2013 Husqvarna TR650

MOTORCYCLE EXPERIENCES UNEXPECTED STALLING WHILE OPERATING AT LOW RPM'S AND SPEED. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND APPARENTLY RANDOM, OCCURRING WHILE ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING. TO DATE IT HAS RESULTED IN ONE SLOW SPEED OFF-ROAD CRASH. I WAS NOT INJURED, BUT AM CONCERNED THAT THE PROBLEM WILL RESULT IN A MUCH MORE SERIOUS ON-ROAD CRASH.

MOTORCYCLE WILL STALL WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM A STEADY CRUISE TO MAKE A TURN. IT IS DANGEROUS TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION, I HAVE TO REV ENGINE HIGH AND SLIP CLUTCH MORE THAN NORMAL. BMW DESIGNED THE MOTORCYCLE AND OWNS THE RIGHTS TO THE FIRMWARE TO THE ENGINES COMPUTER. BMW SOLD HUSQVARNA TO KTM AND WE ARE LEFT HIGH AND DRY WITHOUT ANY UPDATES TO THE ECM. BMW HAS A SIMILAR MOTORCYCLE G650GS THAT HAS THE SAME MOTOR AND ECM AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED MULTIPLE UPDATES YET BMW WILL NOT HELP OR RELEASE THE CODES TO THE ECM SO WE CAN GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED.

MY MOTORCYCLE STALLS AFTER OR BEFORE A COMPLETE STOP. IT HAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS AND I HAVE DROPPED THE BIKE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AS THE STALL TAKES AWAY ALL POWER. MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE MOVING, WHILE STOPPED AND WHILE ACCELERATING AWAY FROM AN INTERSECTION. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED AS THE BIKE ABRUPTLY STALLED AS I WAS LEAVING AN INTERSECTION AND THE CARS BEHIND DID NOT REACT TO MY BIKES NON MOVEMENT. BMW MADE THIS BIKE UNDER THE HUSQVARNA BRAND AND BMW STILL USES THIS FUELING SYSTEM IN THEIR G650GS MODEL. BMW MADE A NEW FUELING MAP FOR THE G650GS AS IT EXHIBITED THE SAME ISSUES. HOWEVER, SINCE SELLING HUSQVARNA TO KTM, BMW WILL NO LONGER UPDATE THE ECUS IN HUSQVARNA MODELS. THE FUELING ECU PROGRAMMING SYSTEM IS PROPRIETARY TO BMW. KTM CANNOT REPROGRAM OUR ECUS BUT BMW COULD. HOWEVER BMW REFUSES TO UPDATE THE HUSQVARNA ECUS. AS AN OWNER I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET A RESOLUTION TO THIS DANGEROUS STALLING ISSUE. IT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE AND OR INJURY. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS. THE FIX IS ALREADY AVAILABLE THROUGH BMW AND ONLY REQUIRES A REFLASH OF OUR ECUS. THE FIX TAKES APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AT A BMW DEALER.

THE VEH WILL STALL WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. THIS HAS CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR COLLISIONS FROM VEHICLES BEHIND HAVING TO AVOID A STOPPED MOTORCYCLE IN THE INTERSECTION. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. THE CAUSE IS A FAULTY ECU PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED IN BOTH CANADA AND EUROPE. THE US NHTSA HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY ISSUE.

"TAKATA RECALL" I AM WISHING TO LODGE A FORMAL COMPLAINT. CONCERNING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE ABOVE HUSQVARNA MANUFACTURED MOTORCYCLE. COMMONLY REFERRED TO AMONGST THE HUSQVARNA MOTORCYCLE COMMUNITY OWNERS AS THE 'DEATH" STALL. BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT PROGRAMMING OF THE ECU THIS RESULTS A SPORADIC STALLING PROBLEM. WHICH CAN HAVE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMPLETE LACK OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS COMPANY OWNERS BMW AND THE NEW COMPANY OWNERS KTM. WHICH FOR SOME REASON IS RAMPANT IN NORTH AMERICAN DEALERSHIPS WHERE THERE IS CAPABILITY DO APPLY THE REVISED AND UPDATED FUEL MAPPING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE ONLY THING THAT IS OFFERED TO OWNERS OF THIS MACHINE. IS THAT OUR DEALERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SENT THE ECU'S BACK TO KTM HQ FOR THESE REPROGRAMMING UPDATES. ALL OF THIS AT OUR EXPENSE NOT TO MENTION THE VEHICLE DOWNTIME . WHEN OWNERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES ARE ABLE TO GET THESE UPDATES/REVISIONS PROVIDED AT THEIR LOCAL DEALERSHIPS. MEANWHILE WE ARE STUCK AND WITHOUT REAL TIME SUPPORT FOR AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE ADMINISTERED FREE OF CHARGE LONG LONG AGO. NO ONE IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS. IT'S A COMPLETE OUTRAGE! THE STALLING ISSUE WILL OCCUR IN THE WORST SITUATIONS POSSIBLE. USUALLY DURING SLOW MANEUVERS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. PULLING OUT INTO INTERSECTIONS. SLOW MOVING TURNS ETC. SO FAR AS WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN DATE REQUIRED BELOW. IT'S AN ON GOING AND RANDOM ISSUE. IT CONSTANTLY HAPPENS. SO THE DATE IS SOMEWHAT IRRELEVANT.

SINCE DAY ONE, THIS BIKE HAS STALLED RANDOMLY WHEN SLOWING FOR TRAFFIC OR WHEN COASTING ON ROADWAYS. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO FALL OVER IN GRASS WHEN THE BIKE DID NOT FUEL WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE. IT ALSO HAS A RANDOM HIGH IDLE AND FUELING IS HORRIBLE THROUGHOUT THE REV RANGE. I HAVE GONE TO FOUR DIFFERENT HUSQVARNA DEALERSHIPS ON THE EAST COAST OF THE USA WITH NO HELP. THEY ALL ADVISE THAT NOW THAT KTM OWNS HUSQVARNA THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE NOR DO THEY WANT THE MOSS TOOL SOFTWARE TO ATTEMPT TO RECTIFY THE ISSUES. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD WHICH HAS CAUSED ME TO NEARLY BE STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I HOPE TO START FROM A STOP BUT EH BIKE STALLS AND I'M STUCK IN A TRAFFIC LANE. I BARLEY RIDE MY MOTORCYCLE THAT I PAID THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR. CANADA HAS ISSUED A RECALL AND I SEE NO REASON THAT THE USA SHOULD NOT HAVE A RECALL AND MAKE BMW (THE OWNER OF HUSQVARNA DURING THE MAKING OF MY BIKE) OR KTM (THE OWNER OF THUSQVARNA NOW) TO FIX THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE HELP!!!!