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2009 Harley-Davidson Flhtcu vehicle speed control problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2009 Harley-Davidson Flhtcu16% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
16%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The wiring harness connector to the efi/ecm is faulty, causing multiple codes dealing with low voltage to the throttle by wire, these low voltages causes the throttle to fail during riding and loss of speedometer. I have nearly been in multiple accidents related to the issue which has occured well…

    filed Apr 9, 2017

  • Riding along and the throttle goes into idle mode and will not speed up. Managed to get to the side of the road without getting run over and wait for a few minutes. It fired up ok and manage to go another 20 or so miles and it happened again. Waited at the side of the interstate for a while still…

    filed May 21, 2015

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Flhtcu years

YearReportsShare
2010 Flhtcu723%
2008 Flhtcu45%
2007 Flhtcu48%
Flhtcu vehicle speed control problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.