| Author | Message | ||
     Bmwdavid |
I put this in knowledge vault but have not had any hits. My Uly's turn signals work fine but the dash indicator does not. For left turn signal all lamps flash OK. On a right turn signal the blinkers work fine but the dash lamp (indicator)does not flash. Any ideas? Thanks, David | ||
| Dennis_c |
I'am a retired electrican sounds like a electrical problem bring your Uly to my house and I will fix it for you. You will have your Uly back by Dec 24 06  | ||
| Crusty |
My Uly started doing the exact same thing this past weekend. It's scheduled to have the kickstand recall done next Friday (8/25). I'll ask the tech to investigate. If he finds anything, I'll report it here. | ||
| Birdmanrh |
Did you fix your horn for rubbing or tapping? You could have pulled the wire loose. | ||
| Soloyosh |
I think I've heard of this elsewhere. I want to say it was a blown fuse, not that that makes any sense. Worth checking anyway. Cheers Brett | ||
| Theloftus |
I had a 'wierdness' too... turning left would send signal into a flurry of blinking or none at all... check chafe on harness | ||
| Bmwdavid |
Well I was going to start looking at the wires in the headlight area. But before I could start the dash indicator light started to work with a right blinker. David | ||
| Smcnamara |
I have the same issue and believe it's due to chafing on the wire harness. The behavior comes and goes depending on how the handlebars are turned. It sounds like this might be very similar to what you are experiencing. I'll be pulling the screen and trying to reinforce/pad the wiring harness where it's rubbing over the weekend. | ||
| Klrfreedom |
Interesting I'm also having issues with the indicator light on my Uly. Problem is intermittant and doesn't seem to be affected by handlebar position. I've only noticed it when the bike/ambiant temp is very high. Dealership say's they can't fix an intermittant problem??? | ||
| Bosh |
Mine has a little glitch also. Not the turn signals but the spedo doesn't do its happy dance sometimes when I turn the key on. The spedo always works when going down the road though. Not a real problem yet. | ||
| Crusty |
There was a broken wire up by the steering head that was causing the problem. Now, it's repaired and my kick stand has been recalled and I'm happy. This coming Thursday, I'll be heading out to ride to the Springfield Mile. Life am good.  (Message edited by Crusty on August 25, 2006) | ||
| Bmwdavid |
Update on my signal indicator. It is intermittant so that adds to the enjoyment of finding the glitch. Handlebar position has no effect. Though it does seem to be effected by the rpm or should I say the vibration level at different rpm's. So far the actual turn signals function fine it's just the dash indicator on a right signal. Could this be in the flasher/relay unit? David | ||
| Crusty |
My problem wasn't affected by handlebar position initially. Sometimes, the indicator would work, and sometimes it wouldn't. Sometimes it had a "stutter" when it did work. And only for the right indicator. The left was fine. I noticed the night before it went in that the handlebars could affect the problem. I told the Service writer that I suspected it was a wire near the neck, and he relayed that info to the tech who worked on the bike. When I went to pick it up, the writer told me my guess was right. It's working now, so I'm happy. | ||
| Bmwdavid |
Further update. I've been poking around looking for the source of the problem. As I said before it appeared to be vibration/rpm related. Anyhoo...today I noticed that it is directly effected by handle bar position. With bars to the left indicator lamp works fine. As I move bars toward the right it starts to stutter and then as bars pass over center to the right the dash indicator goes out. So I wiggle and pull on the bundle that passes down along the left side of neck and I can effect light operation. So I've narrowed it down to the harness at this location. I'll pull headlight cover off again and check wires were they come in through the back of housing. I'm hoping that its not inside the wrapped harness itself. Sure would hate to have to cut away the covering on the harness looking for the culprit. David | ||
| Fastmag |
I have a similar problem with my right side turn signal. If my bars are straight the dash indicator works with the signal. If I turn my bars to the right it will flash sporadically and then stop flashing. The turn signal itself still works fine. I pulled the front face plate off and I can turn the bars and get the indicator light to go out and then press on the harness going into the back of the dash. Large plug and it will come on again. Seems to be a loose connection in the plug itself. The nice thing is that the turn signal itself has not missed a beat, so it has become a low priority to fix. I will wait for a long cold winter day to repair it. So far that has been my only issue. | ||
| Bmwdavid |
It seems as if a few of us have this turn signal issue. Possible this is problem? I will look at that large connector inside the headlight housing myself and hoping its just a loose fitting. David | ||
| Mramsey |
My turn signal dash indicator is intermittent as well. It is affected by handlebar position. |
