msdtyu

i am starting to really hate this thing first my parts are breaking now this! i dont even drive it intense just on my drive way but here is my question when i plug in my battery and push the button on the esc all i get is a dim flashing red light and i cant do anything but then when i turn my transmitter off it turns green nothing works! also its not the crystal and its my second truck my first was a tmaxx (has alot less problems)

ChrisB17

Damn I don't get how it breaks so easily. I have drove mine into a street sign and a rock and nothing broke.

Go-Zilla

Try check the wires on your receiver, sounds like you have one of them plug in wrong.

msdtyu

i doubt that its the wires because it randomly started doing that when i was driving it in my drive way.

Go-Zilla

Then call Traxxas. Their support is pretty good, should ship you a ESC replacement.

KRO

Check the throttle trim on your radio , it might be outta wack and not letting the ESC arm ?

rubberman1982

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get with traxxas they will just tell you to send the esc in and will replace it for you with no questions, the guy told me they are still new he didnt need no information other than contact

msdtyu

ok thanks i will.

savagexl123

I read on a different that a guy was having the same promblems and turned out to be the servo was messed up and it was completing a circuit or something

mini-dude

If you had other RCs, you would know to always turn on your transmitter FIRST - results in a lot fewer problems.

kramerfan1

Make sure the esc isn't in low voltage detection mode used for lipo. I thought mine was screwed up too till I checked it.

Allistair

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ORIGINAL: kramerfan1

Make sure the esc isn't in low voltage detection mode used for lipo. I thought mine was screwed up too till I checked it.

He stated that id turns solid green. This means he IS in Lipo mode.
A blinking red light means

Slow Blinking Red means the low voltageProtection Detection on): The . When the

battery voltage begins to reach the

minimum recommended discharge

voltage threshold for LiPo battery packs,

the VXL-3m will limit the power output

to 50% throttle. When the battery

voltage attempts to fall below the

minimum threshold, the VXL-3m will

shut down all motor output. The LED on

the speed control will slowly blink red,

indicating a low voltage shutdown. The

VXL-3m will stay in this mode until a fully

charged battery is connected

-3m has entered..

First thing he needs to do is read the manual.
After he does that, ALWAYS turn on the TX before the vehicle.

Before he calls Traxxas, I'd suggest following the instructions in the manual to recalibrate the ESC.
And I've beat the tar out of mine and the worst issue I've had is the half shafts popping out, but a little
heat shrink solved that

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i am starting to really hate this thing first my parts are breaking now this

If you're having issues with a lot of parts breaking, it might be that it's too fast for you to control.
Set the ESC to training mode. It'll only give you 50% throttle.

supercooper34

i have the mini e-revo vxl and i got it a day ago and i charged the battery for 6 hours like it seaid and i plauged it in and set it one profile #1 just for raguler drive and i drove it just around in a room for no more than 5 min i will instently get slugish and die, my queston is...how long is the battery saposed to last?

z33guru

You should be able to get about 12 minutes or more out of the box with the stock battery.Try to charge yours a few times more, sometimes nimhs perform better after being used and recharged a few times.

miltweed

I have the mini slash, and I ran into this same problem.

I probably have atleast 20 hours on it, I have always turned the radio on first then the car, and Ihave always ran lipos in it. In the middle of driving it, Iran into the same problem. The throttle control just blinks a light red light and non of the channels are working. I have plugged in several different lipos to see if Ihad any dead lipos and no changes. I changed the batteries of my controller and still nothing.

It is really weird, I avoid water as much as possible, and Iwas just running it in my back yard in the dirt and concrete. Iwasnt even jumping it, and in the middle of turning on the concrete it just died and this problem is what resulted. I am wondering if something burned up because I was running it a bit through the grass and I was pushing the throttle hard to keep it moving. I will just call traxxas since Icannot find any info on what this might be a result of.

EricTyrrell

The E-Revo is very very fast, and very small. Things will break if you hit other things going very very fast in a small RC. If you don't want to break things, upgrade the breaking parts, and/or stop running into other things.

scoobyblue

can any 1 tell me y my new erevo vxl mini wont fire up. hand controle lights up green. the esc lights up green.  blak box on car stays red. then wen esc turns red the blak box starts flashing. no response from car exept for automaticly cenreing the tyres. pls help. it brand new out of box n full charged battery.  im desparate.

rubberman1982

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check your throttle trim you may have hit the setting all the way up. check that out i did that and was pissed off but once i realized what it was i felt like a fool

scoobyblue

ok cool as man tried that but still no go? not evn getn help from traxxas either. its gona go for a swim soon. i live to close to the big blue river people call an oceon.lol but any tips or ideas would be awsome.

gforce2448

My Feedback: (12)

Did you check your manual? It explain what each of the colored LEDS blinking means.Might be a programming issue. Try reprogramming your ESC step by step. The throttle trim or braking might not be set right. Also check all of your connections. Make sure everything is connected to the receiver correctly. Sounds like everything is just not communicating together.

Jetskier

Try re binding your TX,and going back to Factory settings, and dont use rechargable batteries in the TX, that was my problem.

Dylanmoore

That’s what happened to mine does the receiver light blink red and green

Dylanmoore

If you unplug the steering servo and then try it the throttle should work and it will mean you will need a new servo