NHTSA Complaint #10455356 — 2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHX

HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHX 2009 STREET GLIDE WE WERE ON VACATION LEAVING ONE TOWN TRAVELING TO ANOTHER AND TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE LEFT HAND LANE MOVING WITH TRAFFIC, WHICH WAS THICK WITH CARS, CAMPERS, TRUCKS. ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT THE MOTOR CYCLE LOOSE POWER, I GLANCED DOWN AND NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND I GLANCED IN MY RIGHT REAR VIEW MIRROR AND THERE WAS A TRACTOR TRAILER GRILL CLOSE. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER ON THE LEFT AND I FELT OUR LIVES THREATENED ALL I COULD DO WAS MOTION WITH MY HAND MY INTENTIONS OF MOVING RIGHT TO WHERE THERE WAS SAFETY AWAY FROM TRAFFIC. THE FOLLOWING CODES I RETRIEVED FROM MY MOTOR CYCLE: P1511 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL POWER MANAGEMENT MODE, P2135 TPS CORRELATION ERROR, P2176 TAC CLOSE POSITION NOT LEARNED MY MOTOR CYCLE IS BONE STOCK AND SHE HAS BEEN SERVICED BY HARLEY ALL RECORDS AND SERVICE ARE CURRENT. I DRIVE MY MOTOR CYCLE DAILY WEATHER PERMITTING AND I BELIEVE HARLEY HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS TYPE FAILURE SINCE 2008 BY THE FOLLOWING LINKS, HTTP://WWW.SCRIBD.COM/DOC/55139820/2008-LATER-TOURING-TT418-1 TT418: DTCS P2135 AND P2101 THEORY AND DIAGNOSTICS NOVEMBER 3, 2009 THE FOLLOWING LINK WILL SHOW THAT THE CONNECTING PINS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO FAIL SINCE EARLY 2008 BUT ARE ONLY REPLACED WHEN THE PROBLEM ARISES NOT BEFORE PLACING THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN DANGER OF LOOSING THEIR LIVES. HTTP://WWW.BOX.COM/SHARED/EY21A590D6 THE FAILED COMPONENTS BOX ABOVE WILL NOT TAKE ANY INFO THAT I TYPE INTO IT, SO I PLACED THEM INTO THIS BOX. EVERYONE THAT DRIVES A MOTOR CYCLE WITH THIS THROTTLE BY WIRE PIN CONFIGURATION SHOULD BE NOTIFIED BY HD AND HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED BEFORE THEIR LIVES ARE PLACED IN JEOPARDY BY THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. *JS *TR