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2013 HUSQVARNA TR650 — FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

crash · 1270899 · 2016-03-28

Vehicle

Make
HUSQVARNA
Model
TR650
Year
2013
Manufacturer
Husqvarna Motorcycles NA, LLC
Component
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Miles at failure
8,625
Speed
10 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

MY MOTORCYCLE STALLS AFTER OR BEFORE A COMPLETE STOP. IT HAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS AND I HAVE DROPPED THE BIKE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AS THE STALL TAKES AWAY ALL POWER. MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE MOVING, WHILE STOPPED AND WHILE ACCELERATING AWAY FROM AN INTERSECTION. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED AS THE BIKE ABRUPTLY STALLED AS I WAS LEAVING AN INTERSECTION AND THE CARS BEHIND DID NOT REACT TO MY BIKES NON MOVEMENT. BMW MADE THIS BIKE UNDER THE HUSQVARNA BRAND AND BMW STILL USES THIS FUELING SYSTEM IN THEIR G650GS MODEL. BMW MADE A NEW FUELING MAP FOR THE G650GS AS IT EXHIBITED THE SAME ISSUES. HOWEVER, SINCE SELLING HUSQVARNA TO KTM, BMW WILL NO LONGER UPDATE THE ECUS IN HUSQVARNA MODELS. THE FUELING ECU PROGRAMMING SYSTEM IS PROPRIETARY TO BMW. KTM CANNOT REPROGRAM OUR ECUS BUT BMW COULD. HOWEVER BMW REFUSES TO UPDATE THE HUSQVARNA ECUS. AS AN OWNER I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET A RESOLUTION TO THIS DANGEROUS STALLING ISSUE. IT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE AND OR INJURY. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS. THE FIX IS ALREADY AVAILABLE THROUGH BMW AND ONLY REQUIRES A REFLASH OF OUR ECUS. THE FIX TAKES APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AT A BMW DEALER.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10851922
Machine
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