I had this happen last night to my Arrma Notorious. I tried new batteries in the truck, new batteries in the radio, checked connections, then I messed with the ESC a little bit and still no change. This morning I tried this trick and it worked! Thanks 🙏🏼
Hi Razor, my power lead to my esc broke yesterday. So after re-souldering the wire, I powered up. Red light of death, I had steering but no drive. Searched your video's and yep you had the answer. It's now fixed. Thank you so very much you saved me £85.00 in the UK. Not sure how long my soulder will last though. Ha. Thank you so much. John
YES! THANK YOU! You just saved me the trouble of dealing with customer support. I didn't notice that the throttle trim knob had been knocked away from center.
You just saved me $200! My Talion’s max6 g2 worked fine one day and had no throttle the next day with a red blinking light. I did adjust the throttle up a little the day before and would have never thought that was the issue.
Excellent video, helped me out greatly. I just got a Losi truck and right out of box the red light was blinking but the tires did turn and then it just took off on its own but I caught it before any damage occurred. It then did no throttle movement, just steer. This confused and frustrated me until I came across your video and I saw the throttle trim was turned up to the max from the factory so I adjusted it to the middle and started the rc up again then all the lights turned green and the truck operated normally. You saved me a lot of time and frustration. Thank you very much!
Just today my ARRMA INFRACTION's ESC is blinking red, no throttle response, but there's steering. I googled the problem and that led me to your video. I saw that my throttle trim was off-center, centered it, and my throttle was back and I was rocking again. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Thank you Razor RC! Was out in the field and had combed through solutions and this video was what had done it for me! For others who are glancing comments: PROBLEM: Red blinking light on ESC on Arrma Kraton 6s V5 upon starting up. No acceleration/reverse but steering worked fine. SOLUTION: adjusting steering nob from strong reverse to default as seen here 1:53 . Ran perfectly fine right after
Thanks for the video! I just picked up a new RC car and all of a sudden the throttle died on me but the steering worked. I substituted a different receiver, thinking maybe the ESC or receiver burnt out but then the ESC worked and so did the receiver so I was really confused and that’s when I noticed a blinking red light which I thought was really weird. I didn’t touch anything and then I started to get my throttle back. I did a Google search and found this video and it makes sense how you explained it. I believe when I was driving it around the other day I did have the throttle trim, turned up because I was playing around with it to see what it did. Thanks so much for explaining it and the little red, blinking light is no longer there! Thank you!
This saved me down time for one of my 1/10 scale ARRMA Senton 4x4 Brushless and about $300. I was getting frustrated and was ready to upgrade the esc & motor, when I found this video while looking for a good upgrade combo for the ARRMA Senton 4x4 Brushless.
I never comment on UA-cam videos, but thank you SO much for this video! I thought I was going to have to put a new ESC in my Senton, but it turns out my 3yo just messed with my radio settings when I wasn't looking, and I didn't even think to check
Dudeee thank you!! My Vendetta has been sitting in the garage the last 3 days cause I thought the new 4S esc bricked itself.. but I now got it working!!
Yup absolutely correct. I figured this out a little while back after running into that problem with my vorteks. Turns out my kid had been messing with the transmitter. I had no idea what was going on so I just started going out over everything and STUMBLED across the solution 😂😂. Anyway great video brother you have no idea how many people you've probably helped,👊
Razor RC, I just happened to stumble across this video while looking for a solution to this very issue. Saved me the hassle of having to contact Horizon Hobby and waiting to see if they would send a new ESC. I am so grateful, you have a subscriber in me!
Maan just wanted to say thank you.. I got the volcano epxpro for my son for Christmas I got it in the mail and I opened it up and I couldn't figure it out. And I thought the receiver was the problem .. I reached out to redcat and they sent me a new reciever.. .. but now cause of this knob .. I got it to run finally...
This worked for a slow blinking Himoto ESC 03108 and MT-301 sender. Changed the CH2 Throttle trim interval button way up because I could only go 5 down and was at the end... Thanks!
