It's like I turned off the ignition or hit the kill switch.

jkliving70 · 2022-05-11T17:02:45-0400

I have an 05 Ultra Classic with the 88ci. I'll be riding and out of the blue she will die like I turned off the ignition or hit the kill switch. After I get off the side of the road she will not start. When I do try to start her she just wears down the battery like I have the ignition switch turned off. When I turn off then on the ignition switch I can't even hear the fuel pump prime. I have sat there for a couple of hours and then I can get her to start. A couple of times I have towed her home and she wouldn't start for a week then all the sudden she comes to life. I have gone through all of my connections cleaning and using dielectric grease. It is so random when it happens. Got me scratching my head and drinking a lot of whiskey. Help is needed. Thanks in advance.

Bumper · 2022-05-12T06:07:50-0400

Check all grounds are clean and tight, check grounds under fairing behind covers. Check for DTC codes and/or broken wires.

SCHMIDTY · 2022-05-12T08:07:17-0400

Sounds to be a symptom of a failing CKP sensor.
How many miles on the bike ?

jkliving70 · 2022-05-12T11:07:54-0400

Bumper said:
Check all grounds are clean and tight, check grounds under fairing behind covers. Check for DTC codes and/or broken wires.

I've gone through the bike and checked, cleaned and tightened all the connections and grounds that I could find. For some reason its not throwing any codes.

jkliving70 · 2022-05-12T11:08:57-0400

SCHMIDTY said:
Sounds to be a symptom of a failing CKP sensor.
How many miles on the bike ?

I've got 46000 on it.

MFXDB · 2022-05-12T13:53:30-0400

Possible ignition switch failure?

jkliving70 · 2022-05-12T14:39:09-0400

MFXDB said:
Possible ignition switch failure?

Could be. I'll look into that as well.

bbally · 2022-05-12T14:54:50-0400

Had a bad battery connection do this to me.

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jkliving70 · 2022-05-12T16:06:53-0400

bbally said:
Had a bad battery connection do this to me.

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I have checked my terminals and grounds. Thank you.

SCHMIDTY · 2022-05-13T07:54:16-0400

MFXDB said:
Possible ignition switch failure?

I think there was an ignition switch recall on touring models around 2005 or so. The OP could check at the H-D webpage using the bike VIN in the owners section of the site.

norm9278 · 2022-05-13T16:53:53-0400

Have you checked the main circuit breaker by the battery?

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It's like I turned off the ignition or hit the kill switch.

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