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Intermittent electrical issue
This afternoon, we went for a ride and after about 5 miles, my bike shut off completely and was electrically dead. I mean nothing worked. After a few minutes and several attempts at taking the key out and putting it back in, jiggling the ignition switch, the power came back on and the engine fired up. Put in gear and got maybe 10′ before it died again. Sometimes, I would have to wait 5-10 minutes before it would come back alive.
Once or twice when it would finally start, it wouldn’t idle on it’s own and stall out (but electricals were on). I could keep it running by feathering the throttle, but once let off, it would stall. Anyway, that didn’t happen all the time.
Even when nothing was working, when I would cycle the key to the run position, I could hear a high pitched buzzing coming from the fuse box under the pod. I popped it off and could feel one of the relays buzzing/vibrating. I swapped it for another that matched up and it made no difference. I broke down several more times on the trip back, but it never left me completely stranded, as it would eventually regain power and start and run perfectly.
Of course, now that I’m home and the bike has cooled down for an hour, it’s all working fine…
Could I be looking at a bad ignition switch, multifunction switch, ground somewhere, or the ECM (man I hope not!)
Has anyone run into this? We have a big ride coming up next Saturday and I’d like to try and fix this before then. If I bring to the dealer, they’ll sit on it for a month before it’s even looked at I bet.
Hiskas More On Papwr Now Today Update
Is this baby a beauty or what)))))
I bought 4 new Dodges back in the day, all had problems, I swore I would not buy any more.
Fast forward 15 years, I think a few things have changed)))
I have been in the truck wanting mode for a few months now, the perfect one for the wife and I came a long and I pulled the trigger yesterday.
This will be my third Flame Red Dodge.
Wow, just frickin’ wow.
Engine mounts?
I am overhauling my 09 Grizzly 700, while messing around with the engine i noticed it moved alot for my taste. Upon some looking around, i noticed 3 of my 4 mounts were "separated"; meaning if i pry the engine up the rubber part of the mount is not following the upper metal part (i can create a gap between upper metal plate of mount and rubber part of mount)
Is it normal?
Boss plows unit
96 sportsman 500 throttle problems
96 sportsman 500 throttle problems
2016 Grizzly start up
Old Cycle Country Manual Plow Lift
Instead I got one of those new plow lifters that stay on the push tube.
gonna try that.