Mario Kart 8 blinking red light resolved
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- čas přidán 15. 11. 2019
- This may not work for everybody but when my sons Mario Kart remote control car wouldn’t work due to the remote control and the kart not syncing and showing a blinking red light, I took it apart and was able to fix it. I see quite a lot of people with the same issue so hopefully this resolves the issue for at least some of you.
- Komedie
This didn't work for me but everyone else's comments about bad battery contact got me looking inside the battery compartment. I unscrewed the black plastic cover on the battery area inside the kart and noticed a little black plastic part inside this piece that was raising the batteries too high and one of the batteries wasn't contacting the positive connection. I popped out that little piece, reassembled everything and now I have no connectivity issues. Works like a charm.
That also worked for me as well!!!!
Thanks ! I took it apart and pulled that black piece out of the battery well with plyers. It works great now, no connectivity issues.
Thank you, I tried a few other fixes that didn't help but this one did it.
This fix worked for me too
Thank you for your comment and for sharing how it worked for you! I watched the video and tried that but it still wouldn’t work but after I did what you said it finally connected! 😅 wish we didn’t have to go through all of that for a brand new toy but just happy it works now !
Bro! I tried this without taking the screws out and nothing happened. So I went ahead and took them out, pulled off the top and it instantly connected after off and on again! Thank you so much for sharing this! You literally saved me and my kids night, but me even more than my kids if that makes sense. 😂😂
Sooooo happy you made this video!!! One year later and still relevant. Saved me lots of money 💰 !
You sir are an absolute stud. I am eternally grateful, as is my son!!
Thanks for this man, bought my kid an rc truck for his bday and it was dead out of the box. Went and exchanged it and he picked this out and I was heated when it wasn’t working but thanks to this video he’s playing with it as I type this!
I bought this for my nephew and was about to return it because the forward and backward wasn't working. Decided to youtube the toy after seeing reviews about this being a common issue. And you just saved me a trip back to the store because I did what you suggested in the video and it fixed the problem. The car works perfectly now and my nephew loves it 😊
My forward and backwards is doing that AFTER doing this guys fix because it wasn't responding at all. Hmm.... wonder if there's something else going on because I have to push the controller hard as it goes on the forward backwards stick. I was also like, dang... this thing used to be 5 times faster than this.
Thank you very much! My son was ecstatic to get his favorite toy working again
Fixed my red light problem! Thanks for saving a trip back to store.
You resolved the issue for us, thank you very much!
Your advice worked! Thank you and now my son thinks that I'm some sort of mechanic 😜
This fixed it for me. Thank you so much!
It worked . Thank you soo much!
Don't know how you figured this out sir but thank you very much! You just saved me $20 and a child's meltdown
Thank you!!!!! This fixed my kart! Awesome!
My kid got one for Christmas. Started happening immediately. I just shut off the controller and the car then turned the car on first then the controller and it fixes it for a while. It eventually goes back to blinking then i have to do it all over again.
Worked perfectly. Well done sir!
You don’t need to take case off. Just turn kart so it’s vertical. Fixed for me! Thank you for the hint!
Worked for me mate. Thank you very much
Putting tinfoil on the contacts that don’t have springs on both the lid and inside of the battery compartment fixed it for me.
Thank you, this worked perfectly!
Thanks for the help! In my case the batteries also leaked in the battery case. I had to clean the metal springs with vinegar and a towel and the red light stopped blinking. Everything worked perfectly after that.
This is what worked for me. Tried initially with compressed air, but it didn't do the job good enough. A cotton wool bud with vinegar was more helpful in cleaning off the little bit of battery gunk that was there. All working now!
Thank you! I left the three screws on the front off so I can lift it up to establish the connection and then lower the front and drive it. I’ve wasted so many batteries on this thinking that was the issue.
If you try this and it still doesn't work try giving the small screw in the center of all the wires a little turn to tighten.
I also think that the karts could have power supply issues.
One of my battery contacts was dirty and the positive connections inside the battery case seem to have a plastic collar around them which may prevent the battery making a connection to the metal plate.
You Rock, mine is running and drifting again. Thanks
Worked a treat. Thank you.
Didn't even have to to use this procedure, as I was unscrewing the top of the mario toy, it magically starting to sync. Didn't have to move the sensor wire or anything, my best guess is it was just that the screws were too tight?
It worked for us thank you !!
THANK YOU!! I bought this off marketplace and not only were the battery cartridges corroded, but even after cleaning them it still wouldn’t work! After following what you did it works just fine now 👍
Thank you so much for sharing!
How did you clean
Sorry guys I can only show what worked for me apologies to the ones it didn’t work for
Yep. That was the issue! Because it was working fine yesterday and suddenly the controller wouldn’t sync! Now I just need some new batteries and I’m sure it’ll be good as new.
