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    Post My can-am f3 keeps reading BAD KEY and I can't start it.

    I'm having a problem starting my can -am when I go to start it I put the key in and it reads BAD KEY so I watched some videos and I found it says maybe its the little round thingy that goes around the ignition where you insert the key. So I took that off and I play with it just a little then I decided to check the wiring then I noticed that whatever wire that connects to has been cut or came loose. I'm looking to see where does the wire connect to and is this the problem.

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    Some of the earlier Can Am's had problems with ignitions and it had to do with an antenna wire that lost contact with the DESS or some such. They replaced a couple on my first '11 RT. Make sure that "wire" is not supposed to be loose.
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    Did you try both keys and it wouldn't start? Just wondering if somehow, the chip in the key went bad>
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