Touring Models Road King, Road King Custom, Road King Classic, Road Glide, Street Glide, Electra Glide, Electra Glide Classic, and Electra Glide Ultra Classic bikes.
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

09 Streetglide wont Start

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #1  
Old 03-23-2011, 08:10 PM
TexasBowhunter's Avatar
TexasBowhunter
TexasBowhunter is offline
Road Warrior
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Northern Part of the Great Lone Star State
Posts: 1,416
Received 26 Likes on 9 Posts
Talking 09 Streetglide wont Start Shes running now

Here whats happening guys...
The radio comes on
the fuel pump can be heard
The lights can be seen
There are no codes thrown
The terminals on the battery are tight and clean
There are not any flashing lights associated with the alarm system indicating the fob isn't doing what its supposed to be doing
The fob seems to be disarming and arming the system like its supposed to...
Voltage on battery is 12.22 vts

The bike is a daily rider this week and has been running like a top
ran great this morning to work, but at the end of the day there was nothing other then what I stated earlier...not even the starter trying to turn over...no clicking...nothing...just silence
Bike was running great then the next time I try to start it its silent...
lets try and figure this out before I have to have the stealer find the problem and fix it...
Thanks for any help you can track down to...

I have it running now
After work today I swapped out the starter relay with the system relay and when I plugged the starter relay back in I installed it one fuse slot higher then where it should have been...So when I got home I started trouble shooting it and loosened up the +/_ cables and re tightened them, but since the bike wouldn't start I went on trouble shooting...Then as a last ditch I looked into the fuse panel again and noticed that the 2 relays weren't on the same playing field...made them the same and she fired right up...Turned the bike off and swapped them out again and she fired right up so I figure the problem was the battery cables not making a good connection...
 

Last edited by TexasBowhunter; 03-23-2011 at 08:34 PM. Reason: Got it running
  #2  
Old 03-23-2011, 08:12 PM
rg_dave's Avatar
rg_dave
rg_dave is offline
Outstanding HDF Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Cypress, TX
Posts: 2,246
Likes: 0
Received 19 Likes on 13 Posts
Default

Gonna sound stupid but is the kill switch on? I've seen it happen guys that use the ignition accidentally hit the kill switch and then the mystery starts.
 
  #3  
Old 03-23-2011, 08:12 PM
rshwetz's Avatar
rshwetz
rshwetz is offline
Cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hinton, Alberta
Posts: 113
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Won't start

Check out the start relay, just a thought. Good luck
 
  #4  
Old 03-23-2011, 08:14 PM
onadraw's Avatar
onadraw
onadraw is offline
Tourer
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 366
Received 11 Likes on 3 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by SG_Dave
Gonna sound stupid but is the kill switch on? I've seen it happen guys that use the ignition accidentally hit the kill switch and then the mystery starts.
I know a guy that has done that....it wasn't me, I swear..
 
  #5  
Old 03-23-2011, 08:18 PM
TexasBowhunter's Avatar
TexasBowhunter
TexasBowhunter is offline
Road Warrior
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Northern Part of the Great Lone Star State
Posts: 1,416
Received 26 Likes on 9 Posts
Default

Starter relay...is that the relay located in the fuse panel? If so I swapped it around with the other relay switch that looked just like it...
 
  #6  
Old 03-23-2011, 08:42 PM
Rucker00's Avatar
Rucker00
Rucker00 is offline
Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SoCal
Posts: 167
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Default

+1 on "kill switch" idea. Check the bank angle sensor clearing procedures in your alarm manual.
 
The following users liked this post:
Rentalguy (03-18-2020)
  #7  
Old 03-23-2011, 09:49 PM
qtrracer's Avatar
qtrracer
qtrracer is offline
Ultimate HDF Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SoCal
Posts: 6,533
Received 131 Likes on 104 Posts
Default

12.2 volts sounds awfully low to me. With the newer electronic fuel injection and the headlights being on and whatever else the battery has to run, it doesn't take much drop to keep the starter from working.
How did you get it running? Swapping components?
 

Last edited by qtrracer; 03-23-2011 at 09:57 PM.
  #8  
Old 03-23-2011, 10:00 PM
Rucker00's Avatar
Rucker00
Rucker00 is offline
Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SoCal
Posts: 167
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Default

Yeah, i just double checked the service manual and it says that at 12.3 volts the battery is at 50% charged, and at 12.0 volts the battery is at 25%. You're somewhere in that range...prob not enough juice in the bat.
 
  #9  
Old 03-23-2011, 10:04 PM
TexasBowhunter's Avatar
TexasBowhunter
TexasBowhunter is offline
Road Warrior
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Northern Part of the Great Lone Star State
Posts: 1,416
Received 26 Likes on 9 Posts
Default

it turned out it was a combination of 2 things
One when the relays were swapped I didn't locate the relay back into the proper 4 slots so all I had were 2 slots off the fuse panel that were making contact to the 4 posts on the relay...

After the bike got towed home I started to trouble shoot again and wanted to make sure the battery terminals were tight so I removed all the stuff on top of the battery and loosened then re tightened the bolts to the +/-
However it still wouldn't start so I removed the side cover and started to check the fuses one more time and realized that the relay was not in line with the other relay so after I relocated it it then started...

Bottom line is I feel it was the battery terminals that needed to be addressed not the relay...

as far as the voltage being low I'm incline to agree with you it does seem low and I'll check it tomarrow when I get home to see what it is after the bike has had a chance to get a charge on it...
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
chopped7
Touring Models
25
04-25-2015 09:49 AM
chargerjoe
Dyna Glide Models
8
05-09-2014 10:48 AM
JT-FXDL
Dyna Glide Models
57
09-07-2012 10:53 PM
Modee1245
Touring Models
22
12-03-2011 04:26 PM
JoeGrapes
Dyna Glide Models
8
08-14-2009 06:12 PM



Quick Reply: 09 Streetglide wont Start



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:54 AM.