Hi, I have a 99' sportsman 500, the awd and speedometer don't work also all the light bulbs were blown. I unplugged the 6 wire plug behind the speedometer, when I plugged it back in the engine stalled and would not restart until I unplugged the plug again. Any ideas would help out thanks Mike....

 

with all bulbs being blown i would say you messed up your charging system by having a bad battery in or no battery at all. if there is no battery for the stator to feed then it feeds everything through your bulbs and electronics. 15-16v going through a 12v system is not very good for anything.

 

if the speedo dosnt work then neither will the awd. make sure you check for a dead short as mentioned that an over charge will do damage. make sure the bulb in the awd isnt blown as well as i think the awd work get power w/out completing a complete circuit thru the bulb.

 

Thanks for the reply

 

Did you fix your problem?
I have the same problem, no light, no awd and spedometer.
Do you have any idea how to fix it?
Thank you

 

I had the same problem on my 04 It ended up being a broken ground wire under the front hood close to the steering shaft!

 

As posted by another member, it helped me fix my problem.. I added the picture.

Polaris Speedo Troubleshooting

Pull the 6 prong plug and test for 12 volts between ((A) Red/White +) and ((B) Brown -) on the plug not the speedometer, when the key is on.
If you see 12 to 13 volts with your meter do the same test with a small 12 volt light. If the light works, it is probably the speedometer.

If you do not have 12 volts between ((A) Red/White +) and ((B) Brown -) on the plug when the key is on, the speedometer may be OK and
you have a wiring problem elsewhere.

The brown/white wire (wire E) on the speedometer is where the AWD system gets the ground to make it work. 12 volts on this wire would be normal with the AWD system on and the 6 prong plug removed.

You can "test" the AWG system by bypassing the speedometer. Remove the 6 prong plug and use a straighten paper clip to slide the brown/white wire out of the 6 prong plug. Put the 6 prong plug back on the speedometer and tie the brown/white wire to ground.

If the AWD system works you can leave the speedometer bypass, just be careful when you turn on the AWD switch

 

Thank you for your answer,
I figure that all lights are burned, I check the voltage there and its good.
I will replace them, but don't know about why the awd and speedometer.
I have a 1999 polaris sportsman 500.

 

Thanks, I will try that!

 

i have a 02 700 that had that problem and what i figured out with some reading from old polaris tech is if the awd and the speedo don't work it is probably the pod or cluster is bad if the awd works it is the speed sensor which on mine is a cable that bolts on the right front and plugs into the pod mine was the cable as my awd worked but the speedo didn't have heard that speed cluster are common for problems in the older sportsman lineup