NHTSA Complaint #10916224 — 2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON VRSCF

WHILE EXITING MY DRIVEWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO USE THE REAR BRAKE PEDAL, I FOUND THAT I COULD NOT PRESS IT AND HAD ONLY THE FRONT BRAKES. I FOUND THAT WHILE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS STATIONARY IF I FORCED THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN, IT WOULD WORK NORMALLY, BUT WOULD SEIZE UP AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE RIDING. I TOOK THE MOTORCYCLE TO A DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE, AND THEY RECOMMENDED CHANGING THE REAR BRAKE PADS, WHICH I DID. THEY THEN CALLED BACK LATER STATING THAT THE "ABS MODULE" NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH I COULD NOT AFFORD AT THE TIME. CURRENTLY THE REAR BRAKE PEDAL CAN BE DEPRESSED, BUT IT HAS NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER. THIS IS APPARENTLY BECAUSE THE ABS SYSTEM IS INTEGRAL TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM, WITHOUT THE ABS MODULE WORKING, RATHER THAN HAVING BRAKES WITH NO ABS, THERE ARE SIMPLY NO BRAKES AT ALL.