result in the rod penetrating the piston during extremely high pedal effort.

    Model years: 1977, 1978

  5. Master cylinder (service brakes)

    NHTSA 79V100000 Reported 370 vehicles potentially affected HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.

    Certain vehicles may have been equipped with front brake master cylinders which have fissures in the cylinder bodies. This would allow brake fluid leakage through the fissured section.

    Remedy: Dealer will replace defective front brake master cylinders without charge to owners.

    Model years: 1979

  6. Service brakes, hydraulic

    NHTSA 77V032000 Reported 79,056 vehicles potentially affected HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.

    On the involved vehicles, one or both of the front brake caliper bolts may break. This could allow the broken portion of the bolt to drift into the adjacent rotating wheel spokes. Should both caliper bolts break, the inner caliper half may become detached from the motorcycle.

    Remedy: Dealer will replace bolts with improved type bolts, where necessary.

    Model years: 1975, 1976, 1977

Other Harley-Davidson models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.