NHTSA Complaint #11585431 — 2022 HARLEY-DAVIDSON RA1250S

The vehicle engine shuts down at highway speed. The dealer has made three attempts to correct this issue, but it has not been successfully corrected. While operating the vehicle, the engine simply turns off. I demanded to see the engine codes and found the motorcycle's run circuit malfunctions causing the engine to turn off. I was told by the dealer's lead mechanic at the dealer that any electrical issue with any part of the vehicle would cause the entire system to shut down. This has happened on multiple occasions very nearly leading to my death in each instance. Based on my discussions with the dealer mechanics, every vehicle of this model from this year will experience this issue as it ages endangering the life of anyone riding one of these vehicles. This issue has occurred multiple times as early as 4,300 miles withing the first 3 months of ownership and as recent as this month with 16,000 miles on the odometer. The dealer has not been able to find the exact cause and has told me that this is just how the electrical system on this vehicle works. Two dealers have falsely represented that the issue has been repaired by "patching the software" but another dealer tech informed me there is no fix, if a wire shorts out or a turn signal burns out or anything electrical happens, the entire electrical system with short out, turn off and try to restart the onboard electronics, instantly cutting off the engine. Please note that I have researched this issue and found that other manufactures either have a system of fuses or a redundant "limp mode" system to prevent life threating cascade failures. This vehicle has no such safety system. Any electrical issue results in total shutdown of all systems.