2013 Husqvarna TR650

RECALL IS EFFECT FOR THIS VEHICLE IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA I WILL INCLUDE (ATTACH) THE DOTAR AUSTRALIA RESPONSE WITH CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE BMW DEVELOPED HUSQVARNA TR650 MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS A RANDOM STALL ISSUE THAT WILL AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE GET A PERSON KILLED. THIS IS AN EASY FIX BY COMPUTER RE-PROGRAM OF THE ECU BY THE NEW OWNERS KTM MOTORCYCLES WHO BY EU LAW IS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE MOTORCYCLE FOR 10 YEARS

THIS MOTORCYCLE STALLS OFTEN AND WITH NO WARNING. ESPECIALLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR COMING TO A STOP. I HAVE STALLED AT LEAST 20 TIMES. THE LAST STALL WAS ON A DOWNHILL COMING OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY. AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY I SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND THE ENGINE STALLED CAUSING ME TO FALL. I HURT MY NECK AND BADLY BURNED MY LEG. I WILL NOT RIDE THIS BIKE UNTIL HUSQVARNA/BMW FIX THIS STALLING PROBLEM. THIS STALL IS CAUSED BY A POORLY MAPPED ECU (ELECRTRIC CONTROL UNIT). THE LOW SPEED FUEL DELIVERY IS SO LEAN THAT THE ENGINE JUST STOPS UPON SLOWING DOWN. THIS COULD BE DEADLY WHILE NEGOTIATING AN INTERSECTION. I HAVE CALLED SEVERAL HUSQVARNA DEALERS BUT THEY REFUSE TO OFFER ANY HELP.

ENGINE STALLS AT OR NEAR CLOSED THROTTLE UNPREDICTABLY. FAULT OCCURS REPEATEDLY BUT INTERMITTENTLY. IT HAS OCCURRED WITHOUT REGARD TO INTERSTATE, HIGHWAY, OR CITY. WHEREVER THERE IS STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE PROBLEM IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AMONG OWNERS AND HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED OUTSIDE THE US BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PLEASE REFERENCE THE ATTACHED CANADIAN RECALL. THE INCIDENT REPORTED BELOW WAS THE FIRST .

ALL OWNERS OF THIS MOTORCYCLE ARE EXPERIENCING AIR BOX FAILURE. THIS BEING AN ON/OFF ROAD VEHICLE. IMPLIES VAST QUANTITIES OF DIRT AND SAND ARE BY PASSING THE AIR BOX FILTER AND ENTERING THE ENGINE DIRECTLY. AT SOME POINT IF THIS GOES UNADDRESSED THIS WILL CAUSE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. COMBINED WITH THE 2 OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT WITH THE TR HUSQVARNA BIKES. NAMELY THE FAULTY ECU MAPPING CAUSING A DEADLY(TERMED 'DEATH' STALL). ALSO THE STEERING SHAKE WHICH RESULTED IN A NEAR DEATH ACCIDENT FOR MYSELF ON THE FREEWAY. OTHERS ON THE OWNERS FORUM COMPLAIN OF THESE ISSUES ALSO. I SINCERELY TRUST THAT YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND ORDER A RECALL AND RECTIFICATION BY THE MANUFACTURER. UNFORTUNATELY THE AIR BOX PROBLEM DIDN'T COME TO LIGHT EARLY ON. SO MANY OF US HAVE ALREADY INGESTED A VAST QUANTITY OF DIRT THROUGH THE AIR INTAKE. THUS SHORTENING THE LIFE OF THESE ENGINES. *TR

