Blinking reverse light on display

[pilot]

Hi, all of a sudden I went to start my bike to take it for a ride, and noticed the reverse light on the display was blinking and no matter what I tried I could not stop it from blinking and the bike would not start up I got some information from Eck and was told to remove the right side engine cover and look just below the oil filler cap for a rubber boot, pull off the boot and check if that not was tight or not it was loose to tighten it up and while I was there clean up the connection a little bit because evidently that's the ground for the reverse motor. If that didn't work to remove the seat and check out the three relays move them around and see if it did anything and after doing all that I still have the blinking reverse light and no reverse, so I would appreciate any further help on this because right now my bike is stuck in my garage and I can't back it out and go for a ride. By the way I have a 2004 CSC goldwing trike.

Thank you

Pilot

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Reverse switch

Wondering if your reverse switch is stuck on and isn't releasing the switch?

 

[cycle7447]

Wondering if your reverse switch is stuck on and isn't releasing the switch?

When you parked in the garage, did you leave the bike in reverse? Were you using the reverse as a parking brake?

I agree with you. Move the reverse handle up and down - make sure it is releasing.

Also, try this (I found it)

With the ignition turned off, depress the "Reverse" switch. Then turn ignition on. See if the"Reverse" light quits blinking. It should. Then disengage the "Reverse" switch. Turn ignition off. Thenturn ignition on and start bike. Like I said before, don't know what it does other than maybe resets a relay, but it worked for me andothers. Usually when this occurs, at least for me, I also noticed that my Cruise quit working. Would come on but couldn't SET the cruise. This fixed both issue

Also saw this:

This has been posted elsewhere on other forums, and quite possibly here. It is because someone else posted about the issue that I was able to fix mine and motor on down the road. Big picture - I was riding a 3 day rally this past weekend and came out to leave on day 2. Turned on the key and everything worked fine - didn't notice any issues. Tried to start it and all I got was a click in return.

Initially I assumed bad battery (on a 3 month old bike). It seemed unlikely, but I went back and found someone willing to offer a jump start. Connected cables and nothing - same symptom, just a click. Now believing I had something more ominous going on, I prepared for the inevitable DNF on the rally and started thinking through how I would get the bike fixed and ride roughly 1,000 miles home.

Enter the internet - normally the bane of my existence. I literally did a simple search for the symptom I had observed and the top return was a post discussing the exact same problem. There is a single wire on the right side of the motor above the oil fill with a rubber boot over it. Loose wire could be a possible cause (as well as poorly adjusted actuator cables) - so I did my best troubleshooting and played with the wire. Nothing obviously wrong on first inspection, but the bike now fires right up. Not solved, but functional.

Same thing happened a few more times that day, including once while riding. I didn't see the flashing reverse light the first time I had the problem, but it was probably there and certainly was every other time. The one time I saw it while riding the flashing reverse light was accompanied by strange nav system operation (the heading indicator would switch direction every second or so) and the cruise control would not function. I suffered through the rest of the day and made it to my next rest stop late Saturday night.

Once at the hotel and with some proper light I took a closer look. The wire was not really attached - it was only being held on by the rubber boot and making intermittent contact. I Macgyver'ed the crap out of it and attached the wire with a zip-tie and some electrical tape. Bike worked flawlessly the rest of my trip - about 2 days and roughly 1800 more miles.

I am very appreciative that someone else took the time to post about their experience. Being able to find the issue using a search saved my rally and got me home safely. I will now either fix it properly or take it to the dealer and get them to correct it (under warranty, so that seems more prudent).

 

[pilot]

Wondering if your reverse switch is stuck on and isn't releasing the switch?

I checked the switch and it's not stuck.

Thanks

pilot

 

[pilot]

When you parked in the garage, did you leave the bike in reverse? Were you using the reverse as a parking brake?

I agree with you. Move the reverse handle up and down - make sure it is releasing.

Also, try this (I found it)

With the ignition turned off, depress the "Reverse" switch. Then turn ignition on. See if the"Reverse" light quits blinking. It should. Then disengage the "Reverse" switch. Turn ignition off. Thenturn ignition on and start bike. Like I said before, don't know what it does other than maybe resets a relay, but it worked for me andothers. Usually when this occurs, at least for me, I also noticed that my Cruise quit working. Would come on but couldn't SET the cruise. This fixed both issue

Also saw this:

This has been posted elsewhere on other forums, and quite possibly here. It is because someone else posted about the issue that I was able to fix mine and motor on down the road. Big picture - I was riding a 3 day rally this past weekend and came out to leave on day 2. Turned on the key and everything worked fine - didn't notice any issues. Tried to start it and all I got was a click in return.

Initially I assumed bad battery (on a 3 month old bike). It seemed unlikely, but I went back and found someone willing to offer a jump start. Connected cables and nothing - same symptom, just a click. Now believing I had something more ominous going on, I prepared for the inevitable DNF on the rally and started thinking through how I would get the bike fixed and ride roughly 1,000 miles home.

Enter the internet - normally the bane of my existence. I literally did a simple search for the symptom I had observed and the top return was a post discussing the exact same problem. There is a single wire on the right side of the motor above the oil fill with a rubber boot over it. Loose wire could be a possible cause (as well as poorly adjusted actuator cables) - so I did my best troubleshooting and played with the wire. Nothing obviously wrong on first inspection, but the bike now fires right up. Not solved, but functional.

Same thing happened a few more times that day, including once while riding. I didn't see the flashing reverse light the first time I had the problem, but it was probably there and certainly was every other time. The one time I saw it while riding the flashing reverse light was accompanied by strange nav system operation (the heading indicator would switch direction every second or so) and the cruise control would not function. I suffered through the rest of the day and made it to my next rest stop late Saturday night.

Once at the hotel and with some proper light I took a closer look. The wire was not really attached - it was only being held on by the rubber boot and making intermittent contact. I Macgyver'ed the crap out of it and attached the wire with a zip-tie and some electrical tape. Bike worked flawlessly the rest of my trip - about 2 days and roughly 1800 more miles.

I am very appreciative that someone else took the time to post about their experience. Being able to find the issue using a search saved my rally and got me home safely. I will now either fix it properly or take it to the dealer and get them to correct it (under warranty, so that seems more prudent).

That wire was the first thing I checked and the nut was tight, I also checked the relays, but to no avail and no joy.

Thank you

Pilot

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Could it possibly be a blown fuse?

Also could be a mouse have chewed on a wire or two?

Have you ridden it lately before this mishap or is this the first startup since last fall?

 

[BrokenBackJack]

How fast was the blink rate of the light?

How fast was the blink rate of the light?

A fast blink usually indicates a loss of ground on the reverse sense switch. A slower (once a second) blink usually indicates a loss of power (blown fuse) to the reverse unit.

Also says it could be a bad module.