Have an 03 DS 650 Baja. Never had an electrical problem till the other day. Everything was fine then the quad just shut off. Found that the 25 Amp fuse on the righthand side under the seat keeps blowing. It looks like its an in-line fuse. Before I start tearing this apart and tracing wires does anyone know what this wire goes to and what might be loose? Is this a typical problem. Thanks!

 

SORRY NO ONE GOT TO YOU SOONER MORE THEN LIKLEY THE FUSE HOLDER IS BAD REPLACE IT OR CLEAN IT UP AND TRY AGAIN.DON'T FORGET TO CRIMP IT THEY TEND TO GET HOT AND EXPAND CAUSING WEAK CONNECTIONS AND THATS WHAT BLOWS THEM BAD CONNECTIONS.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Thanks. I'll get to it this week. Just thought I'd seek some advise before I start ripping the plastics off.

 

Bomb, you in NJ? Where do you ride? I have a spare wiring harness if ya need.. but it too had a similar problem. The bike was acting wierd. Which side is it when your sitting on the Bike? Right or left?

 

I had it happen before from my rear brake, every time id hit it and it would send the signal to my taillight my fuse would go, i just unhooked the wire connection to the rear brake [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Entomber- There is a fuse under the seat on either side of the airbox. Its the one on the right if your sitting on the machine. The manual refers to it as the "25 Amp Charging system fuse". The bike was fine before it blew and just stopped running. Everything electrical on the bike was dead. The tach even froze at 3500 RPM. I'll pm your with the ride info. Thanks for the help.

 

I had the same issue, every time I turned on my headlights it would blow the fuse. I took the tail light out and noticed that tail light bulb was missing. The metal bucket that the tail light bulb fits in has 2 wires that come out of it. The wires got hot, melted the outside coating off of the wires and then contacted in the tail light metal bucket. Which was causing them to mess up the circuit. I put a bulb in the metal bucked, and taped where the wires had melted their outside covering off. Fixed the problem. It might be your problem, but sounds like it will fix NickDS650 as well.