2014 HUSQVARNA TR650 Fuel/propulsion System Problems

THE MOTORCYCLE STALLS OFF IDLE REPETITIVELY. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY CUTS OUT AND SHUTS OFF UNLESS YOU HOLD THE THROTTLE AT A HIGH RPM. THE ENGINE IDLES FINE NORMALLY, IT JUST SUDDENLY CUTS OUT. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS WHILE GOING ONTO A FREEWAY ON RAMP IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND I WAS VERY CLOSE TO BEING REAR ENDED BY A CAR. THE ON RAMP WAS A STOP AND GO TRAFFIC CONTROLLED RAMP. IT ALSO DOES IT WHILE MANEUVERING AROUND PARKING LOTS, ETC.

Mileage: 11,000

ENGINE WILL UNEXPECTEDLY STALL WHEN STARTING TO DRIVE OR SHIFTING TO UP OR DOWN. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO FALL THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED THE FIRST WEEK I TOOK DELIVERY WHILE DRIVING UP MY DRIVEWAY THE BIKE FELL AND LANDED ON A ROCK. SECOND TIME WHILE LEAVING ON A TRIP FROM MY DRIVEWAY, IT STALL ON TAKE OFF AND FELL IN THE ROAD. NEITHER TIME DID I GET HURT BUT I COULD HAVE FALLING IN THE STREET. THE THIRD I WAS TURNING INTO A SIDE STREET THE BIKE STALLED WHEN I DOWN SHIFTED, THE DIKE FELL AND I WENT OVER THE HANDLE BARS AND LANDED ON MY SHOULDER ON THE PAVEMENT AND HURT MY SHOULDER AND ELBOW. IT HAS ALSO STALLED OTHER TIMES WITHOUT FALLING. THE FALLS HAVE HAPPENED WHILE THE BIKE WAS MOVING SLOWLY.

Mileage: 6,000

THE MOTORCYCLE WILL RANDOMLY STALL WHILE IN MOTION SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF (PARTICULARLY DURING VERY SLIGHT THROTTLE OPENINGS SUCH AS MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN FROM A STOP) OR DURING DECELERATION AFTER PULLING THE CLUTCH. I'VE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS INSTANCES WHERE THE BIKE STALLED WHILE PULLING INTO OR ACROSS TRAFFIC AND ONE INSTANCE RESULTING IN THE BIKE FALLING DURING A U-TURN DUE TO THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER DURING A STALL WHICH COMBINED WITH THE TIGHT ANGLE OF THE TURN MADE FOR AN UNPREVENTABLE FALL. I HAVE SUSTAINED NO INJURIES FROM THESE EVENTS, BUT A FEW WERE VERY CLOSE CALLS. I HAVE LEARNED THOUGH PERSONAL RESEARCH INTO SEEKING A FIX TO THIS ISSUE THAT THIS IS AN ALMOST UNIVERSAL PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL OF MOTORCYCLE, SO SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO SOMEONE IS LIKELY INEVITABLE WITHOUT A FIX TO THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 1,900

MY MOTORCYCLE WILL EXPERIENCE STUMBLING AND STALLS WHILE TAKING OFF AT RANDOM INTERVALS. THIS IS UNSAFE DURING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AS IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. IT PLACES ME AT RISK OF BEING REAR-ENDED OR STALLED IN AN INTERSECTION.

I PURCHASED THIS MOTORCYCLE NEW, WITH 2 MILES ON IT. IT NOW HAS >4000 MILES. STARTED STALLING AT ABOUT 1500 MILES. --WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATION IS UNRELIABLE, CAUSING A STALL MIDWAY THROUGH AN INTERSECTION IN FIRST GEAR, CONSISTENTLY. --THE BIKE ALSO STALLS WHILE RIDING, WHEN I PULL IN THE CLUTCH TO SHIFT (FIRST TIME WAS AT 40 MPH) THE BIKE TURNED OFF COMPLETELY AND HAD TO BE RESTARTED. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN IN MOTION REGARDLESS OF GEAR, SPEED, ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - I MAY STALL AND CRASH IN AN INTERSECTION OR LOSE FORCE WHILE TURNING AND CRASH IF THE BIKE STOPS RUNNING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. WHEN I STOP THE BIKE AND USE TH KILL SWITCH TO TURN IT OFF, IT DOES NOT RESTART WITHOUT TURNIGN THE KEY OFF THEN ON AGAIN (ELECTRONIC RESET?) AND THE "EWS" LIGHT COMES ON. NO SHOP INCLUDING BMW IS ABLE TO READ THE FAULT CODES, LET ALONE FIX THE ECU PROBLEM. THE ECU I KNOW HAS NEVER BEEN UPDATED SINCE DEC 2013 (PER THE SHOP WHERE I BOUGHT IT). I HAVE TRIED AFTERMARKET FIXES (BOOSTER PLUG AND POWER COMMANDER) AND THE BIKE REVERTED BACK TO STALLING. I HAVE SINCE REMOVED ALL AFTERMARKET ENGINE "FIXES" AND PAID FOR A COMPLETE TUNE-UP TIP TO TAIL, AND THE BIKE HAS STILL REVERTED TO STALLING. IT IS A PERSISTENT BUT UNPREDICTABLE PROBLEM AND THE ELECTRONICS NEED TO BE UPGRADED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Mileage: 1,500