Thanks man. Just bought a brand new big rock turned it on once. Done a shat load of mods to it. Went to run it after getting all my mods done and wadya know.... red flashing esc. Thanks again
Thank you so much sir I just fixed my 6s Creighton by doing what you just said I went out to play and I had steering but no throttle I did what you just did and then I turned it all on and it came back to life thank you so much have a good day sir
Wow I couldn’t figure out what was going an thought crap now gotta wait for a new ESC and watched your video and like that was back in business thank you
I was installing a new Holmes TorqueMaster Expert 550 21t motor in my TRX4 Sport to increases its drag brake efficiency. Initially only the steering worked after the motor swap. Checked all the wiring and made sure the bullet connectors were in tight. Well that seemed to fix the issue, except I wanted to adjust the forward trigger to engage sooner, so I recalibrated the 1080 ESC… and then nothing worked!!! I was at my wits end. I let the vehicle set for a couple days, and then went back to check all my GT5 Transmitter settings. It seems that somewhere I had changed the model selection to the wrong model! P.S. the drag brake on the new Holmes motor is phenomenal both in forward and reverse 😎
You are the man! You were correct, that fixed my issue. When I seen the video I was like... no way it can't be that simple. Sure as Shyte you were right. You get a like and a subscribe!
Thanks for that video, very useful! Hoever I have a few RC's and one of them will lose cinnection to the controller after a few minutes, sometimes the wheels turn but no throttle.Problem is, there is no throttle trim on the controller..
This is exactly what i was looking for!!! I had this kind of problem for like a month..at 1st i assume it is low voltage cut off..i did turn off..let it rest for 1hr..and still death..3 days and still death.. i change the motor..it worked but same thing happened again.
Thank you so much I have a brand new losi lmt that I just put tons of upgrades on, this video really helped me because I thought something was wrong with it, THANKYOU!!!!
I’m getting pissed off I just took the fucking thing out the box I got a full charged battery set everything to zero and still getting the damn red blinking light been trying to figure it out for hours
@@JayceFrmCT I had to replace the esc and it was good after that. I think I fried the old one but it was with a all stock truck and like 6 runs and it died.
@@bueller_stuntz4172 this truck is out the box I bought it today and haven’t even gotten to drive it yet it won’t drive at all just steering 😭😭😭😭 damn did I really get a broken ECS out the box??
what if my steering doesnt work? when i turn the wheel it turns off i can straighten the wheels with my hand and it comes back to life throttle works but when i go to turn it shuts down again. if i try to drive it itll turn a bit and shutoff. car was new used it once and stopped working thought 3.85 volts was the cutoff or something on the lipo. but charged and it still doesnt work. kraton 6s v5
How did you remove the dual battery cable and convert to a single input for the battery? Cut, remove second connection, solder the cable back together as just one plug? Or is there a conversion kit out there? I don’t ever play in running x2 - 3s batteries and would love to remove that second plug and jumper. Have any advice? Yours looks sweet by the way!!
I wish things were so simple. I myself have a bit of a Ghost in the Machine problem. I got a 5 year old X0-1 in mint condition, always drive it responsibly and take in account the road conditions and near by traffic. Up until today its performed marvelous with no problems what so ever. After a good run the other day, I decided to change out the batteries for the controller and the next day problems arose. I got a green light on both the controller and the receiver yet nothing moves. Let me walk that back a bit, I turn on the controller first green light. Turn on the receiver and the steering goes all the way to the right and then nothing moves. No throttle No steering. Both lights green. I’ve down countless resets, bindings, check wires, channel 1, channel 2 all ports, different batteries, recalibrations you name it. Its now beyond my skill level. To the RC shop it goes. Maybe they can figure it out.
