John Daley
New Member
In the past 2 years, I have had 2 different Bosch Powerpack 400wh batteries die on me, one of which was the original battery for my Haibike Trekking RS.
Both occurred on the first ride of the year, after the battery had been stored indoors over the winter, and each one had shown a full charge. I would begin my ride and everything functioned normally, then there was a surging situation, and then the system would shut down. The first time this occurred, I took bike and battery to a local dealer where they hooked it up to a diagnostic which at that time gave me hope that the battery could be "revived," though this hope was short lived, as the battery gave up shortly. Then, a year later, the exact same thing occurred on the spare battery I had purchased through ebay (2 yr old battery; poor guy had his bike stolen- even forwarded me a copy of the batteries receipt- just over the 2 year warranty). My bike has less than 7500 miles on it, and is only 4.5 years old, batteries have always been stored inside, and bike is always garaged. I have a Powerpack 500 that functions, though it has developed a strange glitch of late where after I power up system, I have to push button on battery in order for system to function. Any thoughts, help and suggestions on any of this would be greatly appreciated. This is my 4th ebike since I started to commute via electric bike, and having sold the other 3, I wanted this one to be my last.
Both occurred on the first ride of the year, after the battery had been stored indoors over the winter, and each one had shown a full charge. I would begin my ride and everything functioned normally, then there was a surging situation, and then the system would shut down. The first time this occurred, I took bike and battery to a local dealer where they hooked it up to a diagnostic which at that time gave me hope that the battery could be "revived," though this hope was short lived, as the battery gave up shortly. Then, a year later, the exact same thing occurred on the spare battery I had purchased through ebay (2 yr old battery; poor guy had his bike stolen- even forwarded me a copy of the batteries receipt- just over the 2 year warranty). My bike has less than 7500 miles on it, and is only 4.5 years old, batteries have always been stored inside, and bike is always garaged. I have a Powerpack 500 that functions, though it has developed a strange glitch of late where after I power up system, I have to push button on battery in order for system to function. Any thoughts, help and suggestions on any of this would be greatly appreciated. This is my 4th ebike since I started to commute via electric bike, and having sold the other 3, I wanted this one to be my last.