NHTSA Complaint #10780424 — 2014 HUSQVARNA TR650

MOST SERIOUS ISSUES ARE THAT THE ENGINE HESITATES ON ACCELERATION AND STALLS WHILE MOVING IF I ATTEMPT TO DOWNSHIFT IN ORDER TO DECELERATE IN A CONTROLLED MANNER. THE HESITATION BEGAN AROUND THE TIME MY ODOMETER REACHED 2000 MILES; THE STALLING BEGAN AFTER THE ODOMETER REACHED APPROX 3500. REGARDLESS MY SPEED, FAST OR SLOW, THE BIKE STALLED AFTER I PULLED THE CLUTCH IN AND DOWNSHIFTED, ALSO REGARDLESS HOW QUICKLY I RELEASED THE CLUTCH OR ROLLED ON THE THROTTLE. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME > 20 TIMES (NO EXAGGERATION) IN 300 MILES OF RIDING THROUGH TOWNS AND ON HIGHWAYS, WHENEVER I WAS SLOWING DOWN. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE RIDING SLOWLY OFF ROAD IN 1ST OR 2ND GEAR, THE BIKE WILL HESITATE OR STALL UNLESS I HAVE THE RPMS TO >3500. HAZARD TRIANGLE AND EWS LIGHTS THEN COME ON AND I HAVE FOUND THAT IF I TURN THE KEY TO OFF THEN BACK TO ON, THE BIKE WILL RESTART. IT WILL NOT RESTART UNTIL I DO THAT. BOTH THESE ISSUES HAVE HAPPENED ON AND OFF ROAD, WHILE RIDING STRAIGHT OR TURNING, WITH THE BIKE LOADED (PANNIERS ETC) AND UNLOADED, MOVING DOWNHILL OR UPHILL (STALLING WHILE DOWNSHIFTING HAS OCCURRED WHILE MOVING DOWNHILL OR LEVEL). TWO DAYS AGO THE BIKE WOULD NOT START AT ALL AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 1 HOUR AFTER RIDING LOCALLY (<5 MILES CITY). THE ENGINE TURNED OVER REPEATEDLY BUT WOULD NOT START; THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. SO FAR, THANKFULLY, I HAVE NOT BEEN HIT IN AN INTERSECTION WHILE FUMBLING TO KEEP BALANCE WHEN MY ACCELERATION HESITATES OR STALLS, NOR HAVE I BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND WHEN I SUDDENLY DECELERATE AS THE BIKE STALLS ON A STRAIGHT ROAD.