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I'm not sure I've seen this particular problem about the heated seats and grips posted here before.
I took my 06 comfort package GW to the dealer on Jan 2. The seat did not work at all and the grips only worked intermittently. They had the bike for 3 days and said there was nothing wrong with it and to pick it up. I told them that there was something wrong because they worked in the past. The service manager swore that their "best tech" sat on it for 45 minutes with the engine running and everything thing worked fine. I took the bike to the far end of the parking lot and ran it for about 3 minutes until the heaters went off again. I took it directly to the service manager and of course he and his "best tech" were stunned that they did not work.
10 days later I called and the SM said the heater control modual was bad and needed to be replaced, it would take a few days to get the part and get me back on the road. A few days passed and now he tells me there are some broken wires in the right grip which is causing the the system to short out. AGAIN it would take a few days to get the parts and get me back on the road.
Last night he called and said the bike was ready to go. He said HONDA told him that they are having problems with the wires breaking in the right grip causing the grips and the seat heaters to fail. SM said HONDA knows they have a problem and will fix it.
After all the time I've spent reading this board the last few months I don't think I've heard of this particular problem. It took the dealer and his "best tech" over 3 weeks to fix this problem what is supposed to be very common.
Any comment.........sorry for the long post.
I took my 06 comfort package GW to the dealer on Jan 2. The seat did not work at all and the grips only worked intermittently. They had the bike for 3 days and said there was nothing wrong with it and to pick it up. I told them that there was something wrong because they worked in the past. The service manager swore that their "best tech" sat on it for 45 minutes with the engine running and everything thing worked fine. I took the bike to the far end of the parking lot and ran it for about 3 minutes until the heaters went off again. I took it directly to the service manager and of course he and his "best tech" were stunned that they did not work.
10 days later I called and the SM said the heater control modual was bad and needed to be replaced, it would take a few days to get the part and get me back on the road. A few days passed and now he tells me there are some broken wires in the right grip which is causing the the system to short out. AGAIN it would take a few days to get the parts and get me back on the road.
Last night he called and said the bike was ready to go. He said HONDA told him that they are having problems with the wires breaking in the right grip causing the grips and the seat heaters to fail. SM said HONDA knows they have a problem and will fix it.
After all the time I've spent reading this board the last few months I don't think I've heard of this particular problem. It took the dealer and his "best tech" over 3 weeks to fix this problem what is supposed to be very common.
Any comment.........sorry for the long post.