2012 FLSTC won't start indicator lights flickering

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Mar 8, 2015 | 02:13 PM

bocody

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2012 FLSTC won't start indicator lights flickering

After sitting all winter, connected to a battery tender, I tried starting my bike. All of the indicator lights and speedometer lights flicker and the bike won't start. Any suggestions to what the problem may be? Thanks in advance.

Mar 8, 2015 | 03:27 PM

r0de_runr

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Bad Battery;
Battery boiled all of it's electrolyte out;
loose battery cable(s).

Critters chewed through some wires.

Mar 8, 2015 | 03:40 PM

bocody

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Originally Posted by r0de_runr

Bad Battery;
Battery boiled all of it's electrolyte out;
loose battery cable(s).

Critters chewed through some wires.

Critters were my first thought but I see no evidence of that. Battery seems fully charged and cables are tight. When I turn the key on everything starts flickering as if there is a short somewhere.

Mar 8, 2015 | 03:50 PM

Dante221

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I'll bet....

its the battery in the fob

Happened to me last year
Hope all works out OK
Dante

Mar 8, 2015 | 03:58 PM

Harleycruiser

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Put a volt meter on the battery.
Will it turn over at all?

Mar 8, 2015 | 04:02 PM

bocody

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its the battery in the fob

Happened to me last year
Hope all works out OK
Dante

Doesn't have a fob.

Mar 8, 2015 | 04:03 PM

Bone Doc

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Critters were my first thought but I see no evidence of that. Battery seems fully charged and cables are tight. When I turn the key on everything starts flickering as if there is a short somewhere.

How do you know that? You certainly can't tell by looking at it. Because it's been on a tender, doesn't mean it has been charging. It only takes one bad cell to kill a battery. I have a 2012 Heritage also and I have had to replace my battery already.

It's easy enough to change the battery in the FOB, but your bike's battery would be my first guess. Take it to any auto parts store for load testing after it has been on a tender all night.