Dash lights and LED display buggy

[Blinc]

Guess I will take this in yet AGAIN for a checkup, (I think the mechanics spend more time on my bike than I do sometimes), but this is the most recent event....

I turn the key on, no dash lights at all for a few seconds, (sporatic, and not always), then click and they go on. After pushing the safety button, then starting the bike, a few minutes later the read safety card warning will scroll across the dash like it does before you start the bike, although now the bike is running, so I press the safety switch thing again and it goes off. This also happens while riding normally for a while too.
Quite often I get the Check DPS warning that scrolls across the dash along with the check engine light, in which case I pull over (or just wait till later), and then mess with the relays a bit, then it goes away. The other day this happened and I actually lost my power steering while driving, that was no fun.

I have put a foam type backing in the relay box to make them sit tight, and it has not helped, so I'm wondering if there is someting else I should be doing or checking??

My concern is, I will get it to the dealership, and it will of course not be exibiting the problems and as usual, they will not know how to fix it.

I should also note, the only reason I had the recall software update done was the dealership told me it would fix these very issues...NOT and of course I now have the new simptoms associated with the software update to contend with.

 

[docdoru]

You need the DPS replaced.

 

[Blinc]

You need the DPS replaced.

You think its covered under the DPS recall?

I will stop at Barneys tomorrow morning.

 

[BeRight]

You think its covered under the DPS recall?

I will stop at Barneys tomorrow morning.

It should be covered under warranty

 

[QuadManiac]

A loose relay will kill the dash readouts. Sorry, don't remember which one, but I was playing with relays the other day to see what effect unplugging or loosening them had to do with operation... one of them, when pulled out partially, killed the dashboard, but not the ability to start the bike.

 

[Blinc]

A loose relay will kill the dash readouts. Sorry, don't remember which one, but I was playing with relays the other day to see what effect unplugging or loosening them had to do with operation... one of them, when pulled out partially, killed the dashboard, but not the ability to start the bike.

I put foam in the relay box cover and really can't get them any tighter. Dealer checked it and its a bad DPS system alltogether, so BRP is sending a replacment out in about a week. I lost my power steering again tonight and even playing with the relay box this time did nothing to help.
On another note, the dealership called me today and wants me to bring the bike in tomorrow morning, they say they have a couple other software installs that BRP sent them that they want them to also try on my Spyder. One of the software patches has to do with the poor running condition after the recall softare update, although the mechanic did say that BRP is not officially claimiming a 2nd recall to fix the first attempted recall fix, but he thinks that is what it is really all about.
We shall see.