Hi, last night I started my bike to go home, warmed it up as usually, and when I was ready to go....
I accelerated and a few feet after, the bike will loose power and the red lights on the dashboard (only 2 of them the left and right ones) came on. I was not able to drive the bike over 10mph !!
I suspected it was the DTC (the red lights indicate DTC is ON) so I turned it off and the problem was gone. I tried turning the DTC on again and it will fail in every one of the 4 settings.
I was able to drive home with the DTC off. However, now I have a broken bike.
I already made an appointment with the dealer for next week. Nevertheless, wanted to know if anyone had experience similar issues.
No problems so far, how many miles have you got on the bike? So far I have put a little over 2,000 miles with no problems (knock on wood). Good luck and let us know what the dealer finds. Thanks
Jim
DTC measures the differences in speed between the front and rear wheel right? sSo why dont you check the sensors at the wheels so see if they are loose and the connectors are secure.
Quote from: EEL on September 23, 2011, 09:06:58 PM
DTC measures the differences in speed between the front and rear wheel right? sSo why dont you check the sensors at the wheels so see if they are loose and the connectors are secure.
Were that the case, I'd expect he'd have an ABS fault/malfunction as well. My $0.05 is still on a duff DTC ECM and/or connector at that ECM.
Everything seems okay with the sensors (visually), it is probably a defective DCT controller.
It was working perfectly fine before, and suddenly it was not.
I will let you know what the dealer finds.
My bike and my friend's bike suffer from the same problem, it already happened to me several times.
The only thing you can do to resolve the problem is to turn the power off and back on.
The problem seems to exist only on LEVEL 4, because it never happened again once I changed the DTC intervention to LEVEL 3.
Hope this info helps and that Ducati will release a fix soon.
Quote from: jsd2 on September 23, 2011, 03:00:06 PM
No problems so far, how many miles have you got on the bike? So far I have put a little over 2,000 miles with no problems (knock on wood). Good luck and let us know what the dealer finds. Thanks
Jim
What LEVEL is your bike on for DTC? Because I believe that the problem only happens when it is set to '4'
I tried all 4 levels. I actually still have the problem, so cant ride the bike while DTC is on at any level.
is good to know others had the same issue. Do you guys fixed? took it to the dealer?
So I guess it's not the same problem. In our case the symptoms are the same but DTC works fine after you cycle the power.
I just realized my DTC is working fine today. When I first had this issue, I did not turned the bike off, I only switched the DTC ON and OFF several times. From Godudi's comment above, It seems this is not an isolated problem but one that affects many.
Any one with this issue has gone to a dealer to have it check? I am curious if they can diagnostic this failure since it only happens sometimes randomly. This is for sure an issue that I want to take care of before my warranty expires and I have to face an obscene amount $$$$$ for a new DTC unit.
Any comments or advice on how to deal with this situation is appreciated.
Quote from: Mau on September 26, 2011, 10:02:06 AM
I just realized my DTC is working fine today. When I first had this issue, I did not turned the bike off, I only switched the DTC ON and OFF several times. From Godudi's comment above, It seems this is not an isolated problem but one that affects many.
Any one with this issue has gone to a dealer to have it check? I am curious if they can diagnostic this failure since it only happens sometimes randomly. This is for sure an issue that I want to take care of before my warranty expires and I have to face an obscene amount $$$$$ for a new DTC unit.
Any comments or advice on how to deal with this situation is appreciated.
I believe this is a SW related problem, a SW bug that will be fixed one day or another..in the meantime you can try to change the level of your DTC from 4 to 3. For me it never happened again since I changed it.
Wether it is a software or hardware issue. It will not be fixed unless enough people bring the issue up to Ducati.
I would like to be optimistic and think this issue will not become a bigger one (complete failure of DTC) at a later time. Nevertheless, I would rather be proactive and try to address it now. I will bring it up to my dealer so they are informed and document the issue. If you have not done so, I would suggest you do it as ignoring the issue will defnitively not fix it.
Quote from: Mau on September 26, 2011, 12:39:54 PM
Wether it is a software or hardware issue. It will not be fixed unless enough people bring the issue up to Ducati.
