As above. Code 53 can potentially be bad news. However...

I came across a chap during the summer who couldn't start his TDM after filling up with fuel. Same code 53.

We fiddled about for ages with no luck until he started emptying his tank bag out and then the cause revealed itself - a car key! With that out of the tank bag, and out of the way, the bike started.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, what had happened was that whilst paying for his fuel he had removed his wallet and some other bits and pieces from his backpack (including the car key). When he returned to the bike he had apparently put them in his tank bag, rather than back in the backpack for some reason. So when he tried to start his bike, the car key (with its transponder) was now near enough to the bike's immobiliser antenna to interfere with the signal and cause it not to start.

So there are some simple (and cheap)causes for a code 53. Let's hope yours is!

Got any car keys in your pocket?

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