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2009 Harley-Davidson Flhtp Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2009 Harley-Davidson Flhtp, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Brakes266.7%
  • Driver assistance133.3%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

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

NHTSA ID 11089370 · filed Apr 19, 2018

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

NHTSA ID 11082152 · filed Mar 30, 2018

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Driver assistance

Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Mar 29, 2019

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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