The problem I have with mine is that it will run for a few minutes and then shut down. Still have steering but no throttle and a blinking red light. I already replaced it once and it happened again almost immediately.
great vid. Question if my truck is running and I noticed the red light will blink after running really fast on 5200mAH 80C zeee battery heavy throttle the car will slow down and no real power everything works, I thought that would be LVC or is the red blinking light telling me to let truck cool down. I check the battery and it says for average 3 cells 3.94. I am looked at manual and no mention in trouble shooting of a red blinking light if truck is to hot or ESC is to hot, Just wondering if you have an opinion on this and great vid. I forgot about all the o rings and the cartridge inside,
Hi just wondering if you have a video on connecting receiver I think I blown 2 of mine connecting wrong way not seen any clear videos explaining this unless you have link thanks
I bought a RTR 9125 4X4 monster truck and tried to pair them together and noticed the red indicator light was flashing continuously on the truck receiver do you know how to bind them together any help would be appreciated thanks
Hot Dam .............. I bid on a store return RC lot of 2 senton 3s & a granite 3s figured if not fixable as in cost effective I would just part them out ...........you would never believe .... all 3 had this same issue LMAO ... Thanks a bunch . Well a whole bunch ...
You just saved Horizon Hobbies a bunch of money. They should start sending you cars to demo.
I just got my truck from them and it has the flashing red light right out of the box
I have a RC car I was playing with it when it was wet and now it will not come on what can I do
Wait! They arent already 😮 with this knowledge mans should be ceo!
They don't like him keeping ppl from spending more money solving the issue 😂
Hello I have an Arrma Senton and The Red Light is still flashing can you send me the video on how to calibrate the ESC thanks
I hope this video helps lots of people out. These kind of videos are the best!
Absolutely buddy
I had this happen last night to my Arrma Notorious. I tried new batteries in the truck, new batteries in the radio, checked connections, then I messed with the ESC a little bit and still no change. This morning I tried this trick and it worked! Thanks 🙏🏼
Just had this issue a few minutes ago and this video absolutely helped!
THANK YOU! This 2yr old video was 100% the solution to my issue. Took less than 30 seconds to fix my Arrma granite.
Hi Razor, my power lead to my esc broke yesterday. So after re-souldering the wire, I powered up. Red light of death, I had steering but no drive. Searched your video's and yep you had the answer. It's now fixed. Thank you so very much you saved me £85.00 in the UK. Not sure how long my soulder will last though. Ha. Thank you so much. John
You’re welcome! Thanks for sharing!
YES! THANK YOU! You just saved me the trouble of dealing with customer support. I didn't notice that the throttle trim knob had been knocked away from center.
You just saved me $200! My Talion’s max6 g2 worked fine one day and had no throttle the next day with a red blinking light. I did adjust the throttle up a little the day before and would have never thought that was the issue.
Just fixed my kids RC car that's been out of commission for a year! Thank you!
Thank you so much. I was loosing my mind with my new RC not working!
Excellent video, helped me out greatly. I just got a Losi truck and right out of box the red light was blinking but the tires did turn and then it just took off on its own but I caught it before any damage occurred. It then did no throttle movement, just steer. This confused and frustrated me until I came across your video and I saw the throttle trim was turned up to the max from the factory so I adjusted it to the middle and started the rc up again then all the lights turned green and the truck operated normally. You saved me a lot of time and frustration. Thank you very much!
Just today my ARRMA INFRACTION's ESC is blinking red, no throttle response, but there's steering. I googled the problem and that led me to your video. I saw that my throttle trim was off-center, centered it, and my throttle was back and I was rocking again. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Nice, glad you got it up and running!
This guy needs a holiday named after him!!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you Razor RC! Was out in the field and had combed through solutions and this video was what had done it for me! For others who are glancing comments:
PROBLEM: Red blinking light on ESC on Arrma Kraton 6s V5 upon starting up. No acceleration/reverse but steering worked fine.
SOLUTION: adjusting steering nob from strong reverse to default as seen here 1:53 . Ran perfectly fine right after
Incredible. I will check this as my last resort….I spent hours changing everything, each parts tested in all possible combinations.
Thanks for the video! I just picked up a new RC car and all of a sudden the throttle died on me but the steering worked. I substituted a different receiver, thinking maybe the ESC or receiver burnt out but then the ESC worked and so did the receiver so I was really confused and that’s when I noticed a blinking red light which I thought was really weird. I didn’t touch anything and then I started to get my throttle back. I did a Google search and found this video and it makes sense how you explained it. I believe when I was driving it around the other day I did have the throttle trim, turned up because I was playing around with it to see what it did. Thanks so much for explaining it and the little red, blinking light is no longer there! Thank you!
