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Milo172
This is a long and sad story that began on a pleasant ride in September.
My Bike: 2014 R1200RT purchased new with 55,000 miles currently on the ODO.
Additional electrical components: Clearwater Darla lights
Symptom of problem: no physical warning, just two lit icon in the dash; a yellow triangle with a ! in it, and a half yellow battery image
this translates to "Onboard system voltage critical"
Thankfully, the RT got me home before dying completely. I then started a diagnostic search for the problem, first replacing the battery with a new one hoping the current battery had a dead cell... the problem remained. Next I started to look for the 50 amp fuse that protects the charging system. A friend of mine had given me a spare 50 amp fuse saying I may need it one day; alas after spending hours searching for the 50 amp fuse, during which I removed almost all of the body panels, I discovered through various sources that there is no fuse in the early 2014 RT's... why? I have no idea.
Further investigation pointed to a dead short in the stator and this proved to be the case. the only solution is to replace the entire alternator, which resides inside of the engine.
I can tell you... it is very expensive. Just the parts are over $1000.00
So, am I the only one that has experienced this alternator failure? Have other RT's suffered this problem?
The situation is much more involved than I have stated here, but that is another story.
My Bike: 2014 R1200RT purchased new with 55,000 miles currently on the ODO.
Additional electrical components: Clearwater Darla lights
Symptom of problem: no physical warning, just two lit icon in the dash; a yellow triangle with a ! in it, and a half yellow battery image
this translates to "Onboard system voltage critical"
Thankfully, the RT got me home before dying completely. I then started a diagnostic search for the problem, first replacing the battery with a new one hoping the current battery had a dead cell... the problem remained. Next I started to look for the 50 amp fuse that protects the charging system. A friend of mine had given me a spare 50 amp fuse saying I may need it one day; alas after spending hours searching for the 50 amp fuse, during which I removed almost all of the body panels, I discovered through various sources that there is no fuse in the early 2014 RT's... why? I have no idea.
Further investigation pointed to a dead short in the stator and this proved to be the case. the only solution is to replace the entire alternator, which resides inside of the engine.
I can tell you... it is very expensive. Just the parts are over $1000.00
So, am I the only one that has experienced this alternator failure? Have other RT's suffered this problem?
The situation is much more involved than I have stated here, but that is another story.