Service Brakes
Filed Apr 30, 2018TX
2009 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTCUI. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NHTSA RECALL 18V-076. *LD *JS
2009 Harley-Davidson Flhtcuh
Routine
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsService Brakes
Filed Jan 1, 20174 milesCA
UNABLE TO APPLY FRONT BRAKE LEVER. LEVER COULD NOT BE COMPRESSED RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF FRONT BRAKES. THIS OCCURRED WHILE BAKE WAS IN MOTION HOWEVER WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP WITH REAR BAKE ONLY. DEALER IN TEMECULA DIAGNOSED AS FAILED ABS HCU UNIT, NOT RELATED TO DEFECTIVE COMPONENT OR OTHER MANUFACTURING FLAW. JUST RECENTLY SAW AN ARTICLE INDICATING THAT THIS MAY BE A MORE WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY SEEMS HIGH AS ABS UNITS SHOULD NOT FAIL AN IF A FAILURE DOES OCCUR SHOULD BE SOME FORM OF FAILSAFE BACKUP.
Electrical System
Filed Sep 23, 201413,700 milesPA
THROTTLE GOES INTO 'LIMP MODE'. IN AUGUST OF 2013 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN THE 'CHECK ENGINE LIGHT' CAME ON. I COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE. IN AUGUST OF 2014 I LOST THE THROTTLE WHEN I WAS DOING 30 MPH. BOTH TIMES I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE BIKE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTE, THEN I WOULD HAVE THROTTLE USAGE. ON 9/17/14 THE SAME THING HAPPENED . I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS TIME IT TOOK ALMOST AN HOUR FOR THE THROTTLE TO COME BACK. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED AT THE HARLEY DEALER ON 9/25. IN ONLINE FORUMS I'VE NOTED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE THROTTLE GOING INTO 'LIMP MODE'. MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE OR THE 'ECM'. *TR
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.