Would anyone who has had 2003 SV1000,"S" Ignition cut out problems please post them up to this thread. It would be greatly appreciated as this is believed to be the initial cause of my accident. Thanks in advance.
When you first sterted having this problem I posted that I had also had a similar issue, however, my problem was a total loss of electrical power, this means no lights, no ignition, no gauges, like if someone had turned off the ignition switch. In fact that is what the dealer found, a conection on the wire harness that goes to the ignition switch, I think it was a faulty connection in a plug in this harness that caused my problem. If I can help you with this and you need more information I can look for the invoice; if I can find it, and see what the technician wrote in as a description for the problem. By the way I hope you are doing better, I saw the picture you posted and all I can say is OOUUCCHH!!!!!!grantmeyer said:Would anyone who has had 2003 SV1000,"S" Ignition cut out problems please post them up to this thread. It would be greatly appreciated as this is believed to be the initial cause of my accident. Thanks in advance.
Yep that's what happened to me while making a right hand turn one afternoon on my way home from work, thing is I never got any electricals back, it stayed in failed mode until the dealer found the problem. That was about six month ago, it's been fine after that.grantmeyer said:This is what im talking about....total elec. failure...no lights no dash no ignition...mine is an intermitant problem...sometimes for a split second sometimes for 5-10 seconds....it was a split second cut out that unsettled my front end mid corner full lean that caused my off. I just need to know how many other bikes have had ignition problems.
I've had my ignition replaced under warranty but I wouldn't classify it as cutting out; it failed once and that was that. I needed a new one.grantmeyer said:Would anyone who has had 2003 SV1000,"S" Ignition cut out problems please post them up to this thread. It would be greatly appreciated as this is believed to be the initial cause of my accident. Thanks in advance.
Got to the bottom of it!!!!!!!!
Finally got to the bottom of this problem..the connector between the ignition switch and the wiring harness was shorting out causing the ignition cut out. This is in the main pin that feeds the ignition relay and it did not pop the 30A main fuse.
I seem to remember a thread here that showed a melted plug from a short in the wiring harness.spasonatwin said:I just noticed this thread too.... kinda scary.
I've had -multiple- electrical shorts on the SV, to include the ignition one you speak of. Mine never cut out while riding (thank the biker gawds), but there have been several times I'd turn it off to get gas or go into a store, just to come back out and have a dead bike. I little wire giggling and it would come back to life, so I knew it was a wire short. It happens with my headlights here and there.
The problem is in the connectors, and the shakey nature of a V-twin. The little individual bullet/pin connectors in the plastic plugs can be sort of loose, and the constant rattling will cause them to arc (it is usually a hot wire, in my ignigion harness it was the hot lead to the switch... generally big voltage lines do it most often), which will slowly wear away the contacts and generate heat. The arcs get bigger, hotter, and more frequent, and eventually the plug itself starts to melt, accelerating the process further.
I've currently replaced two connections (one in my headlight harness, and one in the ignition... but not the entire plug mind you, just the one wire) because of this, and I'm about to do one more in the headlight/indicator harness. I'll trace down the offending wire and/or connection, and pull it out of the connector. I'll cut the old tips off and crimp/soldier a tougher individual bullet connector in place, as well as crimp down all the other connections in the harness a little bit.... just to make sure they don't get loose as well. I would simply recommend adding the checking/tightening of your electrical connections to your schedualed maintenece routine, at least one of your 5,000 mile services. If you see a warped or dis-colored connector, you need to fix it quickly (or have it fixed). If anyone wants to see some pictures, I'd be happy to take some for ya'll... just ask.
Cheers :beer:
Yes, see post #13 IN THIS THREAD.Chris Shelly said:I seem to remember a thread here that showed a melted plug from a short in the wiring harness.
oops...THANKS!!!dadmun said:Yes, see post #13 IN THIS THREAD.
No worries. FYI - I am still on page 1 of this thread. You can configure how many posts per page the site displays under the user CP area (under edit options...) I have it set to display 40 posts per page.Chris Shelly said:oops...THANKS!!!
Its been a while since I have seen the first page of this thread.