2012 HARLEY-DAVIDSON Flhx

MOTORCYCLE SURGES UNEXPECTEDLY AND THEN ALSO LOSES THROTTLE CONTROL. THE FIRST INCIDENT I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT INTO TRAFFIC AND AS SOON AS I GOT INTO THE TRAFFIC LANE MOTORCYCLE LOST ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE BUT MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING. TRAFFIC WAS A 4 LANE STREET WITH SPEED POSTED AT 35 MPH. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER AND ONLY A CURB. I HAD NOWHERE TO PULL OVER. I ALMOST GOT HIT BY SEVERAL PASSING VEHICLES. I HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AT THE TIME I LOST THROTTLE RESPONSE. I SHUT OFF IGNITION AND CYCLED POWER A FEW TIMES AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND I HAD THROTTLE RESPONSE AGAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON SEVERAL TIMES AND WENT INTO WHAT HARLEY DAVIDSON REPAIR CALLS LIMP MODE. I HAVE HAD THE BIKE IN SERVICE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO PREVAIL ON FIXING PROBLEM. THE OTHER ITEM THE MOTORCYCLE IS DOING IS, THE BIKE THROTTLE SURGES UNEXPECTEDLY. I WAS PULLING UP TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT, JUST AS I WAS GOING TO STOP THE THROTTLE REVVED UP CAUSING ME TO GO INTO THE INTERSECTION ALMOST GETTING HIT AND LOSING CONTROL OF THE BIKE. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEMS IS RELATED TO THE ELECTRICAL OR COMPUTER SYSTEM OF THE BIKE. THE REPAIR SHOP SAYS ?IT?S A LOOSE WIRE OR CONNECTION? BUT THEY HAVE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS OVER SEVERAL MONTHS TRYING TO FIND IT. BOTH THE UNEXPECTEDLY SURGES AND LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL HAVE HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAVE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE BIKE SEVERAL TIME BECAUSE OF IT.

WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEED LIMIT I ATTEMPTED TO EXIT HIGHWAY 101 SOUTHBOUND IN NOVATO CALIFORNIA. UPON BRAKING AND DOWNSHIFTING I REALIZED THE ENTIRE FOOT SHIFTER WAS MISSING. THE VEHICLE WAS IN SIXTH FEAR AND I HAD TO INITIATE EMERGENCY BRAKING TO AVOID LOSING CONTROL OF THE BIKE ON THE EXIT RAMP. THE BIKE WAS THEN STUCK IN SIXTH GEAR AND COULD NOT BE DRIVEN FURTHER. UPON OBTAINING REPLACEMENT PARTS AND INSTALLING THE SAME THE LOCAL DEALER HAD ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THE NEWER HARLEY MODELS AND THAT HAVE HEARD MANY HARROWING STORIES FROM RIDERS LIKE MYSELF THAT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A NEAR MISHAP DUE TO THIS DEFECT, ATTEMPTING TO STOP AND SLOW A 800 POUND BIKE WITH A 210 POUND RIDER AND A 150 PASSENGER AS WELL AS LUGGAGE IS NOT AN EASY TASK WHEN THERE IS NO SHIFTER TO DOWN GEAR AND SLOW THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPORTS HARLEY IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM ATTRIBUTED TO FAULTY PARTS AND AFFIXMENT BUT TO DATE HAS DONE NOTHING . MY PART REPLACEMENT WAS COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PLAN. THIS SITUATION IS A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY WAITING TO OCCUR IN MY OPINION....UPDATED 10/01/15*BF

FRONT TIRE ON MY 2012 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHX STREET GLIDE HAS CRACKED SIDEWALLS.TIRE IS THE ORIGINAL TIRE WITH 1500 MILES WEAR .REAR TIRE DOES NOT HAVE THIS CRACKING.HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALER ([XXX])STATES ITS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE THAT CAUSED TIRE DAMAGE. BIKE IS KEPT IN A HEATED GARAGE,ON WOODEN BOARDS AND IS NEVER RIDDEN IN OR SEEN RAIN.SEARCH OF ONLINE FORUMS SHOWS THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE,ALTHOUGH I CAN NOT VOUCH FOR THE WAY THEIR BIKES ARE KEPT AND MAINTAINED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2012 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHX-11200 MILES. SIDEWALL CRACK ON THE FRONT TIRE. ITS THE HARLEY DAVIDSON DUNLOP TIRE D408F. TIRE SIZE IS A 130/70B18 63H. I HAVE HAD TO PUT 4 FRONT TIRES ON IT SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THE BIKE NEW LAST YEAR. MY LAST TWO FRONT TIRES ONLY LASTED 1000 MILES AND STARTED CRACKING. NOTIFIED HARLEY DAVIDSON. DEALERSHIP REPLACED EVERY TIRE FOR FREE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES. *TR