2003 HARLEY-DAVIDSON Flhtcui

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HARLEY DAVIDSON ULTRA CLASSIC FLHTCUI. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE EHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V134000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

QUIT WHILE RIDING, TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. FORCED TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD WHILE DEALING WITH TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. EVENT HAS HAPPENED ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. RECALL #0113 WAS ISSUED BY HARLEY DAVIDSON ON APRIL 15, 2004. RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE. IN ADDITION THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE SINCE THE RECALL. TOTAL LOSS OF POWER CONDITION CONTINUES AND HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. JUST HAPPENED AGAIN FRIDAY JULY 12, 2012. CURRENT MILEAGE IS APPROX. 19,000. *TR

TL*. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTCU. THE CONTACT STATED THAT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING HE EXPERIENCES UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTION OF ALL ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE MOTORCYCLE. THIS CONDITION CAUSES THE MOTORCYCLE TO STALL, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. IN 2004 HE HAD HIS VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO RECALL# 04V134000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS). AFTER THE REPAIR THE FAILURE RESURFACED.HE HE SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER, IN WHICH A REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED ITS WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,856. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

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