Update

[piweit]

Hello,

I just updated the IBR of my GTI 130 2016. Can you tell me what use it is to make updates? My jet ski worked very well before ....

Thank you,

Gauthier

 

[ski-d00]

BRP keeps finding relatively small glitches with the iBR system like getting stuck in reverse during specific sequences, going into safe mode, not responding properly, etc. The updates address these issues but most people never had any issues in the first place and if they did, pulling the key and restarting fixed it.

Really no different than any other software in the world, updates are just a part of it.

 

[piweit]

OK thanks. Yes I know who have had several problems with IBR and have to do the updates. Others must completely change IBR. Fortunately, that's not my case.

 

[Coastiejoe]

One update was to correct a too fast stopping issue. Bows would get buried under the water and then the ski went down like a fishing lure. Now the bucket comes halfway down to a specific speed and then drops the rest of the way.

 

[piweit]

OK OK, so it serves well for something these update. Thank you

 

[gti 130 wow]

There was a recent report on another web site of a guy with the new IBR that came along in 2016 . The bucket went down at full throttle , he was thrown into the handle bars with enough force to break them and sustained injuries. Apparently BRP took care of him after he got a lawyer but made him sign a confidentiality agreement so as to keep the public awareness suppressed.

 

[Coastiejoe]

The update I referred to solves this issue.

 

[piweit]

Thanks, we know more about this update now.

 

[gti 130 wow]

The update I referred to solves this issue.

What I was referring to was a case where the bucket went down without input or knowledge of the user while maintaining full thrust which is a worse case event .
It sounds like your talking about a case where after input from the user . was slowing the pwc down to fast which is also not good . I have had no problems with my 2015 IBR and not herd of any reports of problems .

From the injured party :


While under way and under power, a bolt that attaches the braking plate to the control mechanism snapped in half (Please see attached photos) resulting in a full deployment of the "brake plate" while thrust from the jet pump was still being produced. Under normal operation, the throttle is overridden and reduced to near zero when braking is desired. This was not the case being that the "brake plate" essentially activated itself when the bolt broke in half. Not only did it activate itself, but thrust was still being produced resulting in a very aggressive and uncontrolled braking which y :resulted in my flying over the handle bars (Stern Up - Bow Down).


When I flew over the handle bars both my knees impacted the handle bars. This caused bruising (Please see attached photos) and pain in both knees and additionally to my lower back. When I flew over the handle bars, the impact of my knees into the handle bars caused the handle to move all the way forward and crush and dislodge the instrument cluster.

My Honda has a ATTS software operated differential
Its has many sensors and actuators .
When the software gives a command to the actuators the sensors feed back info to the computer verifying that the command was fulfilled which acts as a safety check against the system . If you have some software operated device like IBR that your safety depends on that does not have such checks and balances then a glitch can cause you are someone else to be injured . For that reason with IBR I would not do something like charge up to a dock or a bridge at full throttle and nail the brakes cuz like on a out board using reverse engine thrust to stop you is not a safe thing to do .