2008 Harley-Davidson Flhr Vehicle speed control Problems

“Bike would just shut down. Once restarted it would idle at approx 1500 RPM (limp mode). This happen twice. There no throttle response, idle was still around 1500 RPM. Talk to the dealer about my issues. Before I could finish my little speech, I was told that it was the ECM or the atc pin connectors. He describes my problem to me. They have fixed this problem in that past.”

“I was traveling on a surface road at approx. 50mph. As I approached the intersection of euclid and lambert the light started to change. I rolled onto the throttle to clear the intersection safely. As I cleared the intersection I rolled off the throttle at which point the throttle went to the wide open position by itself. The sudden surge forward caused me to lose my grip on the handle bars, throwing me onto my back from the bike. The motorcycle continued approx. 1/4 mile down the road at the wide open throttle position ,going through another intersection without a rider. …”

“The contact owns a 2008 harley davidson FLHR motorcycle. While driving approximately 35 MPH,the motorcycle decelerated abnormally. The failure recurred when driving at various speeds. The motorcycle was taken to an authorized dealer where lubricant was applied to the electronic throttle connectors. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 22,000. Updated 03/14/12”

“2008 harley davidson motorcylce. Consumer writes in regards to rapid acceleration the consumer stated while riding the bike, it started to rapidly accelerate over the speed set on the electrical speed control. The speed control was set at 50 MPH. However, the bike raced up to 70 MPH on its own. The cruise control did shut of when the consumer manually pressed the set switch to the off position. Once the cruise control setting was turned off, the check engine light illuminated on the speedometer. …”