My '03 Prairie needed a new battery so I pulled the old one out. I had to use it briefly so I pulled the cord and it started (with no battery) and drove it for maybe three minutes. When I put the new battery in it the next day the check belt light started flashing. I tried to reset the light by swapping the plugs (as I have done successfully many times before) but it won't reset. The light flashes 6 times slow then 6 times fast. Other than that the bike runs fine and the 4x4 works. Any ideas or fixes?

cdover73

 

Anybody?

 

There is no such belt light flashing pattern as 6 slow (0.5 sec.) and 6 fast (0.2 sec). Most likely it is 6 slow and 5 short. You could have easily mis-counted. If it is what I am thinking, you may need a new igniter to stop the flashing. The igniter might have gotten damaged. Try replugging all the igniter connectors (3). The cheapest fix would be a piece of electrical tape over the belt light since you say everything is working on the quad.

 

Stupid question...What is an ignitor and how much to replace?

 

Igniter is your main brain (like ECU in your car) of the quad. And there is a sub-brain called Controller as well. Now I am thinking the problem could be your LED flashing light assembly which is not just simple lights. It has a circuit board with microchips. It has a counter that counts the flashing and you may have exceeded the max limit by letting it flash for so long. Since there is no running problem, I strongly think it is the LED belt light assembly.