NHTSA Complaint #10959819 — 2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLTR

ENGINE LOSES POWER AND GOES INTO AN IDLE MODE. THIS HAS OCCURRED A NUMBER OF TIMES THE LAST BEING ON A FREEWAY WHICH PUT ME IN GRAVE DANGER DO TO THE SUDDEN LOSE OF POWER AND HAVING CAR CLOSE BEHIND AND THIS OCCURS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. EVERYONE THAT DRIVES A MOTOR CYCLE WITH THIS THROTTLE BY WIRES SHOULD BE NOTIFIED BY HD AND HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED BEFORE THEIR LIVES ARE PLACED IN JEOPARDY BY THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES WITH THE THROTTLE BY WIRE WILL GO INTO A LIMP HOME MODE. THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE ACCELERATING AND THE MOTOR BASICALLY SHUTS DOWN AND GOES TO JUST ABOVE AN IDLE SPEED. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE THROTTLE BY WIRE IS FAILING. YOU COULD BE ACCELERATING TO TURN INTO TRAFFIC, ACROSS TRAFFIC OR TO GET ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE THROTTLE FAILS AND GOES INTO LIMP HOME MODE AND SLOWS YOU TO A TOP SPEED OF 15 MPH IN 1ST GEAR. IN 6TH GEAR I COULD ONLY DO 40 MPH. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND HARLEY KNOWS THEY ARE FAILING. THIS IS A RECALL OFFENSE. THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN WHICH I AM ATTACHING A LINK TO FOR YOU. HTTP://WWW.SCRIBD.COM/DOC/55139820/2008-LATER-TOURING-TT418-1