Vehicle recall 79V114000 · May 10, 1979
Harley-Davidson 1000 and XLCR1000
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.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- 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.
- Notes
- Vehicle description: motorcycles.system: service brakes; hydraulic, master cylinder.consequences of defect: loss of rear brake performance could lead to loss ofvehicle control and an accident.note: although operator would still have full use of the front brake, vehicleshould not be operatwill install a redesigned, larger push rod and replace the master cylinderat no cost to owner.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 79V114000
- Reported to NHTSA
- May 10, 1979
- Filed by
- HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.
- Owner notification
- June 14, 1979
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 3,074
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components › Master cylinder
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Harley-Davidson 1000 (1977-1978): 1978, 1977
- Harley-Davidson XLCR1000 (1977-1978): 1978, 1977
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