NHTSA Complaint #10285293 — 2008 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHX

I PURCHASED A 2008 HARLEY DAVIDSON STREET GLIDE IN AUGUST OF 2008. ALL WAS GREAT UNTIL JUNE 2009 A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE 5000 MILE SERVICE. I WAS RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE TO WORK AND IT SIMPLY SHUT OFF, AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES IT RESTARTED. I LET IT GO THINKING IT WAS JUST A FLUKE, BUT AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS IT HAPPEN AGAIN. THEN, AFTER SEVERAL MORE WEEKS, AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER 7/28/09 AND THEY KEPT IT A WEEK AND SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I TOOK THE BIKE HOME AND AGAIN, A FEW WEEKS LATER, IT SHUT OFF ON THE WAY TO WORK. IT HAPPENED EVERY FEW WEEKS. THE LAST TIME I HAD JUST PASSED A TRUCK ON A TWO LANE ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER. THE TRUCK CAME SO CLOSE IT ALMOST HIT ME. I TOOK THE HARLEY TO THE SAME SHOP, THEY SAID THEY HAD NOBODY TO WORK ON IT FOR A WEEK, SO I TOOK IT HOME AND PARKED IT FOR A WEEK. I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER WHO HAD DONE THE 5000 MILE SERVICE. I TOOK IT 9/18/09 AND THEY KEPT IT FOR A WEEK. THEY SAY THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG AND CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM EITHER. I CONTACTED HARLEY FACTORY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAY THEY CAN DO NOTHING FOR ME.I FEEL THE NEXT TIME THE BIKE DIES I MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY. *TR