Bags won't unlock and LED's stay on
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Bags won't unlock and LED's stay on
New to me (October) '14 CVO Ultra Limited. 40,000 miles. Went for a ride today since it hit 60 here and when I stopped, one of my brothers noticed my saddlebag LED's were on after I shut the bike off. Came back an hour later and they were still on. Rode the bike home and parked it. When I got off, the saddlebags and tour pak were both locked and the LED's were on. I pushed the unlock button on my key and it sounded like the motors were trying to unlock the bags and tour pak, but they wouldn't unlock. No matter what I tried in the very limited time I had to diagnose didn't work. I left it in the garage with the LED's illuminated and the motors still trying to unlock the bags and tour pak. I did put the battery maintainer on it so I wouldn't completely kill the battery.
Known issue? Any ideas that I might try before I have to take it to the stealership?
Known issue? Any ideas that I might try before I have to take it to the stealership?
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If the lights are still on you may want to either connect a battery tender or disconnect the ground cable to your battery to make sure the lights are out and you're not draining your battery.
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Update: This morning, when I got off work, I disconnected the negative battery lead. (sidenote: Disarm your security system BEFORE attempting this. Ask me how I know! The neighbors were not thrilled about this at 6:30 in the morning!) After re-connecting the negative lead, there was no change. When I got up this afternoon, the lights were still on, but the bags and tour pak unlocked. A trip to the stealership proved little help, as all the techs are still on winter hours and have Mondays off. The service writer was there and we discussed for a little while and the thought is that there may be a bad relay in the system. So, I know what I'm doing tomorrow morning when I go home. Hope this is it and I can get this fixed quickly and relatively cheaply..
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FIXED! Relays were indeed corroded and dirty. The set of 3 relays are under the R/H sidecover under the ABS module. I pulled all 3 relays, brass wire brushed the contacts, the receptacles, and brushed dielectric grease on them and re-installed. Everything now works as it should. Total cost of repair: a little of my time and consumables I had on the shelf. Finally, a repair that went my way!
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FIXED! Relays were indeed corroded and dirty. The set of 3 relays are under the R/H sidecover under the ABS module. I pulled all 3 relays, brass wire brushed the contacts, the receptacles, and brushed dielectric grease on them and re-installed. Everything now works as it should. Total cost of repair: a little of my time and consumables I had on the shelf. Finally, a repair that went my way!
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Way to go and thanks for reporting back. Give us some ammo in case this should happen to us. In fact since riding is a bit slow might get mine pulled out, brushed off and a bit of dielectric dabbed on
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