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2014 Harley-Davidson Breakout Recalled for Improper Braking Light

Harley-Davidson has initiated a voluntary recall in Canada. Campaign #2014058 aims at bringing in at least 297 vehicles belonging to two 2014 model year families.
2014 Harley-Davidson Breakout 1 photo
Photo: Harley-Davidson
Certain 2014 Harley-Davidson Breakout and 2014 Harley-Davidson Softail Slim motorcycles are to pay a visit to the H-D dealers, and receive corrections to the programming of the body control module. Sources report that a programming error causes the lit area of the brake lamp to le less than specified and agreed by the Canada Motor Vehicle lighting standards.

Besides the obvious lack of compliance with Canadian road and safety regulations, the reduced brake light may also prevent motorists to observe the riders’ maneuvers, putting them at risk. According to CMG, Harley-Davidson dealers will reprogram the corresponding settings of the body in the control module and restore full functionality to these bikes.

Since recalls made in Canada are almost always followed by their US counterparts, we expect to hear from the NHTSA and Harley quite soon, bringing back a larger number of motorcycles and possibly finding the same problem in more models.

The Breakout is one of the new bikes added by Harley-Davidson to their line-up, powered by the Twin Cam 103 engine mated to a 6-speed Cruise Drive transmission. Introduced at the 2013 Daytona Bike Week, the Breakout also has a special CVO (Custom Vehicle Operations) edition. The base model is priced around the $17,899 (€13.765) mark.
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