Peacemaker7
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I know I don't post a lot on the forums. Normally I can find what I need here and fix the bike myself or at least know what to tell my mechanic what might be wrong. But I'm lost on what my 2010 RT SM5 did and is now doing.
Yesterday afternoon, the temperatures were in the 50s and we decided to go to our sons new house to help them paint. The Spyder started up, while idling, I checked the tires, filled the tires, adjusted the shocks, all was well. We only had to go 5 miles to their house, when we two blocks away, the Spyder sputtered, a bunch of idiot lights lit up and stalled. I pulled in the clutch, hit the start button and the Spyder fired right up while still rolling, no lights were lit, no orange orange error messages on the display. Made it a couple of 100 yards, it did it again, same symptoms. Started up again, and when I gave it the gas, it wouldn't go above 2k RPM and died again. This time, it wouldn't start at all. The screed went blank, with only SPYDER RT showing on the display. I removed the key, walked to end of the street, came back inserted the key, the LEDs on the front fenders lit up when I turned the key, but no display, no safety message, mode button did not work, nor the start button. Bike was in neutral. I thought the battery might have died, so I tried to jump start the Spyder. Only problem, was when I turned the key, no display, all dead, mode button wouldn't work, just in case the display was only blank, I tried to apply the parking brake but it would not engage either, so no juice no joy, spyder would not start. I checked all of the fuses in the frunk and under the seat. None blown fuses. So.... I had the bike towed home and put the battery tender on the bike to see if it was in fact the battery, it went to full charge in an hour, so not a battery problem?
A little background might help???, I had the ignition changed out two months ago, it wouldn't turn when depressed so I couldn't open the frunk nor seat to get to the fuel tank. The battery was supposedly replaced a year ago, the dealership asked me if they had replaced the battery, but ever since then I've had the ignition switch replaced, I've had to have the spyder on a tender. Two weeks is about all it took for the Spyders battery to drain to where it wouldn't start. I have not installed any electric accessories since last years sypderfest, LED flag hooked up to the brake lights. I tried the spare key this morning, just to make sure the other key didn't drop its security coding. This key didn't work either, so only thing left to do is to put this out to the Spyder community and ask for your help.
Sorry for the long post, but more details are better than just "help my bike died".
Yesterday afternoon, the temperatures were in the 50s and we decided to go to our sons new house to help them paint. The Spyder started up, while idling, I checked the tires, filled the tires, adjusted the shocks, all was well. We only had to go 5 miles to their house, when we two blocks away, the Spyder sputtered, a bunch of idiot lights lit up and stalled. I pulled in the clutch, hit the start button and the Spyder fired right up while still rolling, no lights were lit, no orange orange error messages on the display. Made it a couple of 100 yards, it did it again, same symptoms. Started up again, and when I gave it the gas, it wouldn't go above 2k RPM and died again. This time, it wouldn't start at all. The screed went blank, with only SPYDER RT showing on the display. I removed the key, walked to end of the street, came back inserted the key, the LEDs on the front fenders lit up when I turned the key, but no display, no safety message, mode button did not work, nor the start button. Bike was in neutral. I thought the battery might have died, so I tried to jump start the Spyder. Only problem, was when I turned the key, no display, all dead, mode button wouldn't work, just in case the display was only blank, I tried to apply the parking brake but it would not engage either, so no juice no joy, spyder would not start. I checked all of the fuses in the frunk and under the seat. None blown fuses. So.... I had the bike towed home and put the battery tender on the bike to see if it was in fact the battery, it went to full charge in an hour, so not a battery problem?
A little background might help???, I had the ignition changed out two months ago, it wouldn't turn when depressed so I couldn't open the frunk nor seat to get to the fuel tank. The battery was supposedly replaced a year ago, the dealership asked me if they had replaced the battery, but ever since then I've had the ignition switch replaced, I've had to have the spyder on a tender. Two weeks is about all it took for the Spyders battery to drain to where it wouldn't start. I have not installed any electric accessories since last years sypderfest, LED flag hooked up to the brake lights. I tried the spare key this morning, just to make sure the other key didn't drop its security coding. This key didn't work either, so only thing left to do is to put this out to the Spyder community and ask for your help.
Sorry for the long post, but more details are better than just "help my bike died".
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