2007 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHX Power Trainmanual Transmission Problems

THE MOTOR CYCLES OVERHEATS WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMP RISES ABOVE 80 DEGREES. ONCE IT OVERHEATS THE BIKE STARTS TO BACK FIRE AND RUNS RUFF. DEALER HAS NO FIX FOR IT. BIKE ALSO MAKES A NOISE WHEN IT IS IN 5TH GEAR. ONCE AGAIN DEALER HAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. I HAVE TALKED WITH SEVERAL DEALERS THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS BUT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. *TR

2007 HD FLHX PURCHASED IN SEPT 07.THIS BIKE HAS HAD THE ROCKS IN THE CAN SOUND COMING FROM TRANSMISSION,PRIMARY OR ENGINE SINCE NEW. IT HAS COMPLETELY DIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TWICE AND HAD TO DRIFT OFF ROAD,TURN IGNITION SWITCH OFF,THEN BACK ON TO RESTART. AFTER 8 MONTHS OF THIS WITH NO SATISFACTION FROM DEALER,AREA REP, HD CUSTOMER SERVICE,THEIR ENGINEERS EVEN AFTER MINE AND SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS WITH SAME COMPLAINT HAVE BEEN TRIED BY THEM TO BE FIXED,ID LIKE AN ANSWER,A FIX,OR REPLACEMENT OF THIS DEFECTIVE UNIT. MY CASE NUMBER BY THEM WAS 446-568 DURING THEIR TESTING IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. I HAVE NEVER BEEN GIVEN ANY DOCUMENTATION OF THE TESTING THEY HAVE DONE. NO PAPER TRAIL FOR THIS COMPLAINT. ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS BY MYSELF AND OTHERS HAVE GONE NO WHERE YET SECRETLY ATTEMPTED TO BE ADDRESSED. THE MOCO WILL NO LONGER SPEAK WITH ME. REPLACING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN 5TH AND 6TH GEAR AND THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER'S VISION TO BLUR. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

2007 HD,EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION WHINE IN 5TH GEAR,AND CLANKING NOISE AT TIMES FROM 5TH TO 6TH GEAR. HD CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS NO HELP NOR DEALER ALTHOUGH MANY OTHER NEW OWNERS EXPERIENCING EXACT CONDITIONS. DEALER AND FACTORY SAY ITS NORMAL FOR OTHERS HAVE NO SYMPTOMS. NO FAILURE OR ACCIDENTS YET. *JB