While in Louisiana (770 miles from home) and down in the Bayou (25 miles from civilization) my 09 SEUC went into "Limp mode".
Having never experienced that before I wasn't sure what to do. We were about 5 miles from our destination so I "limped" there.
The motor would only run at 2K rpm with no throttle control. It was last Friday evening so I called my service manager's (in Charlotte) cell phone.
When he answered I told him what the issue was and he said he would call me back in a few minutes. He called back and told me the sequence to reset so the bike would come out of limp mode. It worked and we left the swamp. A few miles down the road it went back into "limp mode" again. I stopped and reset the bike again. This time it ran OK to get us back to the motel. The next day I took it to Hammond Harley Davidson so they could fix it. Per the "code" displayed they said they needed to change some connection pins at the ECM. They told me that they had seen this before and asked if I had been riding on rough roads. I responded with "this is Louisiana, all the roads are rough". They changed the pins, test rode it and said it was good to go. RIGHT! I rode it the 770 miles home and took the bike to my dealer so they could REcheck it.
I'm at 28500 miles and they are telling me that Harley is aware that during periods of much vibration or mileage over 8000 this can occur. They then showed me a copy of 2/4 TT418 of which I have scanned and attached. Please read what it says. I am just amazed that now every 8K or more miles I need to have my connection pins checked for corrosion or looseness. Even with 28K on the bike the roads in La were the bumpiest I had ever been on. Hell, back in the Bayou I was just glad they were paved even though they were rough. So add another concern I need to consider when travelling with my 09 110 that I never considered.
TBW/FBW or whatever it's called, isn't technology great!
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