NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE99-058: MOTORCYCLE STALLING
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE99-058 on September 10, 1999 and closed it on November 2, 1999. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Harley-Davidson FLT for it and links recall 99V-291 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE99-058 (also written PE99058)
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation The first stage of most defect investigations: NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation gathers basic information about a possible safety defect, including from the manufacturer.
- Status
- Closed November 2, 1999
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company
- Component
- Engine and Engine Cooling
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 99V-291: HARLEY-DAVIDSON/BANK ANGLE SENSOR SYSTEM, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- Harley-Davidson FLT
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE99-058.
In 1998, Harley Davidson (HD) begaan installing Bank Angle Sensors on its motorcycles.
This safety device is designed to turn off the engine during a crash.
ODI has received information from a police fleet indicating its 1999 and 2000 Road King model police bikes are stalling during normal riding maneuvers.
We are opening this investigation to obtain additional information about this issue.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE99-058. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson FLT
- model year not given
What an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Free VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for PE99-058
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.