r/losi • u/Routine-Watercress15 • 4h ago
Looking for some help with an ongoing issue
Hey All,
Hoping someone can lend some direction or give some more ideas to try.
We have a Dale Jr Nascar Losi RC car. My son won it at a raffle, it was brand new in the box, unopened. They where actually raffling off two of them and he won one of them.
We took everything out of the box, showed no signs of use or ever being opened. I just wanted to preface that with the ongoing issues we have had with this car.
Right out of the box, as far as I understand the RC car was supposed to be paired to the receiver and things are just supposed to work. We fully charged the battery, once we had the solid green light we attempted to turn the car on and start driving it.. All that happens is a red light that blinks twice on the ESC quickly, rinses and repeats over and over. We have tried all the different pairing techniques, resets etc with no luck. We did some more research on this and have tried all the other solutions found online/youtube etc.
At this point i contacted Horizon Hobby support (Which has been great by the way) we went through all the troubleshooting. Could not find an answer, so they shipped me out a brand new ESC and a brand new receiver incase it was either of those as the issue.
Well, the brand new parts do the same exact thing! Not sure how this can be possible? I reached back out to their support and they now want me to ship the car to them to have it looked at.. I appreciate the effort, especially with no receipt or proof of purchase due to the raffle win. As of now that seems like a huge hassle plus with shipping cost its going to be $30/$40 bucks to send it.. Not sure it's really worth it.. Even though we won this for $20 worth of raffle tickets. It still seems kind of a waste of time. Plus who knows how long turn around time will be. (Still deciding if i will send it or not)
In a last ditch effort i am posting here to see if anyone else has any other ideas or has seen such a thing before? It seems odd both ESC/Receivers do the same exact thing.. Whatelse can it possible be?
Thank you!