I was at the Timberline/Marienville ATV trails in PA with my kids this past weekend. Outlander was running fine when on the second day, after around 4 hours of riding, it just shut off. I had around half of a tank showing on the fuel gauge when it happened. We could barely see any fuel in it and put about 3 to 3.5 gallons in. Cranked but nothing. I was trying to figure out what to do next and looking in the manual when a great guy with a Can Am stopped and asked if he could help. He looked at it a bit and then suggested checking the fuel pump fuse. It was blown. We replaced the fuse and it ran fine the next day though it was never low on fuel.

I researched the fuse problem here and electrical problems are over my head. I doubt I would be able to find a short/nicked wire and can barely use a volt meter so I will ask the dealer to look at it. My question is: Is it possible the low fuel level strained the pump to cause the fuse to blow? I was wondering if I could somehow rig a wire with another fuse in it to run straight from the battery to the fuel pump to be used in an emergency, just to get back to the truck? Does that sound like something that might work?

By the way, I wanted to do something for the guy who stopped and helped us but all he would take was a thank you and a handshake. Really cool to have people willing to help out.