I tried to use my 4-way flashers to discover they didn’t flash. I turned the bike’s key on and the 4-ways began to work properly. Key off again and no flashers. Is this normal to have to have the key on for emergency flashers? If not, where do I begin to troubleshoot. Thanks.

Thank you. And thank you for the quick response!  

Axman88 wrote on 08/25/25 at 08:19:29:


The third position is for those places that require you to have a tail light when you park on the street at night.

The third position only energizes the tail light - nothing else.

Leaving your switch in the third position will kill your battery eventually - many new Savage owners have mistakenly turned their Savage off by turning the key the wrong direction, and ended up with a dead battery!

NOTE:  The 4 way flasher was installed on 2004 and later bikes - it is not on earlier models.

"I went back and checked the behavior with the ignition key in the 3rd - "Park" position.   It does power the turn signals and/or the hazard circuit as well as turning the taillight and license plate lamp on, so those are available as well."

Interesting. I've had my 2004 since 2013 and I didn't know that. Just went out and checked, and yup, you're right.

Of course I've always been very careful about turning the key the correct way before I took they key out of the switch, after learning about the dead battery part of the equation when I'd had my bike for just a couple of weeks.