I noticed something today for the first time. The tail lights stay on all the time on my 500 XT. I never noticed it before. Is this normal?

 

Yes.........Normal................Caper......

 

Caper is correct, both of mine do it.

 

They must do it for safety reasons............I know here in Canada the car/trucks and even snowmobiles sold MUST have daytime running lights that at active when the key is on...............Do your snowmobiles in the U.S. have the headlight come on when started?.(motor running)............Caper.........

 

Thank you guys. I'd never ridden behind it before, and guess I'd never noticed it. It didn't seem right. I was riding the new yamaha 450 grizzly my husband bought for me so that he could take control of the polaris x2. No comparison. That polaris is like driving a cadillac compared to the yamaha. We just couldn't afford another x2 and he thought the grizzly was a little smaller and more managable for me. I wish he had it up his butt. haha

I think he was also mad at Polaris because they never fixed our fuel guage. The dealer told us it was working, and then we ran out of gas the other day and it still showed full. Dealer told us it was out of warranty and polaris would not even return our emails. I think that was more the reason for him not buying another one, not the money. He's such a hard ***.

 

Yea, it's funny about the running lights. Why have the back ones run and not the front ones. Guess they don't want to have a deer tailgate you, right?

 

As far as I know Polaris tail lights have always come on when the key is on, all the way back to the first year. It's a safety feature so people see you and you don't get rear ended (as often). DRLs wouldn't be a bad idea either but hopefully when you meet someone head on you can both see each other.

 

too bad about the fuel gauge, mine has never worked right. I just learned to watch the mileage or remove the cap. The wifes hawkeye has a mechanical gauge works great!