Dealer says Rain triggered Limp Mode & VSS Fault? Is this true?

[Raven]

I am no expert, but here is my take on it.
When your traction control comes on, it applies the brake to the wheel slipping.
With the cruise on and the TC kicking in might have triggered the fault.
Just a guess.

 

[Raven]

Also your dealer is a idiot along with the tech.
They should checked for safety reasons alone.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Well, they tell you in the book not to use your cruise in slippery conditions anyway!!:lecturef_smilie:

On the other hand if the rear wheel slips on a wet road the CC is shut off instantly. The time or two it happened to me the RT immediately straightened up and I was in full control.

 

[BajaRon]

I need to take back my previous statement. Rain CAN trigger limp mode...

 

[ARtraveler]

Years ago, I had similar experience when riding in the rain. My problem was a bad spark plug wire. It was shorting out when I ran through puddles. :bowdown: This was on my 08 GS.

 

[Peter Aawen]

On the other hand if the rear wheel slips on a wet road the CC is shut off instantly. The time or two it happened to me the RT immediately straightened up and I was in full control.

:agree: Altho it doesn't hafta be just the rear wheel - a front wheel speed difference like that, maybe induced by something like you getting one front wheel hydroplaning in a deeper than expected puddle, will do exactly the same thing as well as applying and balancing any necessary braking of the other wheels (cos TC rarely applies the brake on a slipping wheel, it usually releases it if there's any braking being applied to that wheel! ) to keep it all tidy and then returning full control to you far quicker than you could otherwise even realise what was going on, let alone regain control & react in the first instance! :shocked: Most of the time the shock to you as a rider is that it's all over quicker than you can even realise what's going on, and I believe it's often THAT which needlessly scares many! So the Nanny looked after you & maybe saved your butt, that's what she's DESIGNED to do! :lecturef_smilie:

Back in the days of the older vacuum type or throttle lock cruise control systems, not using CC in the rain was only sensible because of the inherent delays in shutting it down & taking back full control if things went wrong; but these days, with fly-by-wire throttles and the whole suite of computer controlled traction & stability aids that respond in milli-seconds to variations in wheel speed changes et al that we so affectionately call the Nanny, if you are judicious & reasonable with your initial speed settings and then vary that setting appropriately as/when conditions change, using CC and letting the Nanny do her thing by responding FAAARR QUICKER than you ever could to all those changes, many of which YOU, the operator, CAN'T EVEN DETECT (as evidenced by the original post in this thread) then IMHO, using CC judiciously in the wet can be can be a pretty handy SAFETY AID! :lecturef_smilie:

As for the Limp Home Mode, I suspect that something else triggered that, possibly even something that the 'CC shut off' was in response to. But whatever it was, since it was persistent enough to stop CC being reset for some time, I doubt very much that it was simply 'wet road wheel spin' related, cos whenever my CC has disengaged in the wet due to wheel spin or a slip (often that I barely even noticed!) I've been instantly able to re-assess my speed setting and pretty much immediately reset CC & proceed, safe in the knowledge that the Nanny can and will react far quicker to that sorta wheel spin &/or sliding stuff than I could even think of winding back my throttle setting, let alone actually DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT! hyea:

 

[Flamewinger]

Rule of thumb with anything you drive or ride is “You don’t use cruise control when it’s raining!”

https://www.aaa.com/autorepair/articles/avoid-cruise-control-on-slippery-roads

 

[Peteoz]

Couldn’t agree more, Peter. The old adage of “don’t use cruise control in the rain” was made redundant once “Nannies” became commonplace in todays vehicles. The nanny has taken over before your brain has even registered an issue, has shut down cruise and applied corrective action to wherever needs it. I remember doing an advanced driving course about 6 years ago when the driving instructor told us exactly that. He said the “no cruise in wet” claim was similar to those who claimed they could brake better than ABS when it arrived on the scene……..except they couldn’t, when put to a live test.

Pete

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

I need to take back my previous statement. Rain CAN trigger limp mode...

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I felt like that going through Blue Ridge City Tenn. on my way to Tellico Plains. Had a couple of places that I thought would swamp my Spyder.

Luckily when I stopped under a overhang there for an Insurance agency 2 nice ladies came out and offered to let me in to dry off.

But the rain let up as they were talking with me and I was able to move on.

 

[Mikey]

opcorn: This ones going into the weeds!!! Pretty soon we will be going to autonomies bikes, and you will be able to sit and shave your face while the bike takes you to where you have punched in to the gps!:roflblack:

 

[Little Blue]

Rain Spyder

...Well you just have to talk about all the different possibilities. I mean what else can you do. ....:banghead:

Stay Safe and stay Healthy. ....:thumbup:

 

[JesseT]

I would go back to the dealer and ask to speak to the owner. Or at least to the highest man in charge in the office. the service mgr and the tech need a good talkin to. otherwise go talk to some other dealers and choose the one you like. I do know if I were the owner a couple of heads would be rolling. It only take a couple of minutes to read the code history and then you would know.