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.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HUSQVARNA TR650. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE MOTORCYCLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE ECU (ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT) WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE BUT IT DID NOT INCLUDE USA MOTORCYCLES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500.