Well, it was a blown tail light fuse. Since I have extra tail lights (even though they are LED) I was told this.
The only issue we could find was a blown F7 tail light fuse. We replaced the fuse, cleared the code. Did a 25 mile test ride (and they did) and all seems fine. If it happens again you will need to remove the extra tail lights.
I agree with all of the above answers.
I am going to take it a step further and wire my amp meter across that fuse and see what it is drawing. If it is above 5 amps but below 8-9 I am going to up the fuse from 10 to 15 amps and call it good.
If it is draw is below 5 amps (as I suspect) I am gong to write this one off to " I shorted something out while installing the tail rack and trunk" which is very possible as it happened on the test ride right after I had the rear section apart.
The only thing that amazes me is a tail light fuse causes limp mode.
This thing is really sensitive!
Anyway, all in all a great experience at Action Cycle in Bradenton!:2thumbs:
I would recomend them to anyone in the area that needs dealer services.
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Thanks for posting this Randy, as it now makes perfect sense to me.
You see, I had the same exact problem on Saturday. Here is what happened with mine though. We were about 5 miles into our ryde to the Suzuki dealer, an hour and a half away, for my father in law's oil change. I looked down and noticed that my LED Mud Flap lights were not on. I checked the fender tip lights, and they were also off. My front turn signals worked, but I could not see if my headlights were working while running down the road. When we got to a stop light, I got off the Spyder and checked the rest of my lights. My taillights were also inoperative. I told them we had to stop so I could check it out and try to fix it. I found the blown fuse, replaced it, and it immediately blew again. At that point they had me take the lead and give hand signals for braking as we went to the dealership.
Just before we got to the dealership, I had to get on the brakes pretty hard as the SUV in front of me locked theirs up. The VSS light came on, ABS failure scrolled across the dash, Check Engine light was on, and then Limp Home Mode kicked in. It spitted and sputtered the 100 yards into the dealers parking lot.
Once there I tore my rear fender apart and found that one of the metal "click" wire connectors had come loose and was very close to the metal part of the rear fender. I reclicked the connections together, covered them in a good layer of electrical tape that I got from the dealer, tested to be sure my lights worked, and put everything back together again.
I rode it home without any problems whatsoever, but was planning on taking it to a dealer to have them check out the braking system to see what was wrong with it. Now, I don't need to worry about that.
