2007 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHRSE3

WHILE RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE (RECORDED MILEAGE 1800KM) THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE BADLY AND POUR OIL......WHICH WENT OVER MY BACK TIRE. STOPPED SAFELY AND FOUND THAT THE CRANKCASE SENSOR HAD FAILED. THIS WAS MY FIRST EVER HARLEY, A CVO ROAD KING, 2007 AND 1600KM ON THE CLOCK. TOOK IT IN - UNDER WARRANTY. CRANK RUN OUT WAS RIGHT SIDE .004" LEFT SIDE .001". HARLEY HAVE SAID 'NOT AN ISSUE' AND REFUSED TO REPLACE. THEY CLAIM THAT THE CRANK SENSOR SUPPLIER WAS CHANGED BECAUSE OF FAILURE ISSUES AND I HAD THE OLD VERSION. PARTICLES FROM THE SENSOR BLOCKED OIL WAYS, CAUSED A BUILD UP OF PRESSURE IN THE CRANK CASE WHICH BLEW THE SENSOR OUT. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND IN THE US, SIMILAR REPORTS LED TO AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT UNDER WARRANTY. MY ENGINE WAS ALSO AWAITING A 0906 RECALL FOR HEAD GASKETS, CRANKNUT AND ACRS........... IT APPEARS THAT HARLEW INCREASED CRANK TOLERANCES TO PREVENT FURTHER WARRANTY CLAIMS FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHRSE3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A SERIOUS ENGINE DEFECT. HE DISCOVERED AN OIL LEAK AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED, BUT RECURRED TWO MONTHS LATER AND COULD LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. HE HAS READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS TYPE OF FAILURE AND WOULD LIKE HIS VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE HIS ENGINE FAILS COMPLETELY AS WELL. THE VIN AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 800 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 900.