2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTC Electrical System Problems
3 NHTSA complaints on file
Electrical System Issues in the 2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTC
3 electrical system complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2009 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHTC. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Electrical System Complaints
I WAS ACCELERATING AND MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY WHEN I LOST ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE ( THROTTLE BY WIRE - ELECTRICAL). MY MOTORCYCLE IMMEDIATELY LOST SPEED IN FRONT OF VEHICLES COMING UP QUICKLY BEHIND ME. I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO GET OVER AND OFF THE FREEWAY.
THIS MOTORCYCLE, WITH NO WARNING WILL GO INTO "LIMP MODE". LIMP MODE IS WHEN THE ECM SHUTS THE ENGINE DOWN TO 1000 RPM AND WILL NOT LET IT EXCEED THIS RPM. TWICE THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD WAS I NOT RUN OVER FROM BEHIND. THE BIKE REGISTER THREE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODES, P1511, P2135 AND U1097. ALL CODES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE THROTTLE BY WIRE SYSTEM LOSING COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTROL MODULE. TWICE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BY TWO DIFFERENT HD DEALERS AND BOTH DEALERS REPLACED CONNECTORS IN THE WIRING HARNESS. BOTH DEALERS HAVE STATED THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2009 MODELS AND THAT HD OFFERS O PIN UPGRADE KIT TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, BUT THAT THE KIT SELDOM CURES THE PROBLEM. IT CERTAINLY DID NOT FIX MINE. IN MY HUMBLE OPINION HD NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM,...
VEHICLE RANDOMLY GOES INTO "LIMP" MODE UNDER ACCELERATION, HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR COLLISIONS. HARLEY DAVIDSON IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE (HARLEY DAVIDSON TT418) BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE. *TR