Mike, I was told the same by Customer service, plug phone in after starting. So far it works like that but is a pain.
As for gas stops most all the time, it will restart once I start the bike if I un plug and plug it back in. It too is a pain.
17 Truck and 18 Car do not need any plug in or un plug silly-ness to work. Plug it in when you want, it always works first time. Seems to me it should work that way on my 19 Harley.
I am sure CarPlay is a big selling point for Harley. I know dealers want it fixed as they get lots of complaints and nothing they can do about it.
I was told by my dealer that all things were fixed on this bike that were problems on my 2017.
Not blaming the dealer, he was just repeating what the factory told him.
Issues with QC and denial of the issues from tech support are frustrating to say the least!
It seems the more “features” offered on the new bikes to entice buyers, the more things to not work properly or are defective from the start.
“They all do that” trickledown mantra from H-D to the dealers.
Mine has been a 2 year journey to get the bike sorted out under the warranty time.
My last conversation with the H-D tech gave me the impression that his hands were tied and this is the only option now. It’s up to management to get QC back on track, and follow through on promises.
I’ll keep my 2019 for now as the power train is nice and no problems there for now (esp is in my future as, I can’t trust the bike). I’ll be selling off some of my older bikes to make room for another hot rod.
JMHO
