NHTSA Complaint #11192332 — 2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTP

WHILE TRAVELING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 70MPH THE MOTORCYCLE SUDDENLY LOST 90% OF ITS ACCELERATION SINCE I DID NOT APPLY MY BRAKES THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID COLLISION. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HARLEY DAVIDSON "FLY BY WIRE" THROTTLE CONTROL HAS CAUSED SEVERAL DEATHS AND PERMANENT INJURIES TO OTHER RIDERS. MY SAFETY WAS GRAVELY AT RISK WHEN THE BIKE WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" MY TOP SPEED WAS ONLY 10MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND I HAD TO MOVE 3 LANES TO MY RIGHT TO GET TO SAFETY. MY MOTORCYCLE IS NOW AT TOP ROCKER HARLEY DAVIDSON AND IT WILL COST OVER $600 TO REPAIR IT. THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1511 , P2135 . HARLEY D. SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONTACTED ME TODAY AND TOLD ME IT WILL COST $450.00 FOR PARTS AND $200 LABOR. THE PROBLEM THEY SAY IS I WILL NEED A NEW INDUCTION MODULE. PLEASE RESEARCH THE PROBLEM AND YOU WILL NOTICE THERE ARE MANY OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR LIFE THREATENING EXPERIENCES INCLUDING TRAUMATIC ACCIDENTS AND DEATH.