Ask The Editors: Rolled The Quad, Lost My Lights
Not meant to be driven upside down.
The fact that the top light broke shouldn’t have affected the remaining electrically driven components of the front end of the machine as, fortunately, modern ATVs are wired in parallel rather than series. You may remember series wiring as the ol string of holiday lights. One bulb breaks and they all go out.
That leads us to the only logical conclusion that the roll over managed to break electrical continuity to the front of your ATV. Were we betting men, we’d wager that one of your wiring harness connectors became disconnected. Begin your diagnostic search by tracing your machine’s wiring in the hopes of locating the separated harness connector.
If this all checks out, it’s also possible a wiring cluster was severed in the crash. Be on the lookout for bluntly broken wires or looms while checking your harness connection points.
If all of this looks good – it’s possible the circuit grounding itself out due to the smashed top headlight caused you to blow a fuse. Off to the ATV’s fuse box next to confirm none are blown. If it turns out to be the culprit, you may need to replace to the broken bulb to prevent the fuse from blowing again due to a direct short.
