2024 Wired Freedom Keeps Shutting Off.

[Padroo]

I haven't been on my 2024 Wired Freedom much this summer. The other day my wife and I went for a ride, and I had trouble keeping my display powered up. Sometimes it would start up and the bike would run, or I would just get a flash on the screen, and it would die.
I always wondered what it would be like to ride it without power, I found out. When I got home the battery was just under 58 Volts, measured with a voltmeter. I was showing two bars on the display. I put it on the charger and brought it up to 85%. Today we took another ride, and it started doing the same thing. I was able to take my left knee and push in on the battery and every time I did this it would start up and run fine for a while. Needless to say, it ruined our ride again. When I got home, I checked the battery voltage again and it was fine. I inspected both the battery plug and the one on the bike and they looked fine. I got a 15/16 socket and tightened both sides of the plug a little then test rode the bike. So far, it is working as advertised. The next ride should confirm that the contact between both sides of the plug were causing a bad connection. Hope this helps someone that has the same problem.

 

[major masingil]

If you are applying pressure to the battery to temporarily "fix" the issue, my bet is there is a loose something in your battery compartment where it connects to the motor/controller.

 

[major masingil]

If you are applying pressure to the battery to temporarily "fix" the issue, my bet is there is a loose something in your battery compartment where it connects to the motor/controller.

Omg I am so stupid. I didn't finish reading your post.

 

[Padroo]

I am guilty of not reading things myself. I will give an update with more testing. It has messed up two of my rides on two days in a row. When I saw the electrical connection the first time, I thought it was kind of light duty. I saw a video of a guy that had one completely burn out. It looked like the same connector but on a different brand Ebike. I don't know how common this is. If I run across the video I will Post a link.

 

[Padroo]

I went for an 8 mile ride today, and the Wired Freedom worked great. I hate to say it's fixed for fear of jinxing myself. LOL

 

[addertooth]

Electrical gremlins are the bane of eBikes. You are fortunate to have a multimeter, and know how to use it.