>24 hours old and constant red light

[Dyno]

I’ve seen 2 other posts but would like to add my experience in here as it’s important for these issues to be heard.

As the title says, put the bike together yesterday, rode it in 20hp-40hp for about 20-30 minutes before it shut down, flipped it back on and after a short ride it shut down again but with a constant red light. Loaded it into a truck and took it home. Today I go to take it out, get another 10-20 minutes of riding in a low power mode before the bike shuts off again. I go to turn the bike on and the phone starts screaming at me saying the inverter is overheating.

I waited for the Varg to cool down and started looking up the issue. I did most of the “fixes” I was comfortable doing. Resetting the bike, checking for updates, and unplugging and plugging back in the CAN BUS plug. Start the bike back up and all seems to be fine. Take it out again being very cautious, as I don’t want to mess anything up but I just want to ride the dang bike! 10 minutes in and same thing, inverter overheating.
From what I’ve read this is going to turn into a $3500, 3 hour Powertrain swap that’s covered under warranty due to a bad sensor in the powertrain.

If anyone has any ideas or some good news to put my mind at ease it would be greatly appreciated. At the moment there’s a very expensive paper weight sitting in my garage…

 

[UKLee]

3 years since we saw video of working bikes and over a year since customers first had these powertrain issues and Stark are STILL turning bikes out with these problems and plenty of others.
At least it will get fixed under warranty although stark will expect you to do it for nothing or you take it to a dealer who might well take for ever. My replacment powertrain is now getting noisy so more trouble on the horizon.
£3100 if this happens after the warranty is up.

Is this a gen 1 black platic cover or gen 2 silver cover?

 

[Dyno]

3 years since we saw video of working bikes and over a year since customers first had these powertrain issues and Stark are STILL turning bikes out with these problems and plenty of others.
At least it will get fixed under warranty although stark will expect you to do it for nothing or you take it to a dealer who might well take for ever. My replacment powertrain is now getting noisy so more trouble on the horizon.
£3100 if this happens after the warranty is up.

Is this a gen 1 black platic cover or gen 2 silver cover?

Gen 2 silver cover.

 

[Dyno]

Will keep this thread updated throughout the process so others are informed. Hoping this is a easy fix but from what I’ve seen the bike needs to be nearly fully disassembled to replace the powertrain.

Sent a support email last night (Dec 11, 2024, 01:07 GMT+1/ 7:00pm EST) and yet to hear anything back.

 

[UKLee]

Will keep this thread updated throughout the process so others are informed. Hoping this is a easy fix but from what I’ve seen the bike needs to be nearly fully disassembled to replace the powertrain.

Sent a support email last night (Dec 11, 2024, 01:07 GMT+1/ 7:00pm EST) and yet to hear anything back.

Yes but seems you do not need to remove the alloy side plates from the main frame as it says in the video, others who have done it say you can just about get the drivetrain in and out without, just as well because hard work to get the tapers out.

 

[Dyno]

Just received an email back from support, without question they said it was the drive unit and that they will be sending a new one to me to replace it. Seems like they are used to this issue and send out new units without any fuss.