CAN AM COMMANDER LIMP HOME MODE PROBLEM SOLVED.....MAYBE...

My 2019 Can Am Commander has recently gone back into limp home mode. The first time it did this I took it to my local dealer and they said the battery voltage had gotten low and needed to be charged. Since then I have replaced the battery almost a year ago and it went back into limp home mode again. I charged the battery on a trickle charger over night and tightened the positive and negative terminals on the battery. Apparently Can Am's are known for having this issue and I was not aware of it. I think that is what might have killed my first/stock battery. So far the machine has not gone back into limp home mode.

[@33ladyRAM]

Interesting as I had to replace my original battery and I kept one of those mini battery charged to it. I drove it today and got the LIMP HOME MODE but it acts like it wants to shut of even when I cut it off and cut it back on. I only have 3700 miles Thanks for sharing

[@rtp3962]

Great video. I've got a 2016 commander and yours is almost identical with the options I've installed. I'm fighting the limp home problem and you've given me a place to start troubleshooting. Be safe out there!

[@SouthernPineOutdoors]

Glad you like the video! Update on my limp home as long as I keep the battery on trickle charge before I go ride I’m good on the no limp home mode lol

[@josephseibert4662]

If your charging it with the battery hooked up you are frying the rectifier. You have to disconnect the battery to charge it.

[@SouthernPineOutdoors]

I didn’t realize that! Thanks for the advice. And thanks for watching the videos!

[@jerrywhite4497]

It won't with a battery maintainer....

[@georgesidelinger8879]

I have 2013 commander with the same problem with the limp mode. Happened numerous times. The dash lights flicker. What I have done to shut off from limp mode is stop shut off and wait 10 min. and it resets itself and drives normal.

[@Alliejen12345]

Getting this with original battery. Purchased new in 2015… now 8 years later the battery dies while running.

[@SouthernPineOutdoors]

I have found that the more I run mine or crank it and let it run while I’m doing something else the longer the battery will work properly. Also I think mine does better in the warmer months than the cold but that might be because I use it more in the summer than the winter as well.

[@josephseibert4662]

How ya fix that just new battery

[@josephseibert4662]

You can jumper box battery or charger to jump start but everytime it stops charging a little till it wont charge so i got a rectifyer guess what now it charges 19 volts all the time so jumper box cost me the stator/ alt and two rectifyer boxes but it took 5 years just every so often id say the batterys suck

[@jamesbrady1959]

So what was the fix?

[@davidgald3072]

Volt meter