THE BIKE SINCE NEW HAS BEEN STALLING INTERMITTENTLY WITH OFF IDLE HESITATION THAT MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO RIDE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE BIKE WILL FREQUENTLY STALL WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP LIGHT CAUSING HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS WITH CARS FOLLOWING BEHIND SINCE THE MOTOR WILL JUST SPUTTER AND QUIT.

Mileage: 1,500

THE BIKE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY. IT CAN OCCUR DURING ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION. IT HAS HAPPEND UNDER ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS EVERY SINSE I HAVE HAD THE BIKE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE ECU HAS BEEN REFLASHED WITH THE LATEST UPDATES BUT STILL HAVE THE ISSUE.

ENGINE STALLS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION ON CITY STREETS.

Mileage: 5,000

MY MOTORCYCLE SUFFERS FROM LEAN STUMBLE AND OFF IDLE ENGINE ENGINE DYING WHEN OPENING THE THROTTLE. THIS RESULTS IN A STALL THAT HAS RESULTED IN MY DROPPING THE BIKE BECAUSE OF THE STALL AND COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR WORSE IN THE WRONG TRAFFIC SCENARIO

Mileage: 230

MOTORCYCLE WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING AT LOW SPEEDS AND TAKE OFFS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THE MOTORCYCLE NEW. THIS HAPPENS USUALLY ONCE OR TWICE EVERY TIME THE MOTORCYCLE IS RIDDEN. DURING TAKE OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT IN THE CITY THE BIKE STALLED CAUSING THE BIKE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH NO WARNING CAUSING ME TO SLAM FORWARD INTO THE HANDLE BARS. MY WRIST WAS INJURED DURING THIS EVENT.

Mileage: 25

UPON INITIALLY TAKING OFF FROM A DEAD STOP, THE ENGINE WILL DIE. THIS CONSISTENTLY HAPPENS WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD AND IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO RIDE THE BIKE WHEN TRYING TO ENTER A BUSY STREET. IT HAPPENS 75% OF THE TIME UNTIL THE ENGINE IS COMPLETELY WARMED UP. EVEN THEN, IT HAPPENS 25% OF THE TIME.

Mileage: 2,000

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A FULL AND COMPLETE STOP, THE BIKE HESITATES OR EVEN STALLS REGARDLESS OF HOW GENTLE THE CLUTCH IS RELEASED OR HOW MUCH THROTTLE IS GIVEN. BOTH CANADA AND AUSTRALIA HAVE ISSUED RECALL NOTICES ON THIS PARTICULAR 650CC ENGINE THAT WAS USED IN HUSQVARNAS AND BMWS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME APPROXIMATELY 20-30 TIMES OVER THE PAST 8 MONTHS THAT I HAVE OWNED THE BIKE. I HAVE BEEN ALMOST REAR ENDED A FEW TIMES STALLING THIS BIKE JUST AS I ENTER AN INTERSECTION.

Mileage: 120

THIS BIKE IS PRONE TO "LEAN STUMBLE", THE BIKE RANDOMLY DIES WHEN ACCELERATING AWAY FROM A STOP DUE TO LEAN TUNING TO MEET EPA STANDARDS WHICH CAUSES THE BIKE TO RUN VERY LEAN IN "CLOSED LOOP" (IDLE CIRCUIT). THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE OWNING THE BIKE. ON THIS INSTANCE I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE BIKE DIED CAUSING THE DRIVER BEHIND ME TO BUMP MY REAR TIRE THUS PUSHING ME FORWARD AND OFF OF MY BIKE. I SUFFERED A HAMSTRING INJURY TRYING TO KEEP THE BIKE UPRIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 4,100

VEHICLE ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY AT LOW SPEEDS DURING GEAR SHIFTS. THIS HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES, WITH 2 INCIDENTS PLACING ME IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION (I.E. WHILE NEGOTIATING A TRAFFIC TURN AT AN INTERSECTION). SUCH ENGINE BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE AND IS OF SERIOUS CONCERN DUE TO THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS. THERE IS SPECULATION THAT THIS BEHAVIOR IS A RESULT OF A LEAN FUEL MIXTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ECU'S OPEN LOOP MAP. *TR

Mileage: 250