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Old 09-24-2007 | 05:19 PM
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be charged for the stealer to check your bike for warranty related issues...?

I have the brackets broken in the farring, fine they'll replace them... I also have a problen with it running rough, but I don't want to be charged to listen, and test ride
my bike 10 times before they deside it may be a warranty issue...

Seems a bike that has a warranty should be checked out at no charge, am I wrong it thinking this way?

Where is customer service these days...?
 
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Old 09-24-2007 | 05:37 PM
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Many dealers will get an 'up-front' approval of 1/2 hr labor to cover non-warranty related check-out. If they are honest, they will waive the charge once warranted items are found that cover your complaint.
 
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Old 09-24-2007 | 06:02 PM
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If your bike is under warranty they should check it out at no cost to you. I've never had a dealer say they would charge me for something when the bike was under warranty. Tell them no and if they refuse to look at it, take it to another dealer.
 
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Old 09-24-2007 | 06:16 PM
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Is there somewhere that someone can look up what warrenty/recall issues there are so the educated person can tell their dealer "mine fits this issue, check it out for me"?
 
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Old 09-24-2007 | 07:07 PM
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I've only had mine in twice. The 1k service, where they checked something I thought was not quite right at no charge, and another time when I'd discussed with them that it was still not correct, at no charge. A third time was for the factory rep to see it (no charge) and that "problem" and another the rep pointed out will soon be addressed under warranty.

[edit: the third time it never entered the building]
 
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Old 09-24-2007 | 07:20 PM
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Unfortunately, the premise of your question is entirely off base. HD has no concept of customer service, nor do they have any interest in acquiring it.
 
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Old 09-24-2007 | 07:45 PM
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They always looked at mine for no charge....response was the same....air temp gauge is +/- 20 degrees and the fuel gauge is not sealed so it is supposed to fill with condensation It's allworking perfectly. Good luck with your issues.
 
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Old 09-24-2007 | 08:08 PM
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Always checked mine with no charge. Even if they didn't fix something....find another dealer.
 
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Old 09-24-2007 | 08:21 PM
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Charged me 65.00 to tell me my O2 sensor was unplugged (but same error codeshowed up 3 days later), then tried to charge me an additional 33.00 to fix it again......

Zero customer service at 3 out of5 dealers I have gone to from VA, CA, and TX....

Now that my bike is up to snuff, I hope not to ever deal with service again......
 
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Old 09-24-2007 | 09:35 PM
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I forgot to mention that the one time I took it in to get worked on, I was back-burnered by a couple of dudes from Denmark on their way to Sturgis. I didn't mind that. After actually working on mine for a few hours with no joy they washed it anyway, even though I told them not to. That was the second time my spokes and whitewalls got cleaned
 


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