Dreaded 504 Error - Trek Rail 2020

Pete_

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Dec 2, 2020
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Morning all , so was out for a Ride a couple of days ago 25k into it I got the dreaded 504 Error. I have never had the bike motor tuned or tampered with at all. Basically you could cycle through cranks twice with some assistance after coasting a few seconds then no assistance , also showing no range at all on the Purion controller even though there were 3 bars of battery left. Didn't matter what power mode I chose the assistance level was the same. If I then continued to pedal it was like trying to drive a manual car for the first time just cutting in and out ( although making the right noise as if the motor was working it didn't offer any assistance ) this was a 20 /25 min climb back to the car.


I called A Trek Dealer close to home and dropped it off to them the following day - they are looking into a couple of things 1- Speed Sensor , 2 - Torque Sensor. From what they described. Although they said the Speed Sensor parts are not showing in stock right now. Which given the post Covid way of the world I kinda guessed would be the case.

Just got to wait now and hope I get the bike back and functioning as soon as possible. ??
 

Yoak

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My Rail 2020 is waiting for it’s 3rd motor now. First one lasted 3000km, second one 450km. I’m my experience with error codes they usually end up in replace motors
 

Doomanic

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Do you know what firmware your motor is on? If it’s a 2020 that’s never been updated it could be caused by the old firmware that had a known problem with erroneous 504 errors. My bike did it after about 450 miles and a reset and new firmware seemed to sort it.
 

Arron M

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Do you know what firmware your motor is on? If it’s a 2020 that’s never been updated it could be caused by the old firmware that had a known problem with erroneous 504 errors. My bike did it after about 450 miles and a reset and new firmware seemed to sort it.

[mention]Doomanic [/mention] do you have any confirmation that this was in fact the case?
Bosch Australia is currently denying a warranty claim suggesting my motor has been modified/tampered with (which it never has, I bought the bike new) I had a 504 once, dealer cleared it and updated firmware, code never reappeared. Bosch Aus are saying that the idea there was a version of firmware that flagged false 504’s is BS.
 

Doomanic

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Have a look on the Bosch website at the firmware versions, might be in there.
 

Doomanic

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Do you know which firmware version is on your bike?
 

Arron M

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I’ve noted the firmware versions however I’m fairly sure they’re from after the update.

Motor 1.1.5.0

Controller 1.4.0.0

Batt 1.11.0.0
 

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