Last night I go to hop on the machine and find I turn the key and absolutely nothing happens. Battery is fully charged, I toggled the kill switch several times and nothing. Just curious if anyone has any in put on what could have happened, or what I could try. thanks in advance.

 

Welome to the forum Corliss. Check your battery cables. You could try pull starting it to see if it runs.

 

Corliss
What year is it?
It either has fuses or breakers to protect the electical system. the fuse/breaker block should be up under the front plastic next to the right, (if I remember right) strut tower. If it has fuses, it probably is the main which, (again, if I remember right), is marked "F" on the holder
If it has breakers, (newer), they should actually reset themselves.

In any case, check for a short in the electrical system that may have caused the problem...usually a wire rubbing the frame or against the hot exhaust

 

also check the connections at the soolnoide and starter cables to make sure no bad or corroded connection. if its non efi start it w/ the pull cord as mentioned to see if it starts up. if so then the key and kill switches will be most likely fine. imo.

 

2008 Sp 500........Listed in his post....I know it happens to me also........Even though that's very hard to believe..LOL....Caper...

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: jokout

Corliss

What year is it?

It either has fuses or breakers to protect the electical system. the fuse/breaker block should be up under the front plastic next to the right, (if I remember right) strut tower. If it has fuses, it probably is the main which, (again, if I remember right), is marked "F" on the holder

If it has breakers, (newer), they should actually reset themselves.



In any case, check for a short in the electrical system that may have caused the problem...usually a wire rubbing the frame or against the hot exhaust</end quote></div>

 

Also it may be just a adjustment on the throttle cable...ETC..electronic throttle control......................................Caper ...........

 

Had a similar problem on an 06 and I've copied what I found from my previous post.


"I think I found the cause or short that may have blown the Fuses. The push connector end of the accessory wire under the instrument pod had a tiny piece of metal protruding past the plastic protector and was touching the steering column. There appeared to be some marks on the metal from sparking."

Maybe something like this. Symptons were exactly as you describe.

 

Sorry, totally missed that!

Would I be correct in thinking that the problem that caused the breaker to trip, (if the breaker is tripped) must still be present to keep the breaker from self resetting?
As I understand it, the breakers are supposed to reset themselves once the problem is cured, is this right?

 

In my case, it was a fuse rather than a breaker, but yes, breakers are supposed to reset.

 

yeah, the Hawkeye/Sportsman 300 have the mini automotive fuses and the 400HO has breakers