DEAR SIR , THE SPEED SENSOR IN THE MOTORBIKE FAILED AT LOW SPEED . AS THIS SENDS THE INFORMATION TO THE FUEL SYSTEM AND YOUR SPEEDOMETER . MODEL IS HARLEY DAVIDSON XL 883N IRON THE MOTORBIKE HAS CHANGES OF POWER AND HICCUPS DUE TO THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM NOT RECEIVING ANY INFORMATION , SO FUEL FLOW IS INTERRUPTED . AS YOU PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STANDSTILL YOU CAN HAVE A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER . YOU ALSO WILL NOT KNOW YOUR SPEED AS THE SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKS. THE MOTORBIKE WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN NOVEMBER 2013 , IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY . TRYING TO GET SERVICE . THAT IS 10 MONTHS OLD AND 6 200 MILES . THE DANGER IS THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND ALSO WHEN SLOWING DOWN YOU GET BACKFIRES FROM THE ENGINE , THIS COULD DO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE . REGARDS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
2009 Harley-Davidson XL883
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the vehicle speed control. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsVehicle Speed Control
Filed Oct 1, 20146,200 milesFL
1 of 1 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.