My new Himalayan 450 goes into limp mode due to a faulty error message

The Himalayan 450 has run just 4000 km and I was gradually starting to like the bike.

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The odometer has crossed the 4000 km mark and the experience has been alright so far. I am gradually starting to like the bike. Noise from the rear brake pads area has subsided to a large extent. The engine seems to have smoothened quite a bit with highway rides getting more and more comfortable.

But, last Tuesday, the check engine light popped up showing 'Error in selected ride mode' on the instrument cluster (I have never tried to change the ride mode, I like the default ride mode - 'Performance ABS On'). The error led to the engine getting to some sort of limp mode with RPM maxing out at 4500. The bike would struggle to build acceleration and the maximum speed would be around 90KMPH under full throttle in 6th gear. I took the the bike to RE service centre on Friday (07.06.24). They ran diagnostics, sent the error screenshot to RE guys at the backend, swapped the instrument cluster with that of the test ride bike at the service centre, reinstalled my bike's instrument cluster back on it, deleted the error codes and spent around an hour trying to diagnose and rectify the issue. They could get rid of the error code finally, went for a short test ride and the bike started running normally with throttle response and RPMs restored.

Upon enquiring about the reason for the error, all they could say was that water must have seeped into the instrument cluster and led to the faulty error message (I haven't really ridden in the monsoons yet, the bike has only been in a drizzle once so far!). They said the bike has no mechanical/engine issues. In any case, I have ridden about 60KMs on the highway today and it's responding well with no lag in throttle response, so far so good.

Has anyone else faced this issue?

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