Hi everybody,
My VIN ends in 060, I think. I live in Barcelona and i bought my second hand S ZF9 directly from a dealership.
The thing is, they are so stupid that i don't even wanted to go for anual service.
Now, after 11100 Km (about 7000mi) I had my first glitch. It happened at an stop; i twisted the accel. and... nothing.
No display warnings. I just had to restart the bike and everything worked perfectly again...
I am now starting to be a bit scared every time i stop the bike... I just don't feel any confidence like before, and
i am afraid that my warranty has void since i didn't do the anual check & firmware update.
I hope some crazy freak will come out with a homemade way of flashing our Zeros in the future, so if finally Zero M. releases a final firmware that solves those problems i could flash it.
Good luck all.
That problem happened to me with my 2012 Zero S (VIN # 51), but my bike only had 300 miles on the clock at that time. Your problem is not the "glitch". It most likely is a problem with the throttle assembly. Apparently some of the early bikes had bad throttle assemblies. Mine was replaced by the factory and I have never had that stalling-at-stop-light-with-no-warning-lights-on issue ever since.
However, I do have a similar problem when the battery pack drops below about 50 degrees F. Then the bike will not move when the throttle is turned unless you turn off the ignition key and then turn it back on again. Once you do that, everything works perfectly until the bike gets cold again.
What you are experiencing is not the "glitch", which happens while you are riding and not at a stop. If you can, have your dealer replace the throttle assembly before the bike's 2-year warranty expires. If they won't (or can't) do that, maybe you can contact Zero directly and they will ship you a throttle assembly that you can install yourself.
Your Zero does not require an "annual" service to be performed. To my knowledge, you do not have to do any servicing in order to keep your warranty in effect, according to my reading of the warranty in my owner's manual. Installing the latest programming would be nice and you dealer should do that for free, I would think. But I believe that the latest programming will not solve your throttle stalling issue. That is a mechanical assembly problem.
So, you say that you're "absolutely" sure that it's not a "glitch" related problem because of my low VIN number? Uhmm... then, if it ever happens again and i enable the kill switch and turn it off again, it should solve the problem as well, true?
Well, anyways, thank you very much for your answer. I'll try to contact my dealer after Christmas.
Kind regards.
