Fob question
#21
03-24-2019, 09:50 AM
Club Member
The fob on my '09 I had from new to 2016 did the same thing in the last year I had it. No matter where I had the fob on my person or where I held it in my hand literally on/next to the bike all over it, the bike played hell 'reading' it before I could start it up. It got to be such a PITA that I did the TSSM to TSM trick (it's a post here on the forums how to do it, just do a search for it) and did away with needing a fob altogether. Best thing I'd ever done with that bike.
#22
03-24-2019, 10:52 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
I got a free beer one year on the road to Devil's Tower when I gave one of my spare to a nice guy from Montana. Karma!
#23
03-24-2019, 04:47 PM
Stellar HDF Member
Yes, you are correct, if the second fob works then your security system is working and the problem would be in the non functioning fob. I’ve seen this happen before where the fob’s battery ‘contact tangs’ were bent slightly and not making contact with the fob’s circuit board after battery replacement, check for this too.
#24
03-24-2019, 04:51 PM
#25
03-24-2019, 07:18 PM
Stellar HDF Member
#26
03-25-2019, 10:54 AM
Well just wow. I picked up a battery. I thought before I put in the new battery I am going to open both of them and compare to see if as someone mentioned maybe the contacts in the non-working fob are bent.
popped them open and the one that the dealer said they just put a new battery in.........
Battery was upside down. Good grief. I can't believe I didn't catch that right away, but then I didn't think I would need to check that if the dealer just replaced the battery a month ago. oh well.
Works now. and now I have a nice new spare battery
popped them open and the one that the dealer said they just put a new battery in.........
Battery was upside down. Good grief. I can't believe I didn't catch that right away, but then I didn't think I would need to check that if the dealer just replaced the battery a month ago. oh well.
Works now. and now I have a nice new spare battery
#27
03-25-2019, 11:00 AM
Club Member
Well just wow. I picked up a battery. I thought before I put in the new battery I am going to open both of them and compare to see if as someone mentioned maybe the contacts in the non-working fob are bent.
popped them open and the one that the dealer said they just put a new battery in.........
Battery was upside down. Good grief. I can't believe I didn't catch that right away, but then I didn't think I would need to check that if the dealer just replaced the battery a month ago. oh well.
Works now. and now I have a nice new spare battery
popped them open and the one that the dealer said they just put a new battery in.........
Battery was upside down. Good grief. I can't believe I didn't catch that right away, but then I didn't think I would need to check that if the dealer just replaced the battery a month ago. oh well.
Works now. and now I have a nice new spare battery
And.. You're welcome.
#28
03-25-2019, 11:02 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
from 05, you have a different kind of security than what is being discussed. hd did not come out with the proximity fob system until 2007. so your security system works differently.
#29
03-25-2019, 12:57 PM
Grand HDF Member
Well just wow. I picked up a battery. I thought before I put in the new battery I am going to open both of them and compare to see if as someone mentioned maybe the contacts in the non-working fob are bent.
popped them open and the one that the dealer said they just put a new battery in.........
Battery was upside down. Good grief. I can't believe I didn't catch that right away, but then I didn't think I would need to check that if the dealer just replaced the battery a month ago. oh well.
Works now. and now I have a nice new spare battery
popped them open and the one that the dealer said they just put a new battery in.........
Battery was upside down. Good grief. I can't believe I didn't catch that right away, but then I didn't think I would need to check that if the dealer just replaced the battery a month ago. oh well.
Works now. and now I have a nice new spare battery
In reading about FOB issues here over the years, this is my opinion on the most common issues in order.
1. Bad Battery
2. Battery installed upside down (even after owner checking at least once)
3. Bent contacts, not allowing FOB to have power
4. Wrong battery installed.
5. Some type of electrical interference
#30
03-25-2019, 01:07 PM
Grand HDF Member
Your fob is actually a receiver and a transmitter. The bike has a low frequency (125 kHz) interrogator transmitter that is in a rectangular plastic box placed next to the battery, it activates your fob and makes it send it’s coded signal back to the bike. A lot of times this low frequency transmitter can become dislodged or inoperative when being banged about while changing the bike’s battery. Without the bike’s interrogation signal the fob will never activate and return the needed coded. Check for this first if changing the fob’s battery doesn’t work, or if you’ve recently done work under your seat/battery area.