2013 Husqvarna TR650 Fuel system Problems

The contact's son owns a 2013 Husqvarna TR650 Strada. The contact stated that while his son was riding 35 MPH, the throttle failed to release as designed, causing fuel to be pumped into the engine, forcing the rider to keep riding. Additionally, the RPM would not decrease. The motorcycle was taken to the dealer; however, the parts for the repair were not available. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 10,000.

NHTSA ID

11526611

Incident

Apr 15, 2020

Mileage

10,000 mi

RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2013 TR650 TERRA. USING IT AS TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK. RODE WITHOUT ISSUE FOR TWO WEEKS. ONE NIGHT ON THE WAY HOME IT STALLED WHILE EXITING I-5 ONTO HWY 22 IN SALEM. RESTARTED AND WENT HOME. THE FOLLOWING EVENING HAPPENED AGAIN ON HWY 22 BUT WAS ABLE TO LIMP IT HOME. THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS I RODE TO WORK ON BACKROADS TO BE SAFER. THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE WITH SEVERAL STALLS DAILY. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT FEBRUARY 24 IT STALLED AND COULD NOT KEEP IT RUNNING AFTER. HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. THIS IS HOW I GET TO AND FROM WORK. THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY WITH THIS ISSUE. THE CURRENT OR FORMER OWNERS OF HUSQVARNA SHOULD IN GOOD FAITH RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I HAVE OWNED MORE THAN 50 MOTORCYCLES IN MY LIFE THAT I MAINTAIN MYSELF AND FAVE NEVER BEEN STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

NHTSA ID

11398221

Incident

Feb 2, 2021

Mileage

4,250 mi

MOTORCYCLE FUELLING ISSUE AT LOW RPM CAUSES STALLING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

NHTSA ID

10992852

Incident

Sep 11, 2015

Mileage

3,600 mi

BOUGHT THIS BIKE IN JAN 2013, BIKE RAN FINE FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS. THEN SLOWLY DEVELOPED A DEAD SPOT IN THE THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE WOULD MISS. THEN THE STALLING ISSUE BECAME APPARENT. WHEN STARTING OFF IN FIRST GEAR YOU GIVE IT THROTTLE AND TRY TO LET THE CLUTCH OUT IT STALLS DEAD. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES IN AN INTERSECTION AND HAS ALMOST KILLED ME. EVERY BIKE SOLD SHOULD BE REFUNDED COMPLETELY. I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THIS BIKE, AND BECAUSE ITS ON A LOAN, IT STILL REQUIRES INSURANCE TO BE ON IT. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RIDE IT FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT LOOSING MY LIFE, AS IT WAS MY ONLY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION I HAD NO CHOICE. SO I AM PAYING ALMOST 200 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR A PAPERWEIGHT. BMW AND KTM HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE AND SENT ME A RECALL LETTER IN JULY 2016, IT IS NOW FEB 2017 AND STILL NOTHING. I HAVE EVEN CALLED KTM AND THEY HAVE NO ANSWER. THIS ISN'T THE ONLY DEFECT, THERE WAS MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DUST IN MY AIR BOX. THE AIR BOX ISN'T COMPLETELY SEALED AND DOESN'T LET CLEAN AIR INTO THE ENGINE. THIS WILL RUIN AN ENGINE. BMW OR KTM, STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS TERRIBLE MOTORCYCLE. <REFUND>

NHTSA ID

10956429

Incident

Feb 15, 2014

Mileage

10,000 mi

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE ENGINE WOULD POP AND THEN THE ENGINE WOULD STOP. THIS OCCURRENCE OCCASIONALLY WOULD ALSO HAPPEN WHEN THE CLUTCH IS PULLED IN. WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE BIKE, I HAD NOTIFIED THE DEALER THAT THE ENGINE HAD POPPED AND STOPPED A COUPLE TIMES. THEY LOOKED AT IT AND HAD NO SOLUTION. I HAD PURCHASED A BOOSTERPLUG FROM AN AFTERMARKET SOURCE THAT LESSENED THE ENGINE STALLING, NOT ELIMINATED IT. THE PORPOISE OF THE BOOSTERPLUG WAS TO RICHEN THE LEAN FUEL MIXTURE WHICH CAUSES THE ENGINE STALLING. BMW ARE THE MANUFACTURE OF THE ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM. THEY KNOW THE ENGINE BEST. CURRENTLY THERE IS A FIRMWARE UPDATE FOR THE BMW BRANDED BIKES WITH THE SAME ENGINE, SAME PROBLEM AS THE TERRA. WHEN CAN MY BIKE GET FIXED? THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL NOTICE 16V-124 8/16/16 WITH NO RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

