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2010 Harley-Davidson Flhtcutg Electrical system Problems

Complaints
2about this part
Share
22%of 9 total for the year
Median mileage
1,448miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the electrical system of the 2010 Harley-Davidson Flhtcutg, 22% of the 9 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 1,448 miles.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I own a 2009 harley davidson custom classic trike. This bike is equipped with electronic throttle control (so called fly by wire) on march 18 while riding in medina county in ohio at 50 MPH the etc had some form of failure and the throttle cut the RPM to less than 1000 and the bike abruptly slowed to a crawl. I was able to pull off the roadway shut down the bike and after five minutes restart and the throttle worked as designed. I road the bike to century harley davidson and they advised I had a code which verified the etc had malfunctioned. …”

NHTSA complaint #10321280, filed 2010-03, 2,582 miles

“I have a harley davidson tri glide ultra classic that while my wife and I were riding, the left side suddenly a had a tremendous drag I believed caused by the reverse coming on while going down the road at around 55 miles per hour. We were thrown into the on coming traffic just missing a pickup and went down into the ditch just missing a large culvert. My wife was thrown off and received many broken bones and bruises. She will be in the hospital for 6 weeks and then many months of teraphy. I was able to stay on and only received a little back pain. We were both very lucky not to be killed. …”

NHTSA complaint #10342784, filed 2010-07, 315 miles

Related service bulletins

Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2019113%
2014120%
2012114%
2011333%
2010222%

Other parts of the 2010 Harley-Davidson Flhtcutg

Engine cooling
3 complaintsBrakes
1 complaintsEngine
1 complaintsFuel system
1 complaintsOther or unknown
1 complaintsBody and structure
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2010 Harley-Davidson Flhtcutg

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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