Check Engine light
Road Captain
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From: Plum & Nearly
RE: Check Engine light
ORIGINAL: FastHoss
I have always heard to avoid trouble with ecm to turn ignition on and wait untill check engine light goes off,then start.Anyone else know about this? Four years and never a problem.
I have always heard to avoid trouble with ecm to turn ignition on and wait untill check engine light goes off,then start.Anyone else know about this? Four years and never a problem.
MYTH.....jsut turn the ignition on and hit the button
Road Master
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From: Milwaukee, WI
RE: Check Engine light
ORIGINAL: twincam47
MYTH.....jsut turn the ignition on and hit the button
ORIGINAL: FastHoss
I have always heard to avoid trouble with ecm to turn ignition on and wait untill check engine light goes off,then start.Anyone else know about this? Four years and never a problem.
I have always heard to avoid trouble with ecm to turn ignition on and wait untill check engine light goes off,then start.Anyone else know about this? Four years and never a problem.
MYTH.....jsut turn the ignition on and hit the button
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 914
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From: Republic of Texas
RE: Check Engine light
ORIGINAL: FastHoss
I have always heard to avoid trouble with ecm to turn ignition on and wait untill check engine light goes off,then start.Anyone else know about this? Four years and never a problem.
I have always heard to avoid trouble with ecm to turn ignition on and wait untill check engine light goes off,then start.Anyone else know about this? Four years and never a problem.
The check engine light comes on with the ignition as part of a number of self-checks the system performs. There's a data bus throughout the bike's electrical system and data is sent around everywhere on the system to try to be sure stuff is working. HD techies call it "housekeeping". The bike will start fine whether you wait for the check routine to finish or not. I usually wait till it's done; I'm seldom in that big a hurry.
Road Master
Joined: May 2008
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From: New York / Texas
in the middle of a road trip this week to the blueridge parkway my cruise control started to act up then the check engine light came on, checked error code P0577, so i would have to say it was the cruise control that set off the error code. if the codes are standard at least for cars that code indicates cruise control problem, will bring to dealer to have fixed under warranty
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