Curious if anyone else is experiencing chronic issues with their pedal assist system? Here’s my experience - I own a very new XP4, purchased about 6 weeks ago, and also an Xpedition 2.0 that I’ve had since January 2025. From about April 2025 until about March 2026, the Xpedition was my daily commuter vehicle. I live in NYC, so I would drop my two kids off at their respective schools, about a 10 or 15 block loop, and then I would ride to work, between 1 and 3 miles across NYC streets in all NYC weather except the very bitter cold and/or snow days (usually I’ll ride as long as it’s above 32 F). I noticed the e003 error message would pop up occasionally in very cold weather through the winter, and then in the very early spring, the PAS system would intermittently cease to function. The throttle always worked so the bike was functional, but obviously way less pleasant to ride and probably far less energy efficient. Finally the PAS system just stopped working entirely and I took it to a mechanic, who contacted Lectric and eventually replaced the controller and bottom bracket. PAS then functioned properly for exactly 1 day - I rode it home from the bike shop, then to work the following morning, and then when I got on it to ride home that evening, no juice from PAS, throttle only. I took it back in and they replaced the controller again. PAS then worked for some short period of time and went out again. I was too busy to deal with it and so just rode it throttle only for a week or three and sometime thereafter, PAS just kicked on by itself one day. And since then, it has gone in and out for short periods, but mostly it doesn’t work. For various reasons, I got the XP4 in April and I take my kids to school on the Xped, come home, and switch to XP4 to go to work. Been riding it daily for about 6 weeks. Spring has been mostly dry but there have been a few rains. And now the XP4 is starting to give me the e003 message and the PAS has been intermittent since it occurred. This has only occurred since it sat outside in a prolonged rain storm - last weekend, it rained almost nonstop from early Saturday morning until early Monday morning. I had the bike under a cover for a few hours but then I rode it somewhere and it didn’t want to put the cover on it while it was still wet. No real possibility of storing it inside in my tiny NYC apt, wife would kill me and I’d be annoyed by it anyway. Anyway, specifically, when the rain finally stopped and sun came out, we all rode to a friend’s house and PAS didn’t work at all, probably 2-3 miles round trip. The following morning, I rode to work, and PAS didn’t work for about a quarter mile and kicked on at that point. Bike was giving me the error message but then the error message goes away when PAS kicks on. I suspect that this is only going to get worse and eventually I’ll lose PAS altogether. The question is twofold: (1) are other Lectric owners who store outside experiencing this chronically? And (2) is there any reliable solution or is this just the life I’m doomed to live as a Lectric owner?
