Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (Harley-Davidson)
Vehicle recall 71V-215. NHTSA received HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.’s report on Nov 22, 1971.
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The short answer
NHTSA received HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.’s report on Nov 22, 1971. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 27, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: HARLEY DAVIDSON CAMPAIGN NO SB630 SAFETY DEFECT CODE NO 013. POSSIBILITY THATMETAL HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE WHICH HAS SUPPORTBRACKET WELDED TO IT, AND WHICHSERVES TO POSITION LINE IN COR RECT LOCATION BEHIND REAR BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER,MAY CRACK INTUBING AREA FROM VIBRATION.IF THIS OCCURS, LEAKAGE OF BRAKEFLUID AND CONSEQUENT LOSS OF REAR WHEEL BRAKING WILL RESULT. (CORRECT BYINSPECTING AND REPLACING LINE WITH NEW CLAMP ON TY PE LINE).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 11,400 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- Harley-Davidson Super Glideand 1971 and 1972, before the model years listed here
- Harley-Davidson Electra Glideand 1971 and 1972, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 27, 2026.