401 won't start

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  • June 19, 2019 at 1:38 pm #5593
    Avatarewal
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    Thanks MarcD,  I will have the garage look into the solenoid at its first service. As far as sitting, Not really. No more than a week for sure, probably more like 3-5 days.

     

    June 22, 2019 at 11:31 am #5636
    Avatarewal
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    So, Samson and MarcD were right. It is either the relay or solenoid. It wouldn’t start last night while trying to leave the bar. I tried pop starting it a few times to no avail. Finally I rigged up a cable using a lead from the battery tender and the hex wrench from the tool kit to bypass the relay and it fired right up! It reminded me of days of my youth, starting my p.o.s cars from under the hood by bridging the posts on the solenoid with a screwdriver.

    I finally made 600mi so in it goes today….. Hopefully.

    Thanks again guys for the tips!

    June 23, 2019 at 9:05 am #5652
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    Good to hear that you found the cause!

    July 3, 2019 at 10:01 pm #5835
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    My svartpilen didnt start again today, same problem as before and similar to your case Ewal. Luckily my neighbour had a visitor over, a friend fixing his scooter. So I asked if he could take a look. I am myself a total non-mechanic. Turned out it was a loose cord… Something not being connected to the relay if I understood him correctly.

    November 14, 2019 at 9:09 pm #25567
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    I have a vit 401 and I have been having this problem all of suddenly after I never started it for around 3 weeks. Everything turns on as normal but nothing. It was very intermittent and it’s only just had its first service after one year of ownership.

    anyway, tonight I took the side off and spotted this starter solenoid or what you call it. One 10mm bolt needed just a slight tighten but touched the other and it sparked haha literally starting it with no key    Anyway it works perfect now and engine light has gone, but will check back in with the dealers after they have fitted my pro taper kit an get them to look over it or even change it.

    December 31, 2019 at 8:31 pm #26351
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    I got this issue aswell after leaving for 3 weeks, when i put the battery on my smart charger its saying the battery is bad and cant hold a charge. hopefully going to fix that soon

    April 13, 2020 at 4:14 am #28467
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    Just wanted to chime in here, this happened to me after 600 miles. Rode fine then way day wouldn’t start, just clicked. Took it back to the dealer, bad starter relay. More specifically bad contact I think they said. Relay was fine but it wasn’t making good contact.

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