Thank you dor your instuctions because my controller was also blinking
Worked for me. I drilled a hole in the controller and car. Used B-connectors and 14 single strand wire and extended the antennas out. Son had a cheap dollar store car that I stole the hard straws from for the antennas to look nice too.
Thank you!!! It worked!
Intermittent battery disconnect from bad assembly and probably power on timing between remote and car are the problems that I see on my son's unit.
That black wire is not an IR sensor, it's an RF receiver antenna. I'm not entirely sure that the reason for the pairing problem in my case is the collapsed antenna. If it was a reception issue, it would have paired when the remote controller was right next to it. Besides, the holes you pointed to are not even directly above the antenna and there's no guarantee that the antenna will remain there during assembly. I think it's a timing issue. You must turn them on at about the same time. You'll also notice that the remote LED stays on even after you turn off the car. This is because it already established a 2 way link with the car even when the car is not communicating.
I'm not an RF telecom specialist and I don't have an explanation for the whole stuff, this is only my observation.
Thank you! While this didn’t work for me it led to another video where a woman shared how to clean battery acid off the terminals. Mine had just a tiny bit but cleaning it did the trick. Stoopid electricity! ;-)
richdean so glad I seen this comment! Yay HalleluYAH
Can you give a link please?? I tried his fix but it didn’t work and a while ago batteries exploded so I think it might be that.
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Thank you this helped
I want to add there is another issue.
The dor that holds the battery. the three metal plates on it to touch the + side of the battery are surrounded by a tight ring of plastic. If the battery does have a long enough pole then they will not make contact. If you slide the door around a bit while pressing down sometimes you can get it to "start" long enough for the controller to see it, but then it stops working. I extended the poles on my batteries with aluminum foil and got it to work. I thin k the solution ultimately is to shave the plastic down on the door.
If you want to save some time follow these instructions. Once you turn the remote on put the Mario or Luigi Kart into test me. I waited 30 seconds or so then changed it to the on position and it went to a solid light.
Worked for me too. Thanks a million.
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This solved my issue! But now the wheels won't move forward.. they got into Anti Gravity, spin back and forward for a little bit then stop. Any idea how I can fix this? LOL
Duuuuudddddeeeee! You made a little kids day with this tutorial!
Thanks this work for me.
Make sure you have detached the try-me cable from the racer and controller and switch it to “ON” position. You will need to sync the product every time it is powered on. To sync the product, insert new batteries and then power on both the controller and racer at the same time. The LED light on the controller will flash when attempting to sync with the racer. When the LED light is solid red, the sync process has completed and you may now use your racer.
This is all I needed to do! When I replaced the batteries in the car it didn't take because it wasn't synced I suppose. Just trying turning them both on at the same time as this guy suggests.
This video helped me with mine!
How long does it take to sync again? I tried it and i'm tired of waiting lol
Same time you say? Must try this next battery change
Thank you for this! I will be trying this out shortly. I'm sure this will help a lot of folks.
Thanks so much! I just went through the steps but still have the blinking light 😞 Fresh batteries, antenna up, everything. Any other suggestions? TIA!!
Performed the actions in this vid , and it didn’t work- BUT I then dropped the car twice on carpet from about knee height and now it works! Thanks for the vid I think it helped
This sounds weird to say... but this also worked for me.... my wife thought I was crazy. Worked on first drop. I dropped powered off.
@@danharris2253 This worked for me too, oddly enough. Dropped it (Racer "off" and remote "on") from knee height onto a rug. Flipped on the racer and it worked.
Omg so crazy. Worked for me too! I dropped it on the car ‘off ‘ and remote ‘ on’ and turned the car back on and it worked! I was ready to give up. Thank you for this comment!!
I just went through every troubleshooting method I could find. Had just closed it up and was ready to give up. Read one last comment. This one. And thought wth, why not. And it worked! Crazy.
Excelente muy bien explicado, y que gran ayuda.
Gracias muchas gracias estimado me funciono muy bien.
Exactamente que fue lo que hiciste?? A mi no me funciona:/
rodriguez hice lo mismo que hace el. Ese cable negro pequeño es la antena. Pero me di cuenta que primero hay que prender el control remoto y luego el carrito.
Mine had rust in one of the battery contacts. After scrubbing it worked!
Man it worked thank u but unfortunately something else was wrong because the wheels won't go 😕 I really appreciate the help though!
Update had to clean the terminals for the battery with alcohol now its running fine!
When I turn mine on for the first time, the remote light blinks like super fast, nearly two/three times faster than what is shown in the video. does anyone know if that means anything special? thanks.
Yes!! THANK YOU this got ours going, except it won't go forward. Any experience with that? I'm going to take it apart again and try to find out.
Any success? Mine is now doing this too. It's paired but will hardly move.
@@danverbirch I had to take the remote apart and fix the metal piece that touches another metal piece connected to the toggle, it didn't stay in place though, have to do it often 😕
Gracias por tu vídeo 👌
I just sat the mario up so the antenna would be facing up without taking out all the screws and this worked on the first try.