10947704

Incident

Jul 25, 2013

Mileage

50 mi

MY TR650 MOTORCYCLE STALLS UPON TWISTING THE THROTTLE TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN RUN OVER SEVERAL TIMES BY CARS DIRECTLY BEHIND ME. THIS PROBLEM COULD EASILY KILL SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT QUICKLY PULL OVER (IF ABLE) OR RESTART BEFORE BEING STRUCK FROM BEHIND. IT HAPPENS REGARDLESS OF THE TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY OR IF THE ENGINE IS WARM OR COLD. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY TIME I ACCELERATE AND HAS DONE SO SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN DEC 2012

NHTSA ID

10920130

Incident

Dec 12, 2012

Mileage

9 mi

UN-EXPECTED STALLING FROM STANDING STARTS, WHEN COMING TO IDLE AND WHEN ENGINE TEMP IS HIGH.

NHTSA ID

10903549

Incident

Mar 19, 2014

Mileage

25 mi

MOTORCYCLE STALLS AT LOW RPM EXPECTANTLY. UNFORTUNATELY, IT TYPICALLY HAPPENS AT INTERSECTIONS. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT MORE THAN A FEW TIMES.

NHTSA ID

10899138

Incident

Aug 28, 2016

Mileage

5,800 mi

THE ENGINE STUTTERS, OR BRIEFLY STALLS UPON ACCELERATION, PARTICULARLY AT LOW SPEED AS WHEN ENTERING AN INTERSECTION. ENTERING AN INTERSECTION FROM A FULL STOP, THE ENGINE MAY ACCELERATE FOR A MOMENT, JUST ENOUGH TO GET THE VEHICLE INTO AN ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC, AND THEN ABRUPTLY QUIT. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY DESCRIBED BY MANY OWNERS OF THIS MOTORCYLCE ON THE WEBSITE KNOWN AS "CAFE HUSKY". THE PROBLEM STARTED OCCURRING ON MY VEHICLE IN 2013, AND IT CONTINUES TO THE PRESENT.

NHTSA ID

10897369

Incident

Nov 1, 2013

Mileage

500 mi

MY 2013 HUSQVARNA TR650 STRADA HAS BAD IDLING ISSUES. ONE MINUTE IT RUNS OK AND THE NEXT THE ENGINE ACCELERATES UNEXPECTANTLY AND SOMETIMES IT STALLS UNEXPECTANTLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND IT ALSO RUNS ERRATICALLY WHILE PARKED.

NHTSA ID

10891471

Incident

Jul 28, 2016

Mileage

12,525 mi

MOTORCYCLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN RELEASING THE CLUTCH LEVER, HAS DONE IT SINCE NEW.

NHTSA ID

10889135

Incident

Dec 5, 2012

Mileage

50 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10860658

Incident

Dec 2, 2015

Mileage

5,985 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10860631

Incident

Apr 1, 2013

Mileage

500 mi

THE BIKE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY. IT CAN OCCUR DURING ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. IT HAS HAPPEND UNDER ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS EVERY SINSE I HAVE HAD THE BIKE. HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE ECU HAS BEEN REFLASHED WITH THE LATEST UPDATES BUT STILL HAVE THE ISSUE.

NHTSA ID

10853192

Incident

Apr 3, 2016

ENGINE DIES SOME TIME WHEN STARTING OUT FROM A COMPLETE STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY.