Sweat fixed me up.
I had adjusted for better take off. Didn't know what the heck had happened, until now👍👍
Thanks for the lesson
This saved me down time for one of my 1/10 scale ARRMA Senton 4x4 Brushless and about $300. I was getting frustrated and was ready to upgrade the esc & motor, when I found this video while looking for a good upgrade combo for the ARRMA Senton 4x4 Brushless.
Awesome!
Sooooooo many little things with the electronics! Thanks for the informative vid! Appreciate the hard work!
I never comment on UA-cam videos, but thank you SO much for this video! I thought I was going to have to put a new ESC in my Senton, but it turns out my 3yo just messed with my radio settings when I wasn't looking, and I didn't even think to check
DUDE YOU ROCK!! JUAT PULLED OUT MY RC FROM YEARS AGO. AND WHAT YOU SAID WAS EXACTLY RIGHT!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
Dudeee thank you!! My Vendetta has been sitting in the garage the last 3 days cause I thought the new 4S esc bricked itself.. but I now got it working!!
Thanks Razor RC Great tip. I get excited to play with the RC and forget about checking the basics.
I just replaced all my bearings....wanted to start.... nothing.....just youtubed red flash hw...and theres this vid!!! thanks mate!!
Yup absolutely correct. I figured this out a little while back after running into that problem with my vorteks. Turns out my kid had been messing with the transmitter. I had no idea what was going on so I just started going out over everything and STUMBLED across the solution 😂😂. Anyway great video brother you have no idea how many people you've probably helped,👊
Razor RC, I just happened to stumble across this video while looking for a solution to this very issue. Saved me the hassle of having to contact Horizon Hobby and waiting to see if they would send a new ESC. I am so grateful, you have a subscriber in me!
Great, glad this video helped!
Literally my exact problem right now, right down to Arrma telling me they would get me a new ESC in 2 months.
Maan just wanted to say thank you.. I got the volcano epxpro for my son for Christmas I got it in the mail and I opened it up and I couldn't figure it out. And I thought the receiver was the problem .. I reached out to redcat and they sent me a new reciever.. .. but now cause of this knob .. I got it to run finally...
Awesome info. I’ve not had that happen. But in case it ever does, people like you sharing amazing information like this is priceless!
This worked for a slow blinking Himoto ESC 03108 and MT-301 sender.
Changed the CH2 Throttle trim interval button way up because I could only go 5 down and was at the end... Thanks!
That sure is an easy fix. I always love watching your videos because you are so knowledgeable.
Thanks great video , just ended 3 hours of head scratching and swearing in the garage 👍
Thank you so much, I've just sorted out the problem. This video was a massive help. It saved me money & time. Thank you from England.
Awesome information, I'm sure this will help many people 😀
Just fixed the problem on my Losi LMT Son uva Digger. Thank you very much.👍👍
Great advice, thanks a lot. It saved my from getting a new ESC for my RGT Rescuer...
Is it working’s on Traxxas E-REVO 2.0 esc😢😢😮😮😮
dude thank you so much i thought my truck was down and had to get a new esc I appreciate it bro
Your video fixed my esc thanks man all ways count on UA-cam for someone to make a video great tip
Thank you, searching all over for a solution as to why the motor on my sons nitro to electric conversion wasn't working and this is it. 😁😁😁😁😁
Thanks man. Just bought a brand new big rock turned it on once. Done a shat load of mods to it. Went to run it after getting all my mods done and wadya know.... red flashing esc. Thanks again
Bro i cant thank you enough you saved a headache for me i thought my ecu shit itself hahah I appreciate it alot!!!
