2003 HARLEY-DAVIDSON Flhtcui

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS TECH INTERNATIONAL VALVE STEMS, MODEL TR413. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REAR TIRE ON THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FLATTENED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VALVE STEM CAP AND CORE WERE BOTH MISSING. THE TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. UPDATED 10-07-08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD A NEW VALAVE CORE AND CAP PUT ON THE BIKE AND THE NEXT DAY WHILE RIDING, THE TIRE WENT FLAT AGAIN. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THE VALVE STEM. UPDATED 10/09/08. *JB

OCTOBER 14, 2005 I TOOK MY HARLEY DAVIDSON ULTRA CLASSIC INTO BRYAN HD SHOP TO HAVE A SAFETY RECALL COMPLIED WITH. THE SAFETY RECALL IS FOR AN INADVERTENT LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. HARLEY DAVIDSON RECOMMENDED FIX WAS TO CHANGE OUT A CIRCUIT BREAKER. WHILE RIDING MY BIKE I HAVE EXPERIENCED FOUR OF THESE EVENTS OF WHICH TWO OF THESE EVENTS WOULD HAVE TAKEN MY LIFE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR GOD SMILING ON ME. I WASN'T SMILING! I DON'T LIKE EXPERIENCING THE EMOTION INVOLVED WITH LOSING MY LIFE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE. I PURCHASED THIS BIKE FROM A FRIEND. HE DID NOT BOTHER TO TELL ME OF THIS PROBLEM. HE WENT ON TO INFORM THAT HE HAD CHANGED THIS BREAKER OUT TWO OTHER TIMES, ONCE BY HIMSELF AND ONCE BY A DEALER. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THIS INTO THE DEALER THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE BATTERY CABLES WERE LOSE. WHICH PROVED TO BE FALSE. WHEN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPS IT CAN TAKE UP TO 40 MINUTES FOR THE BREAKER TO RESET. DEPENDING ON OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM MAY BE RELATED TO A COMBINATION OF EVENTS; ( OUTSIDE AIR TEMP. COUPLED WITH A MODERATE CURRENT FLOW AND THEN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM POPS UP FROM POSSIBLY THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THE OPERATING TEMPERATURE OF THE BIKE COUPLED WITH PREVIOUS MENTIONED ITEMS AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER DOES ITS REQUIRED JOB AND OPENS. REPLACING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS NOT THE FIX. THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE BIKE. I NOTICED THAT THE SEAT WAS HOT EACH TIME AND THE BIKE HAD BEEN AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES. EACH TIME THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE THAT CIRCUIT BREAKER WILL GET WEAKER AND WEAKER. HELP!! *NM

I OWN A HARLEY DAVIDSON 2003 ULTRA CLASSIC FLHTCUI AND EARLY AUGUST I HAD VOLUNTARY RECALL 113 REPLACE 40 AMP WITH 50 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER. THEN OCTOBER 1ST WAS RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE AND IT MOMENTARILY SHUTDOWN FOR AN ESTIMATED 4-5 SECONDS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ALL POWER SHUT OFF THEN POWER RETURNED AND MOTOR STARTED AUTOMATICALLY AS I LEFT IT IN GEAR. THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE I WOULD SAY WAS AROUND 70 DEGREES F. HAD NOT BEEN OVERHEATING THE BIKE IE. SITTING IN TRAFFIC VERY LONG. THEN ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER AT A STOP LIGHT (I HAD JUST PULLED UP TO IT) ALL POWER SHUT OFF AND MOTOR STOPPED. AFTER PULLING IT OUT OF TRAFFIC AND A FEW MINUTES LATER IT STARTED AGAIN, BREAKER RESET AUTOMATICALLY AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO. I HAD ONLY BEEN USING A FEW ACCESSORIES AND AFTER THAT I USED NO ACCESSORIES AND HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. OTHER HISTORY IS I HAD THE 15AMP ACCESSORY FUSE BLOW TWICE BEFORE IN THE LAST YEAR VERY INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER THE MAIN BREAKER INCIDENT I LOOKED AT MOST WIRING AND FOUND WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE FAULT THAT THE HORN POWER WIRE WAS CHAFED THROUGH ON THE UPPER MOUNT BRACKET. I REPAIRED AND HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE. I HAVE ALSO BYPASSED THE HARLEY 50 AMP MAIN BREAKER AND MOUNTED IN PLACE A MAXI FUSE HOLDER WITH A 50A MP FUSE, SINCE THE BREAKER WAS NOT DEPENDABLE. *JB

I HAVE A 2003 HARLEY DAVIDSON ULTRA CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE THAT WILL SHUT COMPLETELY OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS CAUSED SOME TENSE MOMENTS BECAUSE I HAD TO COAST TO A STOP NEAR THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ARE OFF INCLUDING THE ENGINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER SITTING IN TRAFFIC AT A RED LIGHT. A RECALL WAS COMPLETED BY THE DEALER LAST YEAR TO UPGRADE THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. *JB

2003 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTCUI DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH STALLING AND LOSS OF ALL POWER.*MR PRIOR TO HAVE THE RECALL WORK DONE THE CONSUMER'S MOTORCYCLE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH STALLING. SINCE HAVING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER REPLACED THE VEHICLE STALLS AND LOSES POWER. THE RECALL WAS ON THE 40 AMP MAIN CIRCUIT BREAKER WHICH COULD OPEN FOR REASONS OTHER THAN WHICH IT WAS DESIGNED. *NM

RECEIVED WARRANTY RECALL LETTER IN APRIL 04. BIKE WAS SERVICED @ DEALER(TWIN CITIES HD, LAKEVILLE, MN) ON 5/11/05 ODOM. @ 2213, I ALSO REPORTED THIS TO HD CUSTOMER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE (REFERENCE SERVICE #297379). ON 6/05/05 I HAD THE 10,000 MILE CHECK COMPLETED @ THE DEALER (TWIN CITIES HD, LAKEVILLE, MN) PER MFG RECOMMENDATIONS. ON JUNE 12TH, 2005 WHILE RIDING THE BIKE I HAD COMPLETE POWER FAILURE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD, ODOM. @10,800. BIKE RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES. I CALLED DEALER (TWIN CITIES HD) AND MADE APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE. DEALER COMPLETED SERVICE ON 6/16/05 STATING THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM , THEY CHARGED ME $63 TO GET MY BIKE BACK. ON JULY 17TH, 2005 I HAD A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE AGAIN WHILE RIDING WITH MY SPOUSE, I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD. BIKE RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO THE DEALER AND ASKED FOR THEM TO SERVICE THE BIKE FOR THIS FAILURE. THE BIKE IS IN THE SHOP 3 DAYS NOW, THEY HAVE TEST DROVE IT AND SAID THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM "BECAUSE IT IS A GHOST" I AGAIN REPORTED THE ISSUE TO HD CUSTOMER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE, THEY STATED THEY WOULD CALL DEALER AND HELP THEM SOLVE PROBLEM, THIS HAS NOT OCCURRED PER THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER. *NM

RECEIVED RECALL 04V134000 CONCERNING CIRCUIT BREAKERS. CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS RECALL. CONSUMER SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED . CONSUMER WAS FATALITY INJURED ON MAY 16,2004 WHILE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE PRIOR TO HAVING RECALL REPAIRS. INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY OWNER'S SISTER NAMED ABOVE. *AK *NM