Won't start after short ride, is it a heat related issue? 90 days and counting!

[Magdave]

Here is a video I made and posted before but I think it is time again.
I manually put it in 5th gear for demonstration purposes. Just to show what would happen when you start it. As you will see it will start without any problem in 5th gear and after it start will automatically shift itself into neutral. This works the same for any gear including reverse.

Out of curiosity what happens if you take your foot off the brake before it shifts down to neutral? I am wondering if the OP has a brake switch problem That would prevent start up in gear if the ECM is not getting the brake signal. Personally I have made it a habit to put it in neutral EVERY time I shut down before I put the parking brake on and never use the kill switch always turn the key off. My theory is if it isn't used it can't fail as I have heard some kill switches have.:thumbup:

 

[billybovine]

Out of curiosity what happens if you take your foot off the brake before it shifts down to neutral? I am wondering if the OP has a brake switch problem That would prevent start up in gear if the ECM is not getting the brake signal. Personally I have made it a habit to put it in neutral EVERY time I shut down before I put the parking brake on and never use the kill switch always turn the key off. My theory is if it isn't used it can't fail as I have heard some kill switches have.:thumbup:

Once it has started you can take your foot off the brake. It will keep shifting if it was not done. It will even rev the engine to 2,000 rpm to engage the clutch a little to move the gears around in the gearbox if it has trouble making a shift. Foot on the brake is a safety interlock for the starter only.
50,000 plus Spyders on the planet and a few have posted that hey have had kill switches fail. Doesn't look like a big failure rate that concerns me.
Could be a brake light switch but you would have thought the tech would have checked for that. Well maybe not if he thought it shifted gears without the engine running.