Thank you so much sir I just fixed my 6s Creighton by doing what you just said I went out to play and I had steering but no throttle I did what you just did and then I turned it all on and it came back to life thank you so much have a good day sir
Glad I found this video! That was the problem with my kyosho mp9e
This is amazing news!! This means I must have a couple good ones laying around that I thought were bad. Thanks man
Thanks. Been a couple years since I ran my deadbolt. I figured it was something like this. ✌🏻👍🏻
Wow I couldn’t figure out what was going an thought crap now gotta wait for a new ESC and watched your video and like that was back in business thank you
Mine is the opposite the driveline works but steering doesn’t what do I do?
I was installing a new Holmes TorqueMaster Expert 550 21t motor in my TRX4 Sport to increases its drag brake efficiency. Initially only the steering worked after the motor swap. Checked all the wiring and made sure the bullet connectors were in tight. Well that seemed to fix the issue, except I wanted to adjust the forward trigger to engage sooner, so I recalibrated the 1080 ESC… and then nothing worked!!! I was at my wits end. I let the vehicle set for a couple days, and then went back to check all my GT5 Transmitter settings. It seems that somewhere I had changed the model selection to the wrong model!
P.S. the drag brake on the new Holmes motor is phenomenal both in forward and reverse 😎
Thats INSANE....IT ACTUALLY WORKED.... THANKS BRO!
You are the man! You were correct, that fixed my issue. When I seen the video I was like... no way it can't be that simple. Sure as Shyte you were right. You get a like and a subscribe!
I had this happen to me a couple of times before watching the video. Glad to know I am not the only one experiencing this.
THANK YOU MAN!! U just saved me from Freaking out on My Kraton BLX! 👍🏽💪🏼
Thanks for that video, very useful!
Hoever I have a few RC's and one of them will lose cinnection to the controller after a few minutes, sometimes the wheels turn but no throttle.Problem is, there is no throttle trim on the controller..
Me too, in my new rc’s controller there’s no throttle trim. What should i do?
Your the man.Keep it up mate! Youve helped me so many times you wouldn't know about. Thanks mate yoyr a legend!
My new Castle ESC does this. I'll try what you said to do. I hope that saves me the $200 I spent on the system. Thanks!
Thanks a lot man I just had this issue with my spektrum firma 85 amp ESC and it fixed it with your method
Superb. Thanks so much. Worked with my MVK Quantum Flux. New to all this and so great to have vids and help like this.
Best continent i have ever watched
This is a great video! This will save a LOT of people headaches
This is exactly what i was looking for!!! I had this kind of problem for like a month..at 1st i assume it is low voltage cut off..i did turn off..let it rest for 1hr..and still death..3 days and still death.. i change the motor..it worked but same thing happened again.
Great video. My issue was the lipo. That one was faulty.
Thank you so much I have a brand new losi lmt that I just put tons of upgrades on, this video really helped me because I thought something was wrong with it, THANKYOU!!!!
Dude. You saved me a worried call to Arrma.
I thought mine was broken. You fixed it thank you so so much
such a great video, it just saved me thanks!! exactly my problem i didnt even see the knob turned down
You just save my spawns life... was about to throw this thing down a cliff.. so thank you!!!
This helped me with my maverick quantum thanks so much. Now I don't have to pay any thing for something!
What should I check next if setting the throttle trim to 0 and restarting didn't get rid of the red blinking light?
I’m getting pissed off I just took the fucking thing out the box I got a full charged battery set everything to zero and still getting the damn red blinking light been trying to figure it out for hours
@@JayceFrmCT I had to replace the esc and it was good after that. I think I fried the old one but it was with a all stock truck and like 6 runs and it died.
@@bueller_stuntz4172 this truck is out the box I bought it today and haven’t even gotten to drive it yet it won’t drive at all just steering 😭😭😭😭 damn did I really get a broken ECS out the box??
Sweet man! Thank you, I appreciate that. One of those little helpful things. 👊👊
what if my steering doesnt work? when i turn the wheel it turns off i can straighten the wheels with my hand and it comes back to life throttle works but when i go to turn it shuts down again. if i try to drive it itll turn a bit and shutoff. car was new used it once and stopped working thought 3.85 volts was the cutoff or something on the lipo. but charged and it still doesnt work. kraton 6s v5
How did you remove the dual battery cable and convert to a single input for the battery?
