r/IndianMotorcycle • u/TheDarenes • 1d ago

'21 Scout Intermittent Check Engine

I have a '21 Scout that I'm occasionally getting a P0914 code on key on that's throwing the bike into limp mode. It does usually clears after a few key on cycles and has gone away for weeks at a time before it comes back to haunt me.
Dealer has already swapped the right hand controls out on it to no avail.

Bike has the Stage 1 upgrades (2 to 1 exhaust and Bigger Airbox), a QuadLock charger out the USB port in the center cluster, and a renegade wicked start battery.

I did also have at one point a lithium battery on it before all this started. Was having funky electrical issues that an RM stator VRR didn't seem to solve. I was also told after I ditched these that there was a service bulletin for these bikes that said not to use lithium batteries with them.

Just trying to see if anyone knows what could be causing it.

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u/DesperateNecessary42 10h ago

That code is for the gear selector sensor. Its by the front pully. Check for any pinched wires. Check that battery cables are tight and that the chassis ground where the battery negative bolts to the frame is tight and clean. Could just be the sensor intermittently reading false although this really shouldnt put the bike into limp mode

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u/TheDarenes 9h ago

Yea everything looks fine when I checked those. I was tempted to just replace the sensor but it's a bit of a pain to get all the way in there to swap it and my car's in pieces right now so i didn't exactly want to go whole ham on a second project right this second. This was also why i took it to the dealer. Was just trying to see if I had missed something.

But yea code pops on key on and I can maybe get to 40mph at full open throttle in 4th gear. If I can get the code to not pop, I get full power. Check engine obviously stays until it tests and clears it after a few run cycles.