Bosch CX performance gen 4 dead

dochabanero

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Got my Trek Rail about 3 months ago and completed almost 500km. Now the motor has committed suicide and giving me error code 500. Back at LBS waiting for an update.

Curious if anyone else with a new gen4 motor had problems/failures similar to mine. Hoping this sort of “Brose experience” would be limited to the Levo owners
 

GrahamPaul

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Nov 6, 2019
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Error 500 = Internal Drive Unit Fault
Error 510 = Internal Drive Unit Fault...

Methinks that Bosch are being somewhat opaque.

I've got two Gen 4 motors so will be very interested to hear your feedback.
 

dochabanero

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Sep 8, 2019
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Error 500 = Internal Drive Unit Fault
Error 510 = Internal Drive Unit Fault...

Methinks that Bosch are being somewhat opaque.

I've got two Gen 4 motors so will be very interested to hear your feedback.

I’ll let you know once this is sorted. First time I got it my LBS had received some sort of secret reset from Bosch/Magura.

The error code went away, but only for a bit. Got it back, hit the trails and sure enough, error-code 500 and the motor shut down.

Now it’s back at my LBS.
 


dochabanero

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I will read. I am curious if that 1 is reliable.
How about the sound?

Up until my motor gave up the bike was quiet for 500km . I’m quite sure I just had bit of bad luck. My understanding is that Bosch motors in general are quite reliable.
 

games133

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Apr 19, 2020
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ive had a gen 4 motor with error 510 on it. ended up with a new motor the bike had done about 150 mile. now got new motor with 1 mile on it what bike shop done to check it over.
 

Darren66

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Mar 7, 2020
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ive had a gen 4 motor with error 510 on it. ended up with a new motor the bike had done about 150 mile. now got new motor with 1 mile on it what bike shop done to check it over.
Are you saying that you still have the error code on the new motor after a mile?
 

games133

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Apr 19, 2020
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hartlepool
tbh I'm not sure my local bike shop was a bit crap at letting know what was wrong and what needed doing. he just went ahead. if I hadn't rang up I wouldn't of found out. but when the new motor arrived or bosch turned up to loook it was changed that day. guess depends on how busy the shop is.
 

nasamorpheus

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Jul 17, 2020
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Ljubljana
Got my Trek Rail about 3 months ago and completed almost 500km. Now the motor has committed suicide and giving me error code 500. Back at LBS waiting for an update.

Curious if anyone else with a new gen4 motor had problems/failures similar to mine. Hoping this sort of “Brose experience” would be limited to the Levo owners
Hard to believe show me some proof ?
 

dochabanero

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Sep 8, 2019
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Sweden
Here is the proof. Error code 500
IMG_6053.jpg
 

dochabanero

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Sep 8, 2019
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The original post is 6 months old. Bike has been mint since I got it back. Honestly think this sort of thing is fairly uncommon with the new generation Bosch.

I am however jealous of the Levo owners clean cockpit, (elegant controller). Don’t tell em I said that.
 

1oldfart

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Oct 6, 2019
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What about that 2 year warranty ?
Let say for some reason you choose to sell that bike.
Will the new owner benefit from that new 2 year warranty ?
I saw an ad and the seller is selling a 2020 Levo and he pretends
the new warranty(his motor blew) is transferrable but i have no clue if this is bullshit.
Thanks and good luck.
 

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