Friend of mine bought cvo ultra. Got about 400 miles on the bike when it went to what he called the limp home mode. He was told it might be the ECM module and that this might be a factory problem with the ECM. May not get it repaired for another three weeks. Has anyone heard of any problems with the ECM on the 2011 touring models?

 

Know someone who went to "limp mode" on a 2010. His issue was at the handle bar. Dealer corrected the first time, no issues since.

 

So far no issues with my 11 Limited. I wonder if the ECM is the same in all the touring bikes including the CVO bikes? I would think so.

 

i could be wrong but i think i heard somethin about a recall on em due to the seal not bein good enough... and the moisture causin it to short out... again i could be wrong... atleast he wasnt in the other limp home mode... phew man thought thats what this was gonna be about...

 

Seen two new bikes do that. Both were a loose battery cable connection. One was a Harley and other was a Honda.

 

Had the same symptoms traveling in Texas last week. The problem turned out to be the throttle position sensor. Traveling down the road, the bike would suddenly lose power, hitting only on the front cylinder(limp home mode). Turning off the ignition for a few minutes , the bike would start and run normally. But then after a few miles-bingo- down again. The first dealer to look at it replaced pins in the module behind the air cleaner because tech services said there had been problems with bad pin connection there. But that didn't fix it. Second dealer finally got it to act up running it in the shop- plugged into diagnostic computer and read throttle position sensor codes. I rode it from Temple Texas back to northeast Arkansas with no reoccurance of the symptoms. My ride is 2011 Glide Ultra 103 with 6200 miles on it.

 

I bought a 2011 Road Glide Ultra CVO last year from a dealership with low mileage. When the bike got about 30000 miles the lifters malfunctioned and fragged the entire engine. The whole thing needed to be replaced. After talking to techs I know this isn't a common thing but this happens a lot. One said it was due to the valve springs wearing out the lifters. Has anyone else had this happen or heard of this happening to a 2011 Road Glide Ultra CVO?

After the engine was replaced, the oil pan was cleaned and reused. The pan still had a lot of metal fragments in it and, after 18000 miles, fragged the engine again. My engine will have to be replaced again. Has anyone had this issue?

 

The 110 engine had a lot of lifter issues. I know of a couple that needed the engines replaced due to lifter failure.

 

I guess you know of one, or does it count as 2, more...

Seriously, who is dumb enough to use an old pan with metal bits still in it?

 

CNA apparently told my buddies shop that the oil pan just needs to be cleaned and they will not be paying for the replacement. He called the client and informed him.
Judging from my invoice from the first build they didn't replace mine either. But I was never told by the dealership that my pan wasn't going to be replaced or that it needed too be. The current dealership working on my bike was pissed that they never replaced fit and stated that it could have started the second chain reaction in which caused the current failure.