NHTSA ID

10853125

Incident

Mar 26, 2016

Mileage

5,870 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10851922

Incident

Mar 6, 2016

Mileage

8,625 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10838638

Incident

Feb 25, 2016

Mileage

5,000 mi

"TAKATA RECALL" I AM WISHING TO LODGE A FORMAL COMPLAINT. CONCERNING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE ABOVE HUSQVARNA MANUFACTURED MOTORCYCLE. COMMONLY REFERRED TO AMONGST THE HUSQVARNA MOTORCYCLE COMMUNITY OWNERS AS THE 'DEATH" STALL. BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT PROGRAMMING OF THE ECU THIS RESULTS A SPORADIC STALLING PROBLEM. WHICH CAN HAVE LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES. THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMPLETE LACK OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS COMPANY OWNERS BMW AND THE NEW COMPANY OWNERS KTM. WHICH FOR SOME REASON IS RAMPANT IN NORTH AMERICAN DEALERSHIPS WHERE THERE IS CAPABILITY DO APPLY THE REVISED AND UPDATED FUEL MAPPING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE ONLY THING THAT IS OFFERED TO OWNERS OF THIS MACHINE. IS THAT OUR DEALERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SENT THE ECU'S BACK TO KTM HQ FOR THESE REPROGRAMMING UPDATES. ALL OF THIS AT OUR EXPENSE NOT TO MENTION THE VEHICLE DOWNTIME . WHEN OWNERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES ARE ABLE TO GET THESE UPDATES/REVISIONS PROVIDED AT THEIR LOCAL DEALERSHIPS. MEANWHILE WE ARE STUCK AND WITHOUT REAL TIME SUPPORT FOR AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE ADMINISTERED FREE OF CHARGE LONG LONG AGO. NO ONE IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS. IT'S A COMPLETE OUTRAGE! THE STALLING ISSUE WILL OCCUR IN THE WORST SITUATIONS POSSIBLE. USUALLY DURING SLOW MANEUVERS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. PULLING OUT INTO INTERSECTIONS. SLOW MOVING TURNS ETC. SO FAR AS WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN DATE REQUIRED BELOW. IT'S AN ON GOING AND RANDOM ISSUE. IT CONSTANTLY HAPPENS. SO THE DATE IS SOMEWHAT IRRELEVANT.

NHTSA ID

10821672

Incident

Jan 22, 2016

Mileage

600 mi

ENGINE STALLS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FORWARD FROM A STOP. THIS HAS CAUSED SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHEN CARS BEHIND THAT EXPECTED ME TO MOVE FORWARD NEARLY REAR-ENDED ME. I NOW AM IN THE HABIT OF REVVING UP THE ENGINE WAY MORE THAN SHOULD BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO AVOID THE STALL.

NHTSA ID

10790572

Incident

Nov 4, 2013

Mileage

5 mi

ENGINE STALLING AT LOW SPEEDS FOR MOTORCYCLE THIS PUTS DRIVER IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION PRONE TO CRASH AND/OR GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND.

NHTSA ID

10789342

Incident

Dec 12, 2013

Mileage

100 mi

SINCE DAY ONE, THIS BIKE HAS STALLED RANDOMLY WHEN SLOWING FOR TRAFFIC OR WHEN COASTING ON ROADWAYS. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO FALL OVER IN GRASS WHEN THE BIKE DID NOT FUEL WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE. IT ALSO HAS A RANDOM HIGH IDLE AND FUELING IS HORRIBLE THROUGHOUT THE REV RANGE. I HAVE GONE TO FOUR DIFFERENT HUSQVARNA DEALERSHIPS ON THE EAST COAST OF THE USA WITH NO HELP. THEY ALL ADVISE THAT NOW THAT KTM OWNS HUSQVARNA THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE NOR DO THEY WANT THE MOSS TOOL SOFTWARE TO ATTEMPT TO RECTIFY THE ISSUES. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD WHICH HAS CAUSED ME TO NEARLY BE STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I HOPE TO START FROM A STOP BUT EH BIKE STALLS AND I'M STUCK IN A TRAFFIC LANE. I BARLEY RIDE MY MOTORCYCLE THAT I PAID THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR. CANADA HAS ISSUED A RECALL AND I SEE NO REASON THAT THE USA SHOULD NOT HAVE A RECALL AND MAKE BMW (THE OWNER OF HUSQVARNA DURING THE MAKING OF MY BIKE) OR KTM (THE OWNER OF THUSQVARNA NOW) TO FIX THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE HELP!!!!

NHTSA ID

10788508

Incident

Sep 25, 2013

Mileage

70 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10787535

Incident

Nov 1, 2015

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.

NHTSA ID

10787434

Incident

Apr 3, 2014

Mileage

3,400 mi

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 .

NHTSA ID

10785842

Incident

May 28, 2013

Mileage

8 mi

LEAN STUMBLE OR STALL AT IDLE, LACK OF SUPPORT BY MANUFACTURE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, ECU MAP NEED TO BE FIXED, SOMEONE WILL GET KILLED SOON BECAUSE OF IT, MANY OWNERS CAN VOUCH FOR THIS, MORE INFO AT WWW.CAFEHUSKY.COM OR CALL ME, PLEASE CONTACT HUSQVARNA NA DIRECTLY AND ASK ABOUT THE PROBLEM 855-282-6227

NHTSA ID

10730973

Incident

Jun 29, 2015

Mileage

12 mi