2008 Harley-Davidson Flhtcu Brakes Problems

“While attempting to come to a stop at a traffic signal the rear brake locked up with no warning. Luckily I was going straight and was able to recover the skidding bike before I hit the car ahead of me. I brought my bike the local dealer and the claim the ABS module is bad.no one mentioned to me about the recall.”

“Vehicle in motion on a city street approaching a red light. I applied my rear brakes and nothing happened. I attempted the rear brakes again, and still, nothing. I then applied my front brakes, this caused loss of control of the motorcycle, and we crashed.”

“08 ultra classic anniversary issue. Same ABS lockup on front brakes, as it was moved to other side of basement, when I noticed that I only had about half inch of movement. 3 weeks later, I get ready to ride and the front brake had no movement. Traced back to ABS mod. These valves in the module should not lock out on a mechanical fail, the springs should force the valve spools into open position, piss poor mechanical engineering that will get someone killed if not already happened. …”

“At the end of august 2016, I was riding my 2008 harley davidson and without warning, my rear brake failed. Thank god, I was in a parking lot, not on the main street. I took it down to the dealership and it took over two hours of labor to figure out that it was the ABS unit that failed. Even the technician was surprised that the ABS light never lit to indicate a failure. I found it strange that ABS failure will disable the braking system. I had an ABS failure on a car before and both system are independent. …”

“While coming to a slow stop using both front and rear brakes the foot pedal for the rear brakes felt soft and went down to the floor board. Upon stopping the motorcycle I noticed brake fluid dripping from under the motor. During examination I saw that the rear brake line was leaking at the point where the clutch cable crosses between the motor and the line. The vibration of the motor apparently caused the clutch cable to wear a hole in the rear brake line due to the routing of the two parts.”