NHTSA Complaint #10780882 — 2010 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTC

WHILE RIDE ABOUT 65 MPH ON MAJOR HWY WITH LOTS OF TRAFFIC. THE BIKE JUST LOST POWER, MOTOR WENT INTO IDLE OR LIMP HOME MODE. RIDING IN LEFT LANE, WITH SHOULDER ONLY ABOUT 2 FOOT WIDE, I COULD NOT PULL OVER TO LEFT SHOULDER. WITH TRAFFIC PASSING ME @65 TO 70 MPH I WAS DOWN TO 15 MPH BEFORE I HAD ENOUGH CLEAR TRAFFIC BEFORE I COULD CHANGE LANES TO GET TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. TRAFFIC BEHIND ME PARTICULAR A 18 WHEELER BEHIND ME ALMOST CAME TO A STOP TO KEEP FROM RUNNING OVER ME. I HAVE FOUND OUT FROM FRIENDS AND HD FORUMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THIS MODEL BIKE, FROM 08 THRU 12 IF SOME ONE IS IN THE WRONG PLACE GOING UP OR DOWN A HILL, GOING THRU INTERSECTION OR ON MAJOR HWY WHEN THIS OCCURS DEATH OR INJURY COULD OCCUR. HARLEY DAVIDSON IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN TT418A ON FIXING THE (TBW) THROTTLE BY WIRE, EITHER THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR OR THE SENSOR WIRING. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AND NEEDS TOBE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR INJURED .