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Old Mar 24, 2019 | 03:03 PM
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I'm helping a friend with a 2007 dresser...he got it from someone...don't know a lot about it except it won't start. Turns over funny...intalled new battery...same thing...checked iginition by putting some inline spark indicators and it's firing, but don't know if it's in time...the big issue seems to be with the fob/keylight....

on the dash, there's a icon of a key and it flashes red. Like every three or four seconds on a slow flash...so went to the interweb and found the directions on how to change the codes and installed a new code and pin...same problem...

I'm convinced that it will never fire until we get rid of that key light...

installed new battery in fob with same results...

is there someway to bypass the security system?

thanks...

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Old Mar 24, 2019 | 03:06 PM
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Check codes through speedo and see what historical code you have.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2019 | 05:08 PM
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thaks...I'll head to interweband try to figure out how to get that done...
 
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https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...l#post12854113
 
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what does the red key light mean when it is on
 
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Old Mar 24, 2019 | 08:53 PM
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what does the red key light mean when it is on
Like the engine light, it indicates a diagnostic trouble code
 
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Old Mar 24, 2019 | 09:07 PM
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just because the red key light is on, does not mean that there is a problem with your security. as dawg said, it means their is a trouble code stored.

if it were a problem with the security, the bike would not be turning over, at all.
 
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thanks...that eliminates that for consideration... I'll get to work on trying to get the code history....thanks...
 
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Scratching my head, isn’t that the cruise control light, saying it’s turned on?
 
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Scratching my head, isn’t that the cruise control light, saying it’s turned on?
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