Electronics » Serious TFT issue

Hi, I’m in the middle of France, going down the Autoroute near Orleans, passed a large transmitter and my TFT stopped working, tried everything, rebooting, disconnected the battery, tried changing the fuse, refuses to boot up for more than a few seconds, any clue what to do? Luckily I have a sat nav so still got a Speedo, going to be interesting trying to get it back home to the UK tomorrow

Deny/ Deny /Deny any knowledge of 'why'.

Do not advise anyone else of your issue suspected cause.

Just report as a failure if under warranty, give nobody an 'out' of repairing your failure.

As Homer Simpson would say " No idea, It was broke when I got here! "

Unless others have similar TFT failures passing that transmitter, I don’t see how the two are related.

Zitat von Dave H im Beitrag #3

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Deny/ Deny /Deny any knowledge of 'why'.

Do not advise anyone else of your issue suspected cause.

Just report as a failure if under warranty, give nobody an 'out' of repairing your failure.

As Homer Simpson would say " No idea, It was broke when I got here! "

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Even if it was the transmitter was the cause it still doesn't make you liable.

I agree completely but maybe not worth the trouble to give any user advice on this type of failure.

There were a few reports of other makes, alarms, immobilliser's having issues in france/italy after stopping for fuel because of rooftop mounted mobile phone equipment.

I think once they ( the journalist?) pushed their bike 100 metres the signal for keyless/alarm was no longer overpowered by the phone equipment.

Cannot recall bike manufacturer -- maybe HD/Ducati but not bmw

Can you clarify what you mean by transmitter? Radio tower? Cell tower? Regardless. I suspect that's coincidence, not the cause. That said, I agree about omitting that when you talk to the dealer.

But, when you do talk to the dealer, it might be worth pointing out that no display/gauges on a motorcycle could be considered a safety issue.

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #9

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are we getting a bit soft?

In the olden days, if a speedo cable broke we carried on.

There again, we weren't reliant on one instrument to do everything. We had separate bulbs to show low oil pressure, low volts and on some bikes, a fuel gauge or yellow lamp.

Progress, eh?

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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #9

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Zitat von Paul911 im Beitrag #8

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Can you clarify what you mean by transmitter? Radio tower? Cell tower? Regardless. I suspect that's coincidence, not the cause. That said, I agree about omitting that when you talk to the dealer.

But, when you do talk to the dealer, it might be worth pointing out that no display/gauges on a motorcycle could be considered a safety issue.

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are we getting a bit soft?

In the olden days, if a speedo cable broke we carried on.

There again, we weren't reliant on one instrument to do everything. We had separate bulbs to show low oil pressure, low volts and on some bikes, a fuel gauge or yellow lamp.

Progress, eh?

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I got home fine, just relied on the sat nav and arm signals, now booked in for a check, although the dealer says they are fully booked for a week. I did check the connector, seems ok, let’s see what the dealer says

Hell, I have been riding around France for 18 years now and never suffered that.
I did ride past the sex shop in Perigueux on my Ducati when it backfired once, never ridden past that shop since just in case.

Verdict - new TFT required, they did say they would put the latest software on, be back within a week

Glad to hear they’re quick to diagnose and that’s under warranty. Fascinating the bike would run w no display, but def a good safety feature. Also glad warranty will cover that. I hear they’re expensive!