I lost my Mario kart Carrera remote and I purchased a new one thru eBay but now they won’t work together . Any idea what to do?
Thank you!
It worked! Tnx!
I HAVE FOLLOWED ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR VIDEO BUT THE RED LIGHT STILL FLASHES INTERMITTENTLY. please. What could be the cause of flashing light and how to solve it. Thank you
I just banged the remote hard on the table and problem fixed! Seriously!
Any way to connect this car to another 2.ghz remote
THANK YOU!
Mine had a tiny piece of errant plastic that lodges between the battery contacts when I put new batteries in so check that too
Thanks Mate
I ended up removing the 2 antenna wires and soldering on new bigger wires. Also drilled a hole so the wire comes out of the remote and car. Had fresh batteries and my son hasn't lost connection at all.
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Can you use a different controller for that?
Thank you!!!
The battery terminals are messed up. Tighten the top screw on the battery cover as much as you can without breaking the plastic. Barely tighten the bottom 2 screws on the battery cover.
God damn good sir, you are
I had the same problem and the antenna move was not successful. HOWEVER, I discovered that if you slightly loosen the battery compartment the damn things works like new. It’s easier if you turn both on so that the remote is blinking. Then loosen one screw of the battery compartment slowly until the blinking stops!
Forgot to mention, if you do lose connection again, just depress the battery compartment a little and it will reconnect quickly.
Is this on the remote control or the kart?
Charissa Harder On the kart. Still working great
Opened mine up tried it didn't work. Noticed I have one less wire connection though then you do. Wish I could get it to work
One more happy review and happy child, also you saved Amazon replacing this. Not sure who downvoted but appreciate you
This didn't work for me. And the hole doesn't actually line up.
I had Batts that went in very hard and we're nearly impossible to remove. This friction caused the contacts to not meet, springs weren't strong enough.
I filed it down so that they slid out easily, like in this video, and that fixed it
Thanksssss!!
That worked!!!
This helps me
I had to take the car apart and tighten the screws on the black battery cover. Then turned on both the controller and car at the same time and no more flashing red light!
Mine can change from regular to anti gravity but it won't move forward or backwards, anybody else got this problem?
I did all of this and nothing worked so I tried taking the batteries out of the car whilst the remote was on and blinking red, as soon as I took the batteries out of the car the remote stopped blinking, I put the batteries back in the car and turned it on and it started working again. Weird.
And now it’s stopped working again, such a crappy design lol
so cool.
3 years later and its dead out of the box
Tried this and the black antenna just broke right off.....awesome
We appreciate the effort.... but as far as I can tel, thats not IR, its RF.
The actual fix for me was bad battery contact on the cart make sure they are very clean reason I know it was it. I used a voltage meter and volts comming out of battery box was 8.5v meaning one of batteries was not making contact and not enough voltage to power the cart as soon and I cleaned it voltage went up to over 9volts. Don't have to play with the antenna or the remote.
This didn't work on my son's unit. I will try the battery issue that someone else mentioned.
We can fly to space but these people cant build a reliable toy!
No kidding. The Hot Wheels Mario Kart have horrendous reviews
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Thank you it worked 🙏
CBC is not the only person in my class who can be the person that
Not an IR sensor it’s a 2.4ghz antenna.
Hice lo mismo y nada, no conecta
Didn't work for me brand new batteries too... So much money spent for no play
Red light blenking that means your rc car have bad battery Connection cat the wires from the battery box and connect 9v battery
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I bought Mario RC racer yesterday and everything works perfectly. Today, it won't move forward and backward, just left and right, even if press forward/backward button on remote. Can anyone helps me? Thanks in advance
I disassembled the upper part of the toy, ond there was a broken wire. Put them together and now everything works fine. I found that the wires were not properly placed. Problem is when when the car is placed into gravity mode, because the wires are not places in correct position.
Worked for me
New batteries did It as the boy got the car wet the day before
Not exactly true. An IR (infra red) sensor woukd never be inside the car as light doesn't travel through plastic. This is a radio receiver, and so moving it such a small amount wouldn't change much. I cleaned the battery terminals and all working again.
We’ll done everyone
Can you help? Mines goes backwards but not forward
Ours won't go forward either. Were you able to fix yours?
Amanda Smith No, the only way that mines went forward was when I took the front shell off of it and used it like that, the problem is that the joystick somehow ended up too far away, from the gear. I
@@wheezy9941 thank you, I opened the remote control and found that the metal pieces weren't touching properly and had to totally bend it back down in place. It still doesn't always connect. Glad we bought it cheap at a thrift store, since they sure don't seem to be too quality. Thanks - take care :)
Amanda Smith No problem. 🙂
This and a bad design with the battery compartment itself (as I found out googling). This is an expensive toy with much problems attatched.