Traxxas Maxx Why It’s Flashing Red And Throttle Won’t work but Steering does ?

[carlosvelazquez]

Step by step troubleshooting procedure, patience and determination. This is the way. Awesome video Earl.

[soundmindtv]

That’s the best kind of repair - one that takes a few minutes to figure out, then doesn’t need a bunch of money thrown at it for new supercomputer brains, lol. Glad you got it going!

[jonvoogd]

I would never figured that in a million years, would had to send in to Traxxas. Nice fix u r the man!

[Hilei]

Earl you are my hero! I had the same blinking code on my e-revo 1/16 with a VXL-3m after not having used it for more than a year. I broke up the push-button and saw the typical signs of waterdamage on the bottom of the push-button. cleaned it with ispropanol, put it back together and it works fine again! thank you so much - you made my son happy - well, me too ;-)

[arcticrc]

Right on Earl ! I went thru 3or 4 escs on my max, with the same problem. I changed it out . Now I can hopefully fix the other ones with that kinda problem.
Thanks for sharing my friend
Have a great weekend and stay safe. 👍🥶👍

[rclunatic]

Nice lil fix brotha less than 25min I’m pretty sure it could have been done faster by you but the whole not being able to see the channel on the receiver threw you off….well at least you’re daughter Will be more than happy now and I’m pretty sure she highly appreciates you Earl 💪🏼💯💪🏼 cause that’s what us dads are here for our

[nofreerides]

We’ll if that happens to mine at least I’ll know what to look for … thanks for the heads up Earl great find 👍👍👍

[brucewithers]

Thanks so much. Mine is doing the exact same thing, after I hosed it off from running it in the ocean. I probably forced some sand into the button. I will check. Excellent video.

[Wizzdom.motorsport]

Hi Earl 👋
I was suspecting a stuck power button on the esc because when you plugged in the battery the esc powered up without the power button being pressed.

Then 1 flash, 2 flash, 3 flash is the sequence for "driving mode" selection (pressing & holding the power button will do that).
I'm only part way through the video 🤣.

Great videos as always! Thanks 😀

[ZeuZLoD]

I had something similar happen to my Maxx and it was because the button got stuck depressed down. I had to take apart the ESC (both covers) and remove all the debris around the power button. Perhaps the power button is stuck so it goes into some sort of reset mode?

[lifeofdave]

Probably shooting it through the water last time out 😅 bit of crud in the switch. Good to see you found the problem and got it sorted 👌

[doubleaaaron]

Good job on being so patient Earl. (On camera at least). 🤣

[johngahagan]

I had the same issue with my slayer pro conversion to electric we’re my steering was controlling the throttle now I’ll be able to fix it thank u for your awesome videos ✌🏼💚

[rodturner]

Man, I had the same issue with the button on my esc. Your video helped ! Thanks for the info.

[michaelvankirk]

Awesome review Earl you are one hell of a problem solver I'll give you that what's your thoughts on the wide X-MAXX kit Traxxas just dropped for $200

[jeffreyhay]

Earl you are the best on show and tell plus how to fix it 😁😁😁

[jamesswan]

The red black white coming from ur servo was at the very bottom then the other red black white wire coming from esc right above that one, skip a space then ur red and black wire plugs in with 2 remaining spot left at the top. That's how it was when u started before it went funky. Hope that helps but I'm sure you got it figured out by now lol.

[angeloverduzco]

Mine is doing this too… just bought it used… will mess with it tomorrow… thanks for the video…

[kevinmagiera]

🤣 luckily you got it off the table when you’ve plugged the esc wrong! Could have been a good shot to the wall 💥
That’s why I don’t have Traxxas escs in my rigs! You’ll go crazy about that 😳 Congrats finding the hanging button 👍🏻

[C_J_Edit_z]

Good fix 👍 kinda stinks that it's giving you trouble already 😂 but glad you solved the problem 😉 great video!!!!