I have an 04 ac650 with less than one hundred miles on it and the start in gear feature will not work with the hand brake. I took it to my dealer and they are servicing it under wararnty however the part is backordered and not sceduled for release until april 15th! It is just the hand brake swith/wiring that is bad. Is getting parts a problem I should expect from now on??




04 stock AC 650

 

I had the same problem happen with mine about 3 weeks ago. The dealer ordered a new switch and had it in about 4 days. Maybe they have had several of these and have ran out of switches.

 

That's funny. I just noticed last night that the brake light on my new Cat does not work with the hand brake. I think I have a bad switch too. Sounds like I need to call the dealer ahead of time so I don't wait on my quad forever.

 

I thought i was the only one lol, my hand brake switch quit working the 3rd day i owned my machine,the bad thing there on back order,so i went to radioshack and bought a micro switch it fits perfect,i just had to solder the wires from the old switch to the new one then shrink wrap the wires, it took me roughly 45 min to do and 2.35 for the switch

 

With this many switches going bad, they must have had a bad batch of switches, which would explain why they are on backorder

 

Add me to the list of bad switches too. went out for a ride yesterday and noticed it wouldn't start in gear with the hand brake and I had no break light... Just another thing to add to the list when I take her in next week.

I am glad to see I am not alone with it though.

-Mike

 

Thanks guys that helps me alot I thought I was alone on this whole mess, missery loves company! I just can't wait to get it fixed so I can get riding the weather has broken here in Ohio, I don't even have it broken in at less than 100 miles!

 

Arctic cop, I rode mine a couple of weeks before I had a chance to get it to the dealer. You just don't have a brake light, and you can use the foot brake to crank it in gear. I would ride until it comes in.

 

Dealer just called to update the status on my Cat. (Which I think was really cool of them to do). They said they have to order the switch from AC, will be a few days on the switch and then they'll get it put on. I'm looking at getting my quad back a week from today probably. Frustrating, but I guess that's about what you guys are hearing from your dealers too, huh? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

Yeah The foot brake still starts it in gear but the mechanic told me he had the plastics off and the wire/switch ran down the frame. He also told me it would take like 3hours to put it back together. He did offer but the dealership is not that close so I said just keep it fix it and I won't have the hassle! Never the less, fun fun!