musicarcade
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...and it's gonna go right back to the shop.:gaah:
I posted on another thread that my Spyder has been in the shop for tHree weeks and I had a friend drive 60 miles to drop me off to pick it up. I had to wait another hour or so for a parking brake upgrade, got on my :spyder:, drove 8 miles and it went into limp mode and the engine and VSS light came on. Before I had it trailered in for repairs I was having issues with the steering locking up- no faults or idiot light coming on; but I digress. I drove it back to the shop, the tech hooked it up to the buds again, then he took it on a test drive. He drove 18 miles then the VSS/engine light limp mode saga hit him. Another tech hooked it up while the service mgr. called BRP techs, told them the codes it was throwing and they gave some advice. So and hour later (it's now 6pm- I had been there since 11am) this tech takes it for a drive. He goes 20 miles and comes back and says the vss light only came on twice when he was going around a corner or two. It's now 7pm, dark and I have 60 miles to drive. I get the service mgr.s cell number in case it limps on me again. I drive off, and about 10 miles away I get a vss light on and feel the vss kick in as I round a turn. It is way too sensitive I think, and decide I'll inform them of that and continue. I get 40 miles from the service dept and I'm doing 50mph on a straight road =and the vss light comes on AND kicks in., Only that time I didn't know the light had come on or that the nanny kicked in because I wasn't looking down at the dash, I was looking for restaurant that I wasn't sure was open or not as I was starving since I hadn't eaten all day. At the time I thought perhaps I had hit a slick spot in the road or something. It wasn't until I made a long right turn (a turn I usually take at about 40mph) at about 35mph and the vss lit up and kicked in. And continued to kick in as I was going straight down the hiway. When the VSS kicks in and you are going straight, I guess it thinks it's slowing down an a curve, but what happens is tries to throw you (in my case) to the left, which for me on this highway is oncoming traffic :shocked: :yikes:. Then eventually I got the scroll "CHECK DPS"
So now I have had every experience I think you can have with the steering short of just having the :cus:ing handlebars fall off. I have had my steering slightly lock, I've had it lock big time where I had to yank it anytime I wanted to alter my course just a fraction (That happened on my 16 mile ride home from work in December) And now I have had the pleasure of feeling the :spyder: activate the VSS whenever the:cus: it wants to.
This was going to be my primary mode of transportation. What a :cus:ing joke that is!
I was hoping to participate in that photo scavenger hunt that's going on here, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD A :cus:ING SPYDER TO RYDE THIS YEAR.
So here it is, another month later and I'm afraid to ryde this POS out of town because I'M AFRAID THE SAFETY FEATURES ARE TRYING TO KILL ME.
I'VE been patient. I've been polite. Now I want results.
C'MON BRP! SEND A TECH DOWN SOUTH HERE TO TRAIN SOME OF THESE OTHER TECHS TO FIX THESE MACHINES. WE ARE TIRED OF WAITING.
I posted on another thread that my Spyder has been in the shop for tHree weeks and I had a friend drive 60 miles to drop me off to pick it up. I had to wait another hour or so for a parking brake upgrade, got on my :spyder:, drove 8 miles and it went into limp mode and the engine and VSS light came on. Before I had it trailered in for repairs I was having issues with the steering locking up- no faults or idiot light coming on; but I digress. I drove it back to the shop, the tech hooked it up to the buds again, then he took it on a test drive. He drove 18 miles then the VSS/engine light limp mode saga hit him. Another tech hooked it up while the service mgr. called BRP techs, told them the codes it was throwing and they gave some advice. So and hour later (it's now 6pm- I had been there since 11am) this tech takes it for a drive. He goes 20 miles and comes back and says the vss light only came on twice when he was going around a corner or two. It's now 7pm, dark and I have 60 miles to drive. I get the service mgr.s cell number in case it limps on me again. I drive off, and about 10 miles away I get a vss light on and feel the vss kick in as I round a turn. It is way too sensitive I think, and decide I'll inform them of that and continue. I get 40 miles from the service dept and I'm doing 50mph on a straight road =and the vss light comes on AND kicks in., Only that time I didn't know the light had come on or that the nanny kicked in because I wasn't looking down at the dash, I was looking for restaurant that I wasn't sure was open or not as I was starving since I hadn't eaten all day. At the time I thought perhaps I had hit a slick spot in the road or something. It wasn't until I made a long right turn (a turn I usually take at about 40mph) at about 35mph and the vss lit up and kicked in. And continued to kick in as I was going straight down the hiway. When the VSS kicks in and you are going straight, I guess it thinks it's slowing down an a curve, but what happens is tries to throw you (in my case) to the left, which for me on this highway is oncoming traffic :shocked: :yikes:. Then eventually I got the scroll "CHECK DPS"
So now I have had every experience I think you can have with the steering short of just having the :cus:ing handlebars fall off. I have had my steering slightly lock, I've had it lock big time where I had to yank it anytime I wanted to alter my course just a fraction (That happened on my 16 mile ride home from work in December) And now I have had the pleasure of feeling the :spyder: activate the VSS whenever the:cus: it wants to.
This was going to be my primary mode of transportation. What a :cus:ing joke that is!
I was hoping to participate in that photo scavenger hunt that's going on here, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD A :cus:ING SPYDER TO RYDE THIS YEAR.
So here it is, another month later and I'm afraid to ryde this POS out of town because I'M AFRAID THE SAFETY FEATURES ARE TRYING TO KILL ME.
I'VE been patient. I've been polite. Now I want results.
C'MON BRP! SEND A TECH DOWN SOUTH HERE TO TRAIN SOME OF THESE OTHER TECHS TO FIX THESE MACHINES. WE ARE TIRED OF WAITING.
Hopefully they will get it right so we can meet up sometime soon and ryde together. Right now I am pushing to go to Daytona for bike week as well.
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