I went for a nice long ride yesterday. I went to start bike (97R1100RT)this morning,nothing worked. Hooked up battery charger and noticed front parking light is stuck on,no ignition switch position will turn it off. Battery is a new Oddyssey .Any suggestions? Would the ignition switch go bad in just one position? How can I check it out?
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Parking light stuck on
- Thread starter kwazimoto
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jsouth
Member
Is the ignition switch in the OFF position? I never use it, but there is another position left of OFF (if I recall correctly) in which the parking lights are on and the steering head is locked. That would explain the flat battery and the lights on.
So, with the key all the way counterclockwise, the positions would be LOCK-OFF-RUN, with LOCK being the position I described above.
EDIT - I was not quite correct:
I got out the Rider's Manual. On my R1100RS, there are four positions for the key (* - key can be removed):
ON - Operating position, ignition and all electrical circuits on
R* - Ignition off, steering not locked
OFF* - Ignition off, steering locked
P* - Position lights switched on, steering locked (note - the position lights should only be switched on for limited periods. Note state of battery charge.)
So, with the key all the way counterclockwise, the positions would be LOCK-OFF-RUN, with LOCK being the position I described above.
EDIT - I was not quite correct:
I got out the Rider's Manual. On my R1100RS, there are four positions for the key (* - key can be removed):
ON - Operating position, ignition and all electrical circuits on
R* - Ignition off, steering not locked
OFF* - Ignition off, steering locked
P* - Position lights switched on, steering locked (note - the position lights should only be switched on for limited periods. Note state of battery charge.)
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gsaddict
Pepperfool
Is the tail lamp on as well?
jsouth
Member
Do you have the stock turn signal controller or a Signal Minder or other? If it is not the stock one, could you swap in the stock one for troubleshooting?
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happy wanderer
Day Dreaming ...
Looking at the schematic the scenario you describe is only possible if the key is one click past the off position OR there is something wrong inside the key switch. There should be a grey wire from the key switch (58a terminal) going to fuse number 4 and then a gry/brn wire to both the park and tail light bulbs. Only one of those two bulbs being on would mean the tail light bulb is bad or flaky, or has a bad ground which is easily tested but not very likely.
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