Ashville_Tee
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Continue to have error messages related to the Key Fob even when it is in the slot on the triple tree. New battery has not corrected, and the message is intermittent while driving. Anyone else have this issue?
Key Fob Error Messages
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I'm assuming you are talking about the keyless fob for the scrambler 1200xc in your profile pic. Is the message "keyfob out of range"? If so, first thing to do is replace the battery in the FOB with a quality fresh battery. Also, the key slot in the tree is just for the steering lock ands has nothing to do with the keyless ignition (other than it is close to the sensor in the headlight. There are 2 sensors, one under the seat and one in the headlight. If a fresh battery doesnt make it go away, try putting it near the seat for a long time and see if the message goes away. If not, try putting it up by the headlight, in the slot in the tree is a nice close spot; and see if the message goes away. If a fresh battery doesn't fix it, I'd get it to dealer. If either of the sensor locations seems to work and the other doesn't that is just some extra info to share with your dealer to help narrow down the failure cause.
Ashville_Tee
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Thanks for feedback, new batteries have had no effect and where I put the Key Fob on my person doesn’t seem to matter. When I took the bike in for the 600 mile check and discussed the problem with the service manager, he told me the problem was not “uncommon “ and went over the recovery procedure outlined in the manual if the bike was shut down and wouldn’t recognize the fob.
RockyDS
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This is a common issue. Some people have resolved it by bending the battery contacts in the fob so they make better contact. Some people simply leave one of the back up keys by the sensor under the seat. Others have moved the sensor to somewhere else so they can use one of the backup keys without taking the seat off.
I've moved the sensor to behind the l/h side panel and have a back up key in a holder there. (The 'insert before flight' tag is normally tucked out of sight under the seat.)
I did it this way so I can easily take the key with me if I leave the bike somewhere out of sight. Basically I can operate the bike as if it had a normal keyed set up.
This so called keyless implementation is flawed. If there were a regular keyed option or a mod to achieve that there are a lot of owners who would go that route.
BTW, the 'slot in the triple tree' you refer to is the steering lock. It doesn't seem to me to be a good place to keep the key. On a regular keyed system it's impossible to start a bike with the steering locked but another flaw on the 'keyless' system is that it is possible to start and attempt to drive these bikes with the steering locked. I think it's unlikely someone would do that but it's still possible and could catch someone out.
I've moved the sensor to behind the l/h side panel and have a back up key in a holder there. (The 'insert before flight' tag is normally tucked out of sight under the seat.)
This so called keyless implementation is flawed. If there were a regular keyed option or a mod to achieve that there are a lot of owners who would go that route.
BTW, the 'slot in the triple tree' you refer to is the steering lock. It doesn't seem to me to be a good place to keep the key. On a regular keyed system it's impossible to start a bike with the steering locked but another flaw on the 'keyless' system is that it is possible to start and attempt to drive these bikes with the steering locked. I think it's unlikely someone would do that but it's still possible and could catch someone out.
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