NHTSA Complaint #10585898 — 2012 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTCUSE7

2012 HARLEY DAVIDSON. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MOTORCYCLE HAS SPUTTERED THROUGH THE INTAKE AND COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A YIELD RAMP AND PREPARING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, THE MOTORCYCLE JUST STOPPED. IT DID RE-START AND HE WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE HIS TRIP HOME. HE RETURNED THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR THE SPUTTERING AND STALLING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO A PROBLEM. FROM MAY-JUNE 2013, THE MOTORCYCLE QUIT RUNNING FOR NO APPARENT REASON TWICE. ONCE WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION TO A FREEWAY ENTRANCE RAMP AND THE SECOND TIME WHILE AT A STOP SIGN PREPARING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO A DIVIDED HIGHWAY. BOTH TIMES, THE MOTORCYCLE RE-STARTED AND HE WAS BALE TO CONTINUE TO HIS DESTINATION. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AGAIN, BUT NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE LEFT FRONT FORK SEAL WAS REPLACED 2 TIMED DUE TO LEAKING AND THE THIRD TIME, THE ENTIRE FORK TUBE WAS REPLACED. IN FEB 2014, THE MOTOR WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ON BECAUSE OF A TIGHT CRANK AND SLAPPING PISTON. ALSO, THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY LOUD COMPENSATOR NOISE COME FROM THE PRIMARY TRANSMISSION COVER.*JB