With only 1500 miles on this can am rt, we now have a flashing limp home light. After calling the dealership we bought it from, we have to haul the bike 123 miles to find out what the problem is because the bike cannot be ridden according to the malfunction gauge. We are very discouraged. The local dealership 43 miles away told us we would have to wait until August 2 before they could work on the bike. I told them this wasn't an oil change but an emergency. The local dealership basically said too bad and if they took it in as an emergency the labor rate would double to $140 per hour. Has anyone out there dealt with this malfunction guage. We hope we didn't buy a "pig in the poke" because we want to take this vehicle cross country next year. Does anyone have any suggestions out there.
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Mowerman
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Sorry to hear of your problems.
I had the same thing happen to me this weekend. Got the limp mode to come on.
Mine went away after turning the bike off . Letting it sit for about five minutes. Then restarting. It did not come back on. Still a little worried.
I am going to contact my dealer on Tuesday. I will let you know what they tell me.
My dealer is really good at getting me in very fast.
Also there should not be any charge. I would think this would be a warrenty issue. Maybe i'm wrong.
Mowerman
I had the same thing happen to me this weekend. Got the limp mode to come on.
Mine went away after turning the bike off . Letting it sit for about five minutes. Then restarting. It did not come back on. Still a little worried.
I am going to contact my dealer on Tuesday. I will let you know what they tell me.
My dealer is really good at getting me in very fast.
Also there should not be any charge. I would think this would be a warrenty issue. Maybe i'm wrong.
Mowerman
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WaltH
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In 2008 with my first Spyder, I rode for ten days in Limp Mode. You just can't go more than about 45 mph. Obviously, you would have to stay off of the Interstate. It's not that you can't ride it, you just can't get there very fast. I have a GS so there may be something about the RT that I don't know about.
Dudley
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Has this STUPID DEALER ever heard of "2 YEAR WARRANTY?" I can't believe some of these idiots are even in business, much less surviving!!!
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
With your ignition switch on, and the display initialized, simultaneously press "Mode", "Set" and the turn signal "Cancel". This should display the active fault code(s). From that we can determine the nature of the problem and advise you better. Knowing the issue may also help you get quicker service from your dealer (but don't hold your breath).
Thank you for responding. The fault code was PO524. We thought because the bike has been sitting for about 8 days that perhaps it had condensation problems but I guess not.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
That is low oil pressure. If this fault appeared after you changed your oil, it is a known fault. It should automatically reset. They do not have a cure yet, as far as I know, but the work-around is to run the engine at 2,000-3,000 rpm for 10-15 seconds, and it should reset. If it did not follow an oil change, and the engine is quiet, I would suspect a bad oil pressure switch. The book procedure is to do a wet oil pressure test, and test the switch, replacing the sending unit if necessary, but your dealer may merely clear the fault code, for now. Mine did. I was not happy, but everything seems to be OK for now...until the next oil change.
A Cure Hoorah!!
If I could give you a big hug I would. We did exactly as you said and it reset. Oh glorious day---now do I ship it 153 miles or do I move on as if nothing every happened. Also, how do you know all this information. Do you have a maintenance manual or code manual. Anyway, hopefully this is the fix and I thank everyone who was so helpful in responding to my message.
Thank you scotty:2thumbs:
If I could give you a big hug I would. We did exactly as you said and it reset. Oh glorious day---now do I ship it 153 miles or do I move on as if nothing every happened. Also, how do you know all this information. Do you have a maintenance manual or code manual. Anyway, hopefully this is the fix and I thank everyone who was so helpful in responding to my message.
Thank you scotty:2thumbs:
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NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
I do have a shop manual, but I had this same problem, took it to the dealer, and was in touch with a BRP engineer about it. That's how I came to know a little extra. I would continue to ride unless it happens again. If it repeats, you will probably have to see the dealer for a new oil pressure switch. It eventually will probably not reset. Not sure when they will correct the software.
groundeffect
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My 2008 SE-5 ate 3 oil pressure switches during the time I owned it and dropped me in Oregon on a cross country trip with the nearest dealer being 125 miles back over the mountains and the dealer having exactly two weeks experience on Can Ams. The other altnernate deallers was 500 miles ahead over several small mountain ranges and he was really a Harley dealer with great tech reps knowing tons about Harleys and little about Spyders. I threw it in the back of a U-haul and rove home with it there. I took it to my regular dealer and he charged me to put the next and 3rd oil pressure switch in it.
One thing I have learned about this particular dry sump oil tank and system in the Spyder. If you over fill the dry sump tank (where the dipstick is) the tank setup will cause bubbles in the oil and airate the oil in there. That can trigger the oil pressure switch. So while over filling a normal dry sump tank will not cause a problem the way this tank is designed it can. So be extra careful when checking the oil level not to over fill the tank. My common thought at the start of owning a Spyder was influenced by what I had learned from Nascar experience with dry sumps and multistage pumps commonly used there and it did not apply here. Bill
One thing I have learned about this particular dry sump oil tank and system in the Spyder. If you over fill the dry sump tank (where the dipstick is) the tank setup will cause bubbles in the oil and airate the oil in there. That can trigger the oil pressure switch. So while over filling a normal dry sump tank will not cause a problem the way this tank is designed it can. So be extra careful when checking the oil level not to over fill the tank. My common thought at the start of owning a Spyder was influenced by what I had learned from Nascar experience with dry sumps and multistage pumps commonly used there and it did not apply here. Bill
GadgetGuy442
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Here's another observation about the Limp Home mode I've had. There have been a handful of times when I've turned the ignition on as we're gearing up to ride, so that the "warning" times out and I can hit "start" as soon as we're ready to go... and then the "Limp Home" lite would light right after the engine started. 20 seconds later before we're at the end of the block, the light goes out.
I suspect now that it's a result of that extended period of ignition on time, and no oil pressure being generated. Every other time I've not had the extended ignition on time (as we were gearing up), there never was a light or Limp Home indication.
I will check that diagnostic code (thanks Scotty, for the tip!)... but I think reading this blog has just saved me a trip to the dealer for an "intermittent" problem, that isn't a problem at all... just an artifact of the way the diagnostic software is written and coded.
This website is awesome.... I love that we learn from one another!
Bill
Safe Ryding and Great Weekend to all!!
I suspect now that it's a result of that extended period of ignition on time, and no oil pressure being generated. Every other time I've not had the extended ignition on time (as we were gearing up), there never was a light or Limp Home indication.
I will check that diagnostic code (thanks Scotty, for the tip!)... but I think reading this blog has just saved me a trip to the dealer for an "intermittent" problem, that isn't a problem at all... just an artifact of the way the diagnostic software is written and coded.
This website is awesome.... I love that we learn from one another!
Bill
Safe Ryding and Great Weekend to all!!
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