NHTSA campaign 99V150000 · Harley-Davidson campaign 0097

Harley-Davidson Recall 99V-150: HARLEY-DAVIDSON/FMVSS 123/CHOKE LEVER LABEL

NHTSA recall 99V150000 (Harley-Davidson campaign 0097) was reported by HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY on June 14, 1999, with 116 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Harley-Davidson MT500 for model years 1997, 1999. Owners were notified on September 15, 1999, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
99V150000 (also written 99V-150 or 99V150)
Filed by
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY
Harley-Davidson campaign number
0097
Report received
Potentially affected
116 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Equipment — Other — Labels
Owners notified
Safety standard
FMVSS 123

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 99V150000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Harley-Davidson

  • Harley-Davidson MT500

    • 1997 · Vehicles built October 20, 1998 – October 23, 1998 (per NHTSA)
    • 1999 · Vehicles built October 22, 1998 – November 18, 1998 (per NHTSA)
All Harley-Davidson recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 99V150000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES. THE MANUAL CHOKE LEVER IS NOT LABELED IN CONFORMANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 123, "MOTORCYCLE CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS."

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL LABEL THE CHOKE LEVER.

Notes

OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 15, 1999. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT HARLEY-DAVIDSON AT 1-414-342-4680.ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 99V150000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.