Spyder Went Crazy

[Sarge707]

The one time that happened to me, I had a short in the wiring to my tail light.

Same Here! I thought it was Overheating (Hot Day) But found the 10Amp rear fuse had blown and All Hell breaks Lose?

 

[MikeinGA]

I AGREE WITH CAMPVERDEFELLA ?, BUT BEFORE REASSEMBLY USE A LITTLE DI-ELECTRIC GREASE ON ALL CONNECTIONS...AND A STAR WASHER UNDER ALL BOLTS FOR TIGHTNESS....I HAD PHANTHOM CODES ALL THE TIME UNTILL I DID THE AFOREMENTIONED FIX....MIKE....:thumbup:

:agree: They(star washer) keep the cables tight. Thanks for the tech tip Mike(BLUENIGHT911).

Mike

 

[DragonLorD]

Explain

Happened to me once , was a glitch, never happened since. However I can't see were danger comes in here:dontknow:
I know that all dash lights go crazy, all codes scrolling across but all what happens really is that spyder slows down into limp mode, nothing else, now how is that dangerous? Only thing I can think of being dangerous is Ryder not knowing what is happening and being scared to crap, not knowing what to do, what to expect - that my be a potential danger allright.

 

[SteveMac]

Happened to me once , was a glitch, never happened since. However I can't see were danger comes in here:dontknow:
I know that all dash lights go crazy, all codes scrolling across but all what happens really is that spyder slows down into limp mode, nothing else, now how is that dangerous? Only thing I can think of being dangerous is Ryder not knowing what is happening and being scared to crap, not knowing what to do, what to expect - that my be a potential danger allright.

:shocked::shocked::shocked:

I would hate to be caught in busy traffic with cages all around doing 70-80 mph when limp mode suddenly shut me down to 35 mph.
Yes, I do think that is a bit dangerous! :yikes::yikes::yikes: Being rear-ended at that speed...... No thanks!

I am VERY thankful it has never happened to me. I think limp mode is one of the things I disagree most with regard to all Spyders in general. Just give me a warning light any day of the week and let me decide when to shut it down. nojoke

 

[arntufun]

:shocked::shocked::shocked:

I would hate to be caught in busy traffic with cages all around doing 70-80 mph when limp mode suddenly shut me down to 35 mph.
Yes, I do think that is a bit dangerous! :yikes::yikes::yikes: Being rear-ended at that speed...... No thanks!

I am VERY thankful it has never happened to me. I think limp mode is one of the things I disagree most with regard to all Spyders in general. Just give me a warning light any day of the week and let me decide when to shut it down. nojoke

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You are going to have to give Dragon a break on this one Steve. He does not know any better. :roflblack: His whole country has about 2 million less people than New York City and has probably has never seen traffic like we have here.

 

[Bob Denman]

I AGREE WITH CAMPVERDEFELLA ?, BUT BEFORE REASSEMBLY USE A LITTLE DI-ELECTRIC GREASE ON ALL CONNECTIONS...AND A STAR WASHER UNDER ALL BOLTS FOR TIGHTNESS....I HAD PHANTHOM CODES ALL THE TIME UNTILL I DID THE AFOREMENTIONED FIX....MIKE....:thumbup:

:agree: too! :clap:

 

[NancysToy]

The idea of limp mode is to prevent catastrophic damage to the engine or trans, or to save your bacon if a serious saftey hazard arises. I don't think that it will generally do either...especially the way the Spyder does it. If it does revert to limp mode, a vehicle should do it slowly enough, and after a benign warning period, that the driver can react and get to a safe place first. Starting out in limp mode is much different that finding your vehicle inexplicably slowing while you are barreling down the expressway in heavy traffic. Things like burned out brakelights should never trigger that kind of thing, only display a warning. Other things, like a burned out taillight fuse, should trigger a warning but do not. If there is one thing I'd like to see refined and adjusted on the Spyder, it is this one. I suppose we should be glad the Spyder doesn't come with OnStar. It would probably call a wrecker, too. JMHO

 

[dannymax]

:agree:

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You are going to have to give Dragon a break on this one Steve. He does not know any better. :roflblack: His whole country has about 2 million less people than New York City and has probably has never seen traffic like we have here.

We have a thread running right now that clearly demonstrates just how dangerous this could become!:yikes:

I'm guessing I-90 east or west being the road travelled and the possibilities just make my stomach queasy....sure glad you are here to write about this Randy! :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

The idea of limp mode is to prevent catastrophic damage to the engine or trans, or to save your bacon if a serious saftey hazard arises. If it does revert to limp mode, a vehicle should do it slowly enough, and after a benign warning period, that the driver can react and get to a safe place first. Things like burned out brakelights should never trigger that kind of thing, only display a warning. Other things, like a burned out taillight fuse, should trigger a warning but do not. If there is one thing I'd like to see refined and adjusted on the Spyder, it is this one.

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:agree::agree: :clap::clap: :firstplace: :thumbup:

 

[arntufun]

I would be happy if the Spyder sputtered for a couple of seconds to alert me to the dash, then give me at least 15 seconds of full power get safely pulled over before engaging full limp mode. That would be the perfect world senerio for me.

 

[ARtraveler]

:agree: with the above concerning limp mode. I had it happen to me on the freeway and it scarred the heck out of me. I was in the slow lane, but the traffic behind me sure came up fast once limp mode kicked in.

I also think limp mode is overkill in some situations.

PS. it was my fault--I was riding the brake pedal unawares.

 

[Campverdefela]

:agree: with the above concerning limp mode. I had it happen to me on the freeway and it scarred the heck out of me. I was in the slow lane, but the traffic behind me sure came up fast once limp mode kicked in.

I also think limp mode is overkill in some situations.

PS. it was my fault--I was riding the brake pedal unawares.[/QUOTE]
Doesn't matter, BRP needs to fix this.

 

[thehawk]

:agree:

They need to seriously rewrite the fault routines for the software!!

It would seem to me that some codes could set the emergency flashers, delay for some time and ramp slowly into fault mode. This would allow the driver and other traffic to respond. But what do I know??

thehawk

 

[dannymax]

:agree:

They need to seriously rewrite the fault routines for the software!!

It would seem to me that some codes could set the emergency flashers, delay for some time and ramp slowly into fault mode. This would allow the driver and other traffic to respond. But what do I know??

thehawk

That sounds like a reasonable approach....lack of any driver warning seems like a huge oversight to me!

 

[docdoru]

1. Service should connect to B.U.D.S. and see the occurred errors.
2. Don't blame the salt, SethO and I did run multiple Salt Flats without this errors.
3. Is your battery fully charge?
4. Did you install lately any new lights?