Hey there I’m just getting back into rc cars again so I picked up this traxxas slash off marketplace guy said it worked and would use it with his dog in the backyard. He said he would use 4s/3s lipo battery’s no problem all day long

However it didn’t come with a battery so I didn’t test it before I bought it. So today I went and got some lipo batteries and one of the workers charged it for me to use today. I also don’t have a battery charger yet I’m going to grab one off marketplace on Monday 

So I get home to plug the battery in and to use in the backyard but the rc bearly comes to life at all it will flash the green light for a split second then cut out as if it was dead 

The previous had the original xl5 ecu with the titan 12 t550 so I tired plugging that into the battery with the traxxas tq 

The xl5 would power up green then flash red with green so I tried holding the button done for 10secs it would blip the motor twice but go back to blinking red and green. I can still control the steering but the motor won’t spin at all 

The Vxl-3s would blip on for a split second the completely shutoff no steering nothing 

Has the plug in the photo got anything to do with this issue it seems to be missing the plastic above one of the connectors and is there anything else I can try before taking it to the rc store to get them to look at it


Traxxas VXL-3s Troubles