I would like to be optimistic and think this issue will not become a bigger one (complete failure of DTC) at a later time. Nevertheless, I would rather be proactive and try to address it now. I will bring it up to my dealer so they are informed and document the issue. If you have not done so, I would suggest you do it as ignoring the issue will defnitively not fix it.
Let me know how I can I assist you other than asking my dealer to contact Ducati about this issue..We have a small market here and I don't think that we will be heard..However I can provide you with our names and frame numbers if that could help..
I like your proactive attitude, I just don't have the strength to deal with my dealer :)
I will write a letter to Ducati NA explaining the situation. If you want, PM me your name and VIN and I will include you on it. I hope this will serve to help finding a solution to the problem but also to establish a precedent in case of a future related issue.
Anyone else with this problem is welcome to send me their info.
PS: If anyone has the DDA module, I guess they could record all the information while this issue is happening and output a file that can be shared with Ducati. I am assumig the DDA will be able to record that the DTC is not working properly since it kicks on at about 10mph all the time.
So today it happened again, this time on level '3'.
Hey.
Had the same problem yesterday. 4000km (about 2300miles). After i turned off the DTC, which was on level 2, it worked fine. Today i turned it back on and so far it is working. While it was happening to me it was raining...maybe water and italian electronics don't work together?
However, i also informed my dealer and hope for some solution.
Klaus
Quote from: Stabel1 on October 12, 2011, 01:10:09 PM
...maybe water and italian electronics don't work together?
Klaus
What? [laugh]
I had the same thing happen for the first time to my bike (2500 miles on lvl 2) yesterday morning on the way to work. Warmed up to two bars and as I was taking off at 10ish mph red lights flash and bike hesitates. Rode the bike the bike around my apt complex and couldn't get above 10mph. Turned off dtc and no more problem. Got to work and called the dealer, advisor thought it could be cold tires on cold pavement causing wheelspin. Next ride I started the bike with dtc off warmed up, did some tire scrubbing, stopped and turned dtc on and no issues. Maybe was just a glitch in ecu. Let us know what your dealer says. I'll take mine in if it happens again.
Its seems obvious to be a bug or problem with the DTC ECU. It is not an isolated unit issue, but happens to many monster EVO.
The best you can do, is write a letter to Ducati NA explaining the problem. I am hoping that after several reports they will investigate and advice on how to fix.
Ducati Monster 1100 Evo DTC Problem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcSj_Z24EVc#)
In this video I managed to capture the problem when it happened.
Just had this happen to me as well. Going home from work the DTC was on and working fine, stopped at a gas station and when I pulled out the bike would not go above roughly 10mph without the TC lights coming on and preventing the bike from going any faster. Turned off the DTC and everything was fine, turned it back on and the problem returned.
I'm not so worried about having to live without DTC, it's more the thought that the problem could get worse and leave me stranded somewhere.
Bike just turned 3,000 miles and noticed that others seems to report the problem happening in the 2000-3000 mile range.
Update: DTC working fine again. Went to the dealer and talked to the mechanic, and he said he thought it might be a bad wheel sensor, and that if it happened again to bring it in and he would change it out. I asked if he had heard of this problem before and he said he had not. So not sure how wide spread the issue is.
1200 miles on 2012 Monster 1100evo. Experienced same problem about a month ago. Turn bike off and on, problem went away and not surfaced again. Dealer has not heard of issue. Recall in the works????
Quote from: Joe B on July 18, 2012, 02:30:55 PM
1200 miles on 2012 Monster 1100evo. Experienced same problem about a month ago. Turn bike off and on, problem went away and not surfaced again. Dealer has not heard of issue. Recall in the works????
DTC would never generate a recall, ABS maybe "maybe". This is "service advisory" stuff. Do you know what a recall is?! 8)
It happened to mine just before the first servicing. I have let the tech know about it and he told me afterward that it had ajusted the front ABS sensor and since then, it never happen again!!
Just happened to me yesterday for the first time and I have DTC turned off completely. I've never had it on in fact.
[bang] i only have 2050miles on it .... Never happened to me before... The only thing that happened once was that I overfilled her with gas and the engine light went on... Since then I've been carefull with the gas level and never happened again... From w.e I read it happens btw 2000~ 3000 miles :( I dont play with the dtc , its always on level 2 .. I figured the middle should be the best option... I hope it doesn't happen to me... I'll post it if it happens... I think it has smth to do with the sensors...