Help plz, yellow triangle explanation point

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Help plz, yellow triangle explanation point

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2006 RT
-changed out battery for a new one
-everything seemed to go just fine
—but yellow caution triangle stays on dash and will not turn
—also, the fuel and temperature gauges are frozen at the point when I changed to new battery they don’t adjust??

-I unhooked new battery twice waited 15mins and reconnected in effort to reset the dash/ECM but that did not fix anything

-all lights are working fine
-oil is new and not low at all
-everything seems to work just fine except frozen yellow triangle and fuel / temp gauges

Ideas on how I can unfreeze these ?

Thank you in advance-

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I fear you will need to read the fault codes to figure this one out. Do you know anyone local wiith a GS-911 or equivalent?

I'm assuming the light stays on after riding the bike, because it won't go off until the abs check has completed at about 5mph.
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JasonFl wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2025 8:36 pmYellow caution triangle stays on dash and will not turn.
Does this mean the engine won't crank or start.
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No starts and runs just fine- yellow triangle simply stays on and fuel gauge frozen at point where battery was changed out- all else runs perfect

Thanks for support
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Just a thought, if the yellow light is on the fuel gauge is frozen, I wonder if it's the dreaded fuel strip (level gauge) at fault.
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Interesting thought, didn’t cross my mind, I’ll try and assess that- it’s also the Temp gauge that froze (those two gauges have stayed right where they were during time of battery swap out) bizarre x

Thx for idea-
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AFAIK, I don't think that the engine temperature gauge would trigger the yellow triangle warning light, could be wrong.
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