The Infamous Check Engine Light- Slingshot Down

Quote from Ruptured Duck

mine was not fixed until the ECU was replaced. Went about 3k miles and had that one trip of the code about a month ago.

not to be a Debbie-Downer........ but I do not consider another incident, (even if it was after 3000 miles,) to be "fixed". It was the same freakin' issue and code you had before.......... Maybe unplugging the inforcraptasic put bandaid on the problem- but it is not solved, in my thinking. You paid $2K for a system that you believe MAY have caused the problem, and cannot use. I got a new system, and it still happened. There is something else going on- at least with mine, and nobody has a flippin' clue. JMHO, and understand that I am upset at the moment, so this may have no validity in your case. I wish you the best of luck, and hope you machine continues to function. At this point- all I want is a reliable ride.

Spoke with Polaris- only took them 7 1/2 hours to call me back. The dealer is sending a slingshot trailer down the hill, to pick it up tomorrow. For now, I am on 4 wheels, only.
I made it clear to Polaris that I have lost all confidence in the bike, and am expecting Polaris to honor their obligations under the Lemon Law, and replace my Slingshot.
My WONDERFUL dealer said they would swap out my mods to the new bike, if all works out.
I will keep all up-dated.

not much more to say...... dealer came and took her...........

Quote from Nistilian

Prospective owner here. I've been doing research on the Slingshot and your situation does not inspire confidence in build quality, or Polaris' willingness to solve customer issues on their product that is still under warranty.

Please do not let my particular situation taint your thinking- I had about 14,000 WONDERFUL miles on it, with only minor hiccups, until all hell broke loose. New vehicle releases- expect hiccups. I knew there would be some. Knowing that-------- Although it does not make me any happier at this point- I want another one. (biggest issue- I want it NOW- not too patient.)
There are 100's if not 1000's of slingshots on the road- with as much or more mileage than mine, and few or no issues-- Most issues are easily taken care of under warranty- HOWEVER- every so often, a gremlin shows up! I got a gremlin running rampant right now.
Please- get more feedback for the forum members- they have seen the good, that bad, and the ugly on these machines- I would venture that not one of them regrets their purchase

This long and drawn out saga has finally ended for me. I now have the Wicked White One. Each machine has it's own personality and quirks- I am hoping that Wicked 1 will give me the same joy I had with Red.

Quote from Tripod

so does that mean we now call you "The Wicked Witch of the West"?!

that would probably be the cleaned up version! One of my nicknames as ops mgr @ CEI was "Dragon Lady", and mostly that was from the guys who liked me!

Quote from Ruptured Duck

I have over 600 miles without the infotainment hooked up with nothing negative to report....

Thanks- won't say that I don't miss my old one..... but this one will grow on me- just gonna take some miles.

I almost guaranty that you have rubbed wires somewhere--- as long as whatever wire is integrated from the radio system to something else has no power- you are probably good- unless the rubbing continues and something else goes bare copper.......
I think it has to be rear end area or by the steering....... Painter thinks rear end, but in retrospect- my steering wheel always had the faintest squeaking to it on some turns.... it could have been a rub that progressively got worse.