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2009 Harley-Davidson Flhtp Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 29, 2019
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Mar 30, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2009 Harley-Davidson Flhtp. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Driver assistance
Filed Mar 29, 2019

WHILE TRAVELING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 70MPH THE MOTORCYCLE SUDDENLY LOST 90% OF ITS ACCELERATION SINCE I DID NOT APPLY MY BRAKES THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID COLLISION. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HARLEY DAVIDSON "FLY BY WIRE" THROTTLE CONTROL HAS CAUSED SEVERAL DEATHS AND PERMANENT INJURIES TO OTHER RIDERS. MY SAFETY WAS GRAVELY AT RISK WHEN THE BIKE WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" MY TOP SPEED WAS ONLY 10MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND I HAD TO MOVE 3 LANES TO MY RIGHT TO GET TO SAFETY. MY MOTORCYCLE IS NOW AT TOP ROCKER HARLEY DAVIDSON AND IT WILL COST OVER $600 TO REPAIR IT. THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1511 , P2135 . HARLEY D. SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONTACTED ME TODAY AND TOLD ME IT WILL COST $450.00 FOR PARTS AND $200 LABOR. THE PROBLEM THEY SAY IS I WILL NEED A NEW INDUCTION MODULE. PLEASE RESEARCH THE PROBLEM AND YOU WILL NOTICE THERE ARE MANY OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR LIFE THREATENING EXPERIENCES INCLUDING TRAUMATIC ACCIDENTS AND DEATH.

NHTSA ID
11192332
Incident
Mar 27, 2019
Mileage
67,900 mi
Brakes
Filed Apr 19, 2018

2009 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHTPI. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ABS ISSUE. CONSUMER IS ALSO SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS. *LD *JS

NHTSA ID
11089370
Incident
Nov 16, 2015
Brakes
Filed Mar 30, 2018

REAR BRAKE PEDAL 'FROZEN'. WILL NOT OPERATE. DIAGNOSIS BY LOCAL DEALER, ' ABS MODULE FAILURE'.

NHTSA ID
11082152
Incident
Mar 1, 2018
Mileage
28,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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