Picked up a 2009 CVO FLHTCUSE4 in December and have had nothing but trouble with the bike since.
The history goes like this:
- drastic oil leak - Ans. Dealership viewed this as a minor leak, but eventually replaced the gasket under the oil cooler/oil filter adapter.... As leak worsened.
- seaping and leaking front shock - rebuilt shock after it had bottomed out hard and sprayed hydraulic fluid into the fairing
- Clutch safety switch failure - fault and error started upon picking bike up from the first or second service... Parts finally came in, but shop has been too busy to install
- starter failure - began starting rough and shop staff told to not worry about it until next service... Upon going to head to work, starter would not engage, pull in
- fly by wire throttle failure - driving along in 70 F weather, lost all throttle functions..... only what had at an idle
- running hot and rough - Screamin' Eagle air intake, pro tuner and Screamin' Eagle exhausts already been installed... was running at 310 F when I turned it off last Wednesday
Anybody else having the same headaches
The plot thickens... A recovery vehicle finally picked up my bike from my work site in the middle of the desert on June 2. The shop immediately reset the fault code and didn't seem to be able to diagnose the reason behind the "fly by wire" failure. Finally on June 11, I was advised that a loose connection may have been to blame for this failure. The connection was cleaned and secured and the bike was released to me around 4 p.m. While just on the outskirts of Dubai, after slowing for traffic, all throttle control was lost again. This being the first ride, not even 150 kms from receiving the unit back from the dealership. So now it sits in the Dubai dealership hoping that someone there can solve the problem of this "waste of money"!