I also talked to a female and she asked where did I hear of this and I just said the internet(she said "great").......but I did light a fire under her A$$ cause she escalated it to a high priority status....

Actually I noticed the issue last year when my quad was new.....but I was in rare form(drunk) at the time and forgot......

 

Im sure they will put a damn recall out on all the bikes to re-route the auxiliary wiring. LOL!!

 

You could use a switch but the best way would be to install a relay to isolate the outlet from the rest of the electrical system with the key off. You could also disconnect it from the ignition power wire and rewire it direct fused/breakered to the battery....

 

Nice thread ppl. If the key is on my 02 grizz and I have my power pack plugged in with the quad batt disconnected it fire up. key off it cranks. Don't know why becuse I nevered followed the wiring. Once my DANG SHOP MANUAL gets here I will figure it out hopefully

 

really cause mine starts without the key.......why? Yes..... It is a powerpoint style spotlight with internal battery

 

My question would be ....could that void your warranty???

 

There shouldn't be any problem with warranty as long as you don't mess up and cause other damage, the easiest cure would be to disconnect the power wire from the outlet and run a new wire from the battery to power the outlet just make sure you also install a fuse or circuit breaker at the battery to protect that new wire you install from a short incase one should ever occur....

 

I dropped my a brandy new spotlight off today at the dearership for a look-see.....some nimrod at the service desk said that it is normal to be able to start them this way with no key....not sure but this give a whole new meaning to the term "stealership"[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]......they will be getting back to me.....maybe the local news can do a story on this?

 

Yeah that's a handy dandy built in feature for the repo man if ya don't make your payments lol...... pull the fuse...

 

repo man? not likely.....wouldn't the 12v outlet be on more quads like the 450 wolvie then? Whoever designs the wiring on these things needs their head examined...my 2 cents