radio controller problem?

[jrcain32]

I believe my radio controller is bad. I got caught in (2) bad rain storms Monday and my controller turned itself on and I can not turn it off. It was completely off and all of a sudden it came on, stuck on 87.7 FM. I can not change the channel or change it to CB, AUX, etc. Has this happened to anyone and if so what's going on? It can't be a fuse because it comes on when I start the bike. There is no sound coming out of the speakers. I don't believe the rain is the culprit but it's strange it started during the downpour. Any ideas???

[Nighthawk II]

It's pretty common around here. Sometimes it happens without the rain. Easy to fix though. Remove the front fairing and follow the wire from the controller until you find the connection plug. Disconnect it and put it back together several times. This will clean the pins. Then before you put it together for the last time put some dilectric grease on the pins and see if that works. If not, then the controller has shorted out and will have to be replaced. Since you have a 99, check to see if you can find one on e-bay or if someone has one off a wreck.

[Woody]

here is some good reading

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49403