they are by law supposed to prove it ...they dont u then hire a lawyer spend forever in court and the lawyer charges more than the repair.its hit and miss weather a dealer will report a hitch if the do your screwed harley flags it.

 

My local dealer informed me that if I wanted warranty work completed that I had better take off the hitch before I bring it in. That is the same reason that I didn't gut the cat out of my OEM headpipe and just bought another one... I want to keep my warranty intact as long as I can.

 

I suppose it could but I had a good experience with it.

I was pulling a trailer on a trip and had a main bearing failure. There was no place to store the trailer or take the hitch off for that matter so I just pulled into the closest dealer with the trailer and they fixed me up and got me back on the road the same day and in this case, it was a drive line failure that arguably could of been caused by the trailer.

I can't understand why a dealer would look for a reason to not honor a warranty. They get paid for the work, although I suspect that it is at a lower rate.

 

Under federal law they have to "prove" that any modification directly caused the problem to the vehicle. Just having a hitch installed on the bike will not by law void the warranty.

There are several threads addressing this issue with dealers and warranties.

 

Glide2meetu,

What trailer hitches have you used on your Ultras? I had a HitchDoctor on my VTX previously and loved it. Curous what is best for my Ultra. Warrantee is up next summer so I will use my tent trailer again.

 

magnusen moss,dont think it applies to to accesories that your contract specifies b4 hand,more for aftermarket replacment parts.

 

To each their own I guess, but I never even pulled my radio flyer wagon behind my bicycle. Makes about as much sense to me as an air plane pulling a blimp !