Cut, remove second connection, solder the cable back together as just one plug? Or is there a conversion kit out there?
I don’t ever play in running x2 - 3s batteries and would love to remove that second plug and jumper.
Have any advice? Yours looks sweet by the way!!
Best video out there helped me out with my rc
thank you for this video. you solved my problem . greetings from germany
I wish things were so simple. I myself have a bit of a Ghost in the Machine problem. I got a 5 year old X0-1 in mint condition, always drive it responsibly and take in account the road conditions and near by traffic. Up until today its performed marvelous with no problems what so ever. After a good run the other day, I decided to change out the batteries for the controller and the next day problems arose. I got a green light on both the controller and the receiver yet nothing moves. Let me walk that back a bit, I turn on the controller first green light. Turn on the receiver and the steering goes all the way to the right and then nothing moves. No throttle No steering. Both lights green. I’ve down countless resets, bindings, check wires, channel 1, channel 2 all ports, different batteries, recalibrations you name it. Its now beyond my skill level. To the RC shop it goes. Maybe they can figure it out.
The problem I have with mine is that it will run for a few minutes and then shut down. Still have steering but no throttle and a blinking red light. I already replaced it once and it happened again almost immediately.
Thank you, thank you, Best efin help video on YT
pretty good safety. makes me want it even more
Thank you man!Almost buy me a new Esc
great vid. Question if my truck is running and I noticed the red light will blink after running really fast on 5200mAH 80C zeee battery heavy throttle the car will slow down and no real power everything works, I thought that would be LVC or is the red blinking light telling me to let truck cool down. I check the battery and it says for average 3 cells 3.94. I am looked at manual and no mention in trouble shooting of a red blinking light if truck is to hot or ESC is to hot, Just wondering if you have an opinion on this and great vid. I forgot about all the o rings and the cartridge inside,
Just saved me from replacing my ECU/MOTOR 🥰
my kraton 6s does not do its bleeps when i turn it on happend after i put the brake percentage higher could u please advice thx razor its a v4
Hey my granite has been doing the same thing but it’s still not working even after I fixed the throttle trim
Same here, I unplugged everything (fans,motor etc). My problem still persist :(
Batteries are good and cells all at 4.2 volts.
man you just saved me alot of time, thankyou for the video.
Thank you! Saved me a lot of trouble!
I bought the car yesterday and the red light started flashing I thought I already fixed it thank you
This Video fixed my Problem! Thanks so much ;-)
Hi razor, I bought a new arrma granite 4X2 , it have SLT 2 controller and there’s no throttle trim on it. What should i do?
ooh thaaanks god for this video :D my kid just when playing with the control when i got that weird red blink
bro thank you so much i tought my car was broken but this was just the problem thank you!❤
you're welcome!
Thanks bro, i was literally about to shelf a car for a long time..
Best information so far!
Thanks!! My new Kraton 8s was a brick…until I dialed back that throttle trim…:)
Glad it helped!
Simple fix- will save a lot of time and frustration 👍
I’m still frustrated because it didn’t work
Hi just wondering if you have a video on connecting receiver I think I blown 2 of mine connecting wrong way not seen any clear videos explaining this unless you have link thanks
I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!, I feard the worst and got to your vid, thank you so much!!!!!! 🏎️🏎️🏎️🏎️🏎️
Awesome!
MUY BUEN VIDEO AMIGO!! ME GUSTO MUCHO!! EXCELENTE TRABAJO! 😁😁😁+1
I bought a RTR 9125 4X4 monster truck and tried to pair them together and noticed the red indicator light was flashing continuously on the truck receiver do you know how to bind them together any help would be appreciated thanks
Thank you so much you are a life savior
You are most welcome
Hot Dam .............. I bid on a store return RC lot of 2 senton 3s & a granite 3s figured if not fixable as in cost effective I would just part them out ...........you would never believe .... all 3 had this same issue LMAO ... Thanks a bunch . Well a whole bunch ...
nice buy! I've probably saved Horizon thousands of dollars by now, lol.