Icon A5 Alternator Light Remains Illuminated

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
The alternator annunciator warning light of the Icon A5 remains on even after the engine has started.

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:
Icon A5

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
No 3rd-Party or Community Addons (default installation) / Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Every time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Spawn the Icon A5 at any airport parking spot (or on the water) cold & dark)
  2. Follow the checklist to start the aircraft
  3. Notice the alternator annunciator light of the Icon A5 remains on even after the engine has started.

YOUR SETTINGS

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:
N/A

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
Developer Mode is Off / No changes

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?
N/A

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
Intel Arc 770 (16GB, v32.0.101.6299).

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
Build: v1.1.10.0
Hardware: i7-12700K (No overclocking or undervolting), 32 GB 5200 MHz DDR5 CL40,

Graphics Tab: Full Screen; HDR: Off; Resolution: 3840 x 2160; AA: TAA; Render scaling: 70; AMD FidelityFX: 100; VSync: Off; FRL: N/A; Dynamic FRT: Off; TLOD: 400; OST Pre-Cache: Ultra; Disp. Map: On; Buildings: High; Trees, Plants, Rocks, Grass: Medium; OLD: 150; Clouds, Texture Res: Ultra; AF: 16x; TS: 2x2; Water: Medium; RayTracing: On; SM: 2048; TS: 1024; CS: High; WE, AO: Medium; CR: 256; RR: Medium; LS: Ultra; DoF, MB: Off, GCRR: High; CQ: Ultra; TAQ, AT, RT, ST: High.

MSFS Version: MS-Store, Premium Deluxe

MEDIA

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Engine off:

Engine off
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Engine On

Engine On
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Title. I’m able to cold start the Icon A5 in exactly the same manner as in 2020, but the alternator light does not going out no matter how much I throttle up. I thought maybe it was temperature (my first flight was from Fairbanks to Delta Junction in Alaska with live weather), but I’m in the middle of a flight around Macau and it’s not going out here either.

Am I missing something, or is this a bug?

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Hi @AmbientDesign ,

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This is ridiculous. And now I can’t even delete the post because you edited it.

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I tried flying the Icon and saw the light too so I’m guessing new bug

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I can confirm I saw it too during my brief tour flight over my house

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Same here. @AmbientDesign did you write a ZenDesk ticket already? I can do that.

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Hi @AmbientDesign,
I’ve moved your post into a bug report I created as your issue has been repro’d by a number of other users. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Dated 14/12/24.
This issue still remains.
Will this ever get fixed?

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I suspect it will take a while. The Microsoft / Asobo production team triages bugs to be resolved in such a way to deliver the biggest overall improvements to the sim in the fastest time frame possible. Repeatable crash bugs are assigned the highest priority. Issues that negatively impact players’ enjoyment of the sim but don’t prevent the player from flying are typically prioritized lower.