NHTSA Complaint #10290019 — 2010 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHRC

10/27/09, DRIVING 2010 HARLEY DAVIDSON 110 SCREAMING EAGLE (FLHTCUSE5), AT APPROX 20 MPH. ENGAGED CLUTCH TO STOP AND IT HAD NO EFFECT, BIKE CONTINUED UNDER POWER. UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS, SLAMMED ON BREAKS AND BIKE STALLED, IN TRAFFIC. UPON RESTARTING, UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS, UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE FORWARD MOTION, HAD TO TURN VEHICLE OFF AT INTERSECTIONS TO RETURN 1 ' 2 MILES HOME. DEALERSHIP HAD NO IDEA WHAT COULD CAUSE. SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH FOUND COMMON PROBLEM WITH HD 110 SCREAMING EAGLE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH. BLEEDING AIR BUBBLES FROM CLUTCH SEEMS TO REMEDY, BUT AN EXCESSIVELY LONGER PROCESS TO ACCOMPLISH RESULT IS REQUIRED, MUCH MORE THAN USUAL OR HD TECHNICIANS ARE TRAINED FOR. COMMON PROBLEM, VERY DANGEROUS, NO KNOWN SERVICE BULLETINS. VEHICLE MODEL TYPE NOT AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE: MODEL FLHTCUSE5. *TR