Aussiegazza Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Ignition went intermittent yesterday. Engine died and instrument cluster went black. Came back on and started again. Would run between 10 secs and a minute. Pushing the top of the key to the right seemed to make it last longer. Put an elastic tie on it and it kept going. Got 30 kms home. Turned on switch this morning and cluster came on and then went black. Now permanently black and no ignition. Checked battery, the two fuses under seat and all good. Remote fob controls work ect. Is there an easy way to check the ignition switch is faulty? Any other fuses etc I should check? Thanks in advance for your help! Link to comment
strataj Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 The first thing that comes to my mind when seeing an intermittent electrical issue is a bad ground wire. I'd start at the battery. Jay Link to comment
Paul De Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I agree with Jay. Before doing any parts R&R, check wiring harness for loose connectors and grounding points. It has never happened on one of my motorcycles, but my wife bought a brand new Jetta some years back with similar symptoms. Turned out to be the connector of the ignition switch assembly not having been fully engaged to its mate on the wiring harness (or do you folks down under call it the loom?) Also it is not unheard of that a battery shorts out....good one minute dead the next. The switch might be a worry if you have lots of keys on the ring which could stress the switch internals. This is more likely a cause of switch failure with car keys when the dead weight of the keys hanging off the steering column stress the switch. That seems much less likely on a RT where the blob of keys would lay on the top supported by the triple clamp casting. Link to comment
Aussiegazza Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 I connections etc. All good. Ancillaries work such as remote locking and security. I think it is the key halo antenna. Wish I had a gs911wifi. Bike booked into dealer. Link to comment
Aussiegazza Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Problem is ring antenna on ignition. 2 weeks to get parts.... Link to comment
Aussiegazza Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) Actually was ews module. Fixed under extended warranty. Edited March 16, 2017 by Aussiegazza Link to comment
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