Hi Syndes,
I'm glad you brought up your last statement. My question for you is why does that make you nervous? Was it identified that the latest firmware update did not cause a cell imbalance? I am curious what the actual driver behind the cell imbalance, me having an outdated firmware update, I am reluctant to update it to the latest and greatest because I have not had the code 36 error. Albeit, I only have ~4 hours on the bike and have logged ~100 miles, I would think the cell imbalance would have occurred by now. It also may be noteworthy that I have only used the 110 charger.
There are a number of things that could potentially cause the module imbalance. The main culprit as I understand it (from what little we were able to find out) is there was an issue with the process that attaches the fuse wires to the individual cells that caused some bikes to go out the door with bad connections.
The original firmware on these early 2018 MXRs didn’t adequately detect the imbalance. Later when owners went in and had there firmware updated and then shortly after riding the bike the fault is triggered. The firmware doesn’t cause it, it just picks up on it better.
It may just be one single cell that is disconnected, and the real world impact on range would be negligible, and chances are if you would already be use to it since it was that way the entire time you had it.
Sometimes ignorance is bliss, so if you own an early MXR that hasn’t had the firmware updated and you plan on keeping the bike, don’t do it. There’s nothing you can do about it anyhow. If you want to sell it expect to get beat up about the fact that it doesn’t have the latest firmware, because the buyer is taking a risk that the pack isn’t 100%.
