05 Sportsman 700 MV7 with a new issue. A few attempts to start were met with a complete blank – maybe a click. Try again – fires right up and purrs. Half our later – restart – nothing. Try again – fired up. Pulling my mower – minimal load – died on the spot. No sputtering, no bucking, no missing, just instant shut down, including display. Turn the key, fired right up.

I recall reading somewhere – here or elsewhere – darned if I can find it again – about Polaris having crummy cheap wiring to or from the control computer. This behavior has either short or open circuit characteristics – more likely an open – a short would cook a fuse/breaker. Polaris’s fix was the same harness segment.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Are there aftermarket cures?

windguy