After going through your suggestions I think it comes down to before I stored it for the winter I got a new battery. Looks like the battery I asked for/ they gave me is NG. Everything works perfect when I jump start it from my car. Can some one tell me what battery they replaced their 2015 OEM with.
Thanks, I'm going to try all your suggestions. When I bought the sling in 2016 I got AAA Premier because I new I needed at lease 100 miles to a dealer where ever it broke down. AAA sent out the towing trainer who was at lunch but he said he was begged to do the 100 miles because they didn't want an inexperienced driver to deal with the Sling. Took him about 15 minutes to pull it up and strap it down and on the way he called a friend who has Sling and asked him what he thought the problem could be. He thought battery. So I give AAA 200 points on a 100 point scale
I was teaching my grandson to drive stick shift . Guess from constantly jerking and stalling the 2015 sling didn't like it so it stalled and though out some codes and eventually the battery died so I had it towed home 100+ miles and got it running but still has these codes flashing. Any suggestions on how to dismiss the codes or do I need it to bring it in for service?
Thanks.
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How to easily disable Slingshot from easy theft?
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Slingshots failure rate is only 41% after 4 years compared to CamAm Spyder 42%.😂😂😂
According to Consumer Reports, the Can-Am brand has a 42% failure rate after four years. This makes their motorcycles among the least reliable brands. Most of the reliability issues seem to be with manufacturer quality control, and there is really no single identified problems, but many different ones. Their models utilize more complex engineering, which may contribute to reliability issues.
Motor1 : McLaren Explains How The Elva Is Comfy At 70 MPH Without Windscreen.
"The new campaign will see Indian spend reported mid-seven figures (between $5 and $7m) on advertising campaigns on some of the biggest sporting events in the US."
Wonder what Slingshot's "campaign" is spending?
Display MoreThe ball still remains in Polaris court.
The automatic transmission will open the market to a much bigger audience but, it is up to Polaris to do the marketing to get those customers.
Should they decide to save a few bucks and just dump the burden on dealers, the Slingshot will die a quick death.
Racing season has just begun. This is a perfect target market. Polaris should be running commercials during every race highlighting the new changes. Get the word out that anyone can drive one. (except in my state of Massachusetts..... still need a form of a motorcycle endorsement
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Should the Slingshot become a distant memory, I am sure other manufacturers will develop something to fill the void
I think the point of the "Well that didn't work" article is that there never have been or never will be enough people like us to make trikes or autotrikes mainstream.Thats all.
Personally I think its a great Boomer vehicle. It's also nice Millennials like it too.
I have to admit that in my younger days of Muscle Cars and Motorcycles there is no way you would have ever seen one in my driveway.
I'm sure you frequently get the same question I get, What's it like riding/driving it?
I always respond with the same answer. It's more fun than a car, but still not as much fun as a motorcycle. But given where I am that this point my life its a great substitution for the motorcycle I use to ride since I no longer have the concentration, reflexes, stability anymore needed to feel safe riding a motorcycle.
It's amazing how many Boomer motorcycle and ex-motorcycle riders nod in understanding when I tell them why I switched.
Getting back to the demise of the Slingshot for practical reasons.
"Still, the biggest hurdle to the success of three-wheelers might simply be most people don't see the point. A three-wheeled car doesn't do anything a four-wheeled car can't do, and it comes at a cost of grip and stability. More tires equal more grip, almost always. And despite their advantages, three-wheelers have many of the same drawbacks of motorcycles and cars. That puts them somewhere in the middle, a novelty. And eventually novelty wears off."
Taken from the article:
Well That Didn't Work: The Ridiculous History of Unstable, Impractical Three-Wheeled Cars
My other vehicle is a 2003 Subaru Baja (discontinued Baja 15 years ago) with 200,000 miles. Don't really care what Polaris does with the Slingshot, I got my 2015 manual transmission and I am happy, just like with my Baja.
W0GEN. Will do.
Bigdog. Better yet! One more question. Will the codes automatically clear, do I disconnect the battery to clear, or something else?
Funinthesun. Thanks for confirming my thoughts on this. My thoughts are that I should be able to pop the two out and pop the two new ones in with a minimal loss of fluid and should not need to bleed the system.
What got me worried is they quoted 2 hours of labor so I posted this because I was afraid there was more to it in the Slingshot than I knew.
Their price is $40 per switch.
Brought my Sling in due to Brake Failure light going on. Got a brake fluid level sensor error. They want a few hundred dollars to replace/fix.
How easy/hard is it to replace brake fluid level sensor?
I'll add the hose clamp with the bracket and keep my fingers crossed. Thanks.
Thanks for the explanation of the problem with the exhaust. Really like the side exhaust sound and position too, so I don't want to give it up without a fight. Do you have the part number for the support bracket you used? Sounds like it cheap possible solution. Definitely worth trying. Thanks
Have not had any problems, anything I can do as preventive maintenance before it cracks???
