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Puddle Jumper
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Lillian, Alabama | I need some help. I ride a 2008 Vision and just replaced the battery. After replacing the battery the bike started and ran fine for a couple of days, charging indicator says it was charging at about 13 1/2 volts..then this morning it wouldn't start. The headlight and indicator panel lit up fine, but I got nothing at all from pressing the starter switch. Hitting the starter didn't cause lights to dim, didn't do anything at all. After a few seconds a "low voltage" message came up on the LCD readout below the radion. Connections are tight to the battery, I put die-electric grease on the terminals........That's all I've got. Any help would be appreciated.
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, Va | moose, are you pulling the clutch lever in??? sometimes the neutral safety switch will act screwy even when the is in neutral. I've never seen a low voltage message. The voltage looks good, 13 1/2, 14 is a norm. Also, check that bloomin' trunk light, it must be in the off position, unless when you need it.
That's all I can ask you to check for now....how you get it figured out. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Lillian, Alabama | Come on guys, is this all you got? My dealer just kept the Vision for 3 weeks...replaced regulater/rectifier and said all is well.
Grrrrrrrrr. all is not well. It would barely turn over this morning. It finally hit off and started, then I got the "low voltage" message on the LCD readout again. Does anyone know what this means? Also I noticed that as soon as the bike starts, the guages all peg out at 0 then come back to life again in about 1 second. The radio, eventhough it is turned off also comes on....the channel shows up on the LCD but I get no sound...until I turn the engin off, then it sounds just fine.
And to top it all off, I broke the clutch cable on my Yamaha. *heavy sigh*....not a good way to start springtime.
Please any help with the Victory would be greatly appreciated. My dealer isn't much help.
But I've got the Yamaha figured out. *smile*
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Iron Butt
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | Sounds like you have a bad ground somewhere or something that's touching ground (like an unused connector, or a pinched wire). Lots of things will run a battery down and be difficult to trace. On cars it can be the trunk light switch, my favorite was a neighbor who's DODGE van kept killing the battery. The dealer tore the system apart and came up with a big shrug. Then one of his kids went into the garage after dark and saw light under the van, a quick check showed the engine access cover had been forced into place @ some point, crushing the switch shutoff latch, result? light never went off and tapped the battey down. |
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Cruiser
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| I would take the "new" battery out and have it load tested. Just because it is "new" doesn't make it "good". This means hooking it to an actual load tester (aka carbon pile) not a voltmeter. The voltmeter can say it is good but if it is not loaded at the time it means nothing. |
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New user
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| Trunk light swich has been a problem on some bikes by not shuting off when closed, the only thing you did was chang the battery I would also look there.
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Visionary
Posts: 1359
New Bohemia, Va | Moose, it is time to go through and check ALL connectors and wires. I've noticed that the wiring, though hidden out of view for the most part, is not ran very well. Over sharp edges or run through potential pinch points. Overall, I've not had any problems, but it wouldn't be surprised if it did. One good place is under the seat and around the trunk, then under the console, all have major connector plugs. Also, the stators have been know to go bad, but only a very, very few. Hope things get figured out for you. |
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Visionary
Posts: 1350
| Find a new dealer with a good wrench?
I had the wiring harness rub against the seam of the fuel tank on the left. It was causing the stereo to do weird things and then one day it would not start. Victory replaced the whole wiring harness for free. It looked like the harness had not been run correctly from the factory. No wiring problems since. The crack in the rear pulley is a totally different problem. |
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Cruiser
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Lavon, TX | I had a similar experience - turns out the stator went bad and was providing insufficient/irregular charging. I first replaced the battery - since it was going on 4 years old. The new battery didn't seem to hold a charge for long, and the dash indicator only showed about 13V while the bike was running (14.8V is the normal charge voltage). While searching for the source of my problem, the next issue I uncovered was that one of the posts on the 40A master breaker had sheered (this is the one that had the Victory recall - apparently, mine was tightened "gorilla-style" . I replaced the breaker (from NAPA, for $7) - but my battery problems persisted. Finally, I got out the Service Manual and performed the troubleshooting. I was able to prove that the regulator was not the culprit. While running, with the stator disconnected from the regulator, there should be about 17VAC between each of the three stator winding legs. Mine read 0.5V, 5V, and 15V - thus, I only had one of the three legs providing charging power. The others were providing a partial shorting path - which was draining my new battery. I replaced the stator ($140, from www.powersportswarehouse.com), and all is well again...17VAC from all stator legs, and 14.8VDC to the battery. |
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