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2009 Harley-davidson FLTR Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1297890
Internal NHTSA #	10884051
Manufacurer	Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Brand	HARLEY-DAVIDSON
Model	FLTR
Model Year	2009
File date	01/10/13
Component	SERVICE BRAKES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	When driving down the road the front brake lever would not move when you applied pressure to lever to stop. Had to use rear brake to stop motorcycle. Pulled over to side of road and worked lever and seemed to free up and work ok. Restarted bike and drove off. Brakes seemed to work. Drove bike for about 30 miles and brake lever froze up again. No brakes in the front. Hard lever again. Frightening experience. Took bike home and let sit in garage. Started bike the next morning and backed out of garage. Hit front brake to slow bike down and lever was froze up again. Took bike to harley dealer and they replaced the abs hcu part number 48343-09. This all happened when the bike had 31268 miles on it. They tolded me that "this happens" noticed on fox news that they may have a recall. This happened in 10/2013 god forbid someone gets hurt from this problem. It is great to have rear brakes
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	31260
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BRANDON, FL
VIN pattern	1HD1FS4119YXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	65
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2009 Harley-davidson FLTR Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Harley-davidson FLTR Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

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