possible safety issue.
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Road Master
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possible safety issue.
Anyone heard of this? I copied it from another forum, it caught my attention. Please disregard if already been posted.
Okay folks, PLEASE take heed to this notice 'cause I'm speaking from very recent first hand knowledge here.
ALL HD owners whose ride have cruise control and, especially also having a cigarette lighter. Should you ever have the misfortune to be travelling down the road with your cruise control engaged and, for some reason blow the accessory fuse, YOUR CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT DISENGAGE BY THROTTLING/BRAKING/CLUTCHING!!!!! Those with cigarette lighters, that use them, already know these can occasionally cause the little 15amp fuse to blow. This is especially prevalent if, for some reason, your lighter has been dropped and has a small dent in it. That little dent will cause the housing to straight to ground and blow the fuse, immediately. The only way you have of knowing this happened, other than your lighter not working, is your turn signals/brake lights/horn will not function. Unless you've been through this before, you don't know about the cruise control. The only way to disengage it is to manually shut it down on your dashboard.
This unfortunate scenario happend to me upon returning from a mission in PA on Wednesday. The only way I knew I had blown a fuse was the factory installed radar detector quit working. Cruising at 75 mph and realizing the need to get off the highway to investigate the problem is NOT the time to learn you cannot disengage your cruise control via the normal method.
Please pass this information along to all your friends. You COULD just save someone's life.
Okay folks, PLEASE take heed to this notice 'cause I'm speaking from very recent first hand knowledge here.
ALL HD owners whose ride have cruise control and, especially also having a cigarette lighter. Should you ever have the misfortune to be travelling down the road with your cruise control engaged and, for some reason blow the accessory fuse, YOUR CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT DISENGAGE BY THROTTLING/BRAKING/CLUTCHING!!!!! Those with cigarette lighters, that use them, already know these can occasionally cause the little 15amp fuse to blow. This is especially prevalent if, for some reason, your lighter has been dropped and has a small dent in it. That little dent will cause the housing to straight to ground and blow the fuse, immediately. The only way you have of knowing this happened, other than your lighter not working, is your turn signals/brake lights/horn will not function. Unless you've been through this before, you don't know about the cruise control. The only way to disengage it is to manually shut it down on your dashboard.
This unfortunate scenario happend to me upon returning from a mission in PA on Wednesday. The only way I knew I had blown a fuse was the factory installed radar detector quit working. Cruising at 75 mph and realizing the need to get off the highway to investigate the problem is NOT the time to learn you cannot disengage your cruise control via the normal method.
Please pass this information along to all your friends. You COULD just save someone's life.
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RE: possible safety issue.
FWIW, my '04 HD Touring Models Service Manual's wiring diagram shows the cigarette lighter to be on a different fused circuit from the cruise control. So I don't see how the cigarette lighter issue would have any effect on the cruise control's function.
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RE: possible safety issue.
ORIGINAL: tinknocker_02
You missed the part where he said it happened to him.??????
ORIGINAL: AtkRWC
Yes this has been here before and it is one of these untrue internet things.
Yes this has been here before and it is one of these untrue internet things.
When this came out the first time and yes it was the same "Issue" I researched this and looked in the manual. They do not share the same systems, atleast on an 06.
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Road Master
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RE: possible safety issue.
Thanks guys for the replies, I wouldn't think someone would start a "rumor" about something this critical. He went on to say he reported it to the NTSB, which I thought may give the post some validity. As with most things, I figured someone on this board would know more on the subject.
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