SINCE NEW THE BIKE EXHIBITS A SPEED WOBBLE, SOMETIMES A WEAVE, OR A TREMOR TRANSLATED THROUGH THE HANDLEBARS. THIS HAS BEEN NOTED BY A NUMBER OF HUSQVARNA TR OWNERS. PRIOR TO THE 08-12-14 I HAD EXPERIENCE THIS TWICE. ON THIS OCCASION I WAS ON A DOWNHILL GRADE OF THE INTERSTATE 101. THERE WAS A TRANSITION IN SURFACE FROM ASPHALT TO CONCRETE OVER PASS. JUST ENOUGH TO INDCE THE ABOVE EFFECTS. UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO REAR BRAKE OR THROTTLE. I HAVE MANAGED TO REGAIN CONTROL AND CENTRE/ NEUTRALIZE THESE RESPONSES. ON THIS OCCASION, ALL FORCES OF GRAVITY BEARING DOWN ON THE FRONT END DUE TO THE GRADE. RENDERING ALL EFFORTS USELESS. IN FACT THEY ENHANCED THE PROBLEM. THE HANDLE BARS SHOOK VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. EACH MOTION CREATING A COUNTER MOTION. TILL THE FORCES WERE SO GREAT THAT THE FRONT WHEEL BEGAN TO SKIP. ALTERNATELY PLACING ALL COUNTER FORCES TO THE REAR WHEEL. WHICH IN TURN WOULD SKIP. EACH CYCLE OF THE ABOVE CHAIN OF REACTIVE CYCLES INCREASED IN EXTREMELY RAPID SUCCESSION,THINK RODEO BULL. BIKE FLIP FLOPS VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND BACK AND FORTH SIMULTANEOUSLY, AS THE HANDLE BARS GO FROM OPPOSITE LOCK TO OPPOSITE LOCK. OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A TANK SLAPPER. THE END RESULT BEING THAT OF ALL ACCUMULATIVE FORCES PASSED ON TO THE PILOT AT A POINT WHERE HE BECOMES LAUNCHED FROM THE SADDLE. IN THIS CASE ACROSS 3 LANES OF COMMUTE TRAFFIC. COMING TO REST IN THE FAST LANE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE CONCRETE DIVIDER. I SHOULD BE DEAD BY ALL ACCOUNTS! ISSUE #2 AN EVEN GREATER NUMBER OF OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE INHERENTLY LEAN RUNNING NATURE OF THESE BIKES. RESULTING IN WHAT'S BEING CALLED A 'DEATH STALL'. AS OFTEN TAKES PLACE IN INTERSECTIONS, LIGHTS OR FROM A STANDSTILL IN SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC. HERE THE BIKE JUST STALLS, IT'S COMMON TO MOST ALL OF THE OWNERS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OR READ REPORTS FROM ON THE OWNERS FORUM. *TR

MY HUSQVARNA TR650 MOTORCYCLE HAS A STALLING PROBLEM AT LOW SPEED/COMING OFF OF IDLE. WHEN STARTING TO MOVE FROM A STOP, THE MOTORCYCLE PERIODICALLY STALLS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE BIKE WILL START MOVING BEFORE THE STALL OCCURS, POTENTIALLY PUTTING THE BIKE AND OCCUPANT IN THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE THE RIDER ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE MOTORCYCLE. THE PROBLEM HAS REPEATEDLY OCCURRED SINCE I PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE. THE PROBLEM IS WELL CITED ON THE FOLLOWING HUSQVARNA MOTORCYCLE OWNERS FORUM: HTTP://WWW.CAFEHUSKY.COM/FORUMS/TR650.28/. *TR

ENGINE STALLS WHEN CLUTCH PULLED IN AT SLOW SPEEDS OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND CLUTCH IS PULLED IN TO SELECT LOWER GEAR. HAPPENED 6 TIMES IN TWO MONTHS. ABOVE MENTIONED INJURY HAPPENED UPON PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS FULLY WARMED UP, HAD BEEN IDLING FOR 6 MINUTES, AND AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY A CAR CAME BY. I PULLED IN CLUTCH AND ENGINE STOPPED. I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS AND LOST BALANCE. BIKE FELL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. I SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE AND BADLY BURNED IT ALSO. THE STALLING HAS OCCURRED WHEN COMING UP TO A STOP SIGN, WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A RED LIGHT, WHEN COMING DOWN A HILL ON A DIRT ROAD ETC. I HAD HOPES THAT IDLE SPEED COULD BE ADJUSTED HIGHER BUT DEALER SAYS THE IDLE IS DETERMINED BY ENGINE ELECTRONICS AND COMES FROM FACTORY PRESET.THE DEALER CANNOT ADJUST THE IDLE SPEED. I HAVE SPOKEN TO OTHERS WHO OWN THIS MODEL AND ALL OF THEM HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN RIDING MOTORCYCLES FOR 45YRS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. *TR

THE MOTORCYCLE RUNS SEVERELY LEAN, CAUSING IT TO STUMBLE AND STALL AT LOW RPMS. THIS IS PRIMARILY NOTICED WHEN ACCELERATING FROM IDLE. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH IT WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS A FOUR LANE ROAD WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. AS I STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND LEANED INTO THE TURN, THE BIKE STALLED CAUSING THE REAR TIRE TO QUICKLY LOCKUP AS ENGINE POWER WAS CUT. I DISENGAGED THE CLUTCH, BUT WAS TOO LATE TO PREVENT CRASHING. LUCKILY, ONCOMING TRAFFIC SAW ME SOON ENOUGH TO STOP, AND I AVOIDED BEING STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. THE CRASH WAS LOW SPEED AND RESULTED IN ONLY MINOR INJURY TO MY LEFT LEG, BUT PREVENTED ME FROM RIDING AND PERFORMING AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (ARMY) FOR A FEW WEEKS. IN MY 6000 MILES SINCE THE ORIGINAL ACCIDENT, THE VEHICLE HAS SUFFERED COUNTLESS OFF-IDLE STALLS, AND HAS PUT ME IN JEOPARDY MANY TIMES. *TR