Levo Gen 3 Levo Gen 4 2023/4/5/6 Rumours...

[Polar]

And bad news travels fast

 

[MTB-WALES]

Thinks it’s more of a legacy thing. These days they are much better.

 

[2DMaxLST]

Interesting, between me and my local group there are 6 Levo owners with whom I rode at some point in time, 5 of them have never experienced motor problems. One guy even rode gen1 Levo.
The guy whose motor died said that he actually abused it a bit, he wasnt shifting correctly, rode in turbo within limited gear range.
I dont want to say that every faulty motor is a result of bad shifting habits, but I cant stop thinking why in my region Levo seems like pretty reliable bike and at the same time people in internet screams about faulty motors at incredible scale.

My mechanic make motor rebuild for 100$ and reanimate some old Brose motors, he says its easily repairable and almost all parts can be purchased and replaced, despite planetary mechanism I guess . Most cases are simply water corrosion or broken planetary mechanism which is more rare in his experience.

I have a Gen 3 with over 7k miles and 150 cycles with no motor battery issues. I read this site daily about failures and I've come to the conclusion it must be folks who tend to use turbo 100% of the time in higher gear ranges. I do tend to be a higher cadence rider. I'm taking mine to the dealer for the first time just before the 2yr mark next week, just to get a visit on record before the 2-year mark.

 

[AussieRuss]

I wonder if a small amount of the Levo motor issue would disappear if they went to a 6 magnet rear & issued a software update to let the user select 1 or 6 magnets. This may reduce surging & give the motor more precise control. Doesn't seem like it would be a hard thing to do.