NHTSA Complaint #10994276 — 2013 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTCU

WE WERE ON A ROAD TRIP AND WHILE TRAVELING IN THE HILL COUNTRY WE STARTED HEARING A POPPING SOUND WHICH AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THE ROAD TAR POPPING BECAUSE IT WAS HOT OUT. AS WE WERE DESCENDING DOWN THE HILL I APPLIED THE REAR BRAKES AND FOUND THAT THEY WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW. I APPLIED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY FAILED TO WORK. THE POPPING CONTINUED AT WHICH WE REALIZED IT WAS THE BRAKES. WHEN WE GOT THE A MOTORCYCLE STOPPING SPOT AND LET THE BIKE SET FOR A WHILE THE BRAKES CAME BACK AND WERE WORKING AGAIN. A MAN AT THE STOP ADVISED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON THING WITH THE HARLEY AND THE BRAKE FLUID COMING TO A BOIL AND THINNING OUT AND THE BRAKES FADING OUT. I KNOW WE WERE UNABLE TO SLOW OR BRING THE BIKE TO A SAFE STOP DUE TO THIS ACTION.