Defective Power Distribution Module on Sportsman 500
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Defective Power Distribution Module on Sportsman 500
The internet has a lot of good as well as bad things; it all depends upon what you are looking for. About a month ago my 2007 Polaris Sportsman 500 ATV went belly-up. The ATV is 10-years old but looks new as I use it mostly for hunting. l only have about 550 miles on it. Nothing on the ATV worked, it wouldn’t start, the lights wouldn’t turn on, and the display in the spedo flashed. I took it to a local Polaris dealer to have it repaired. After a week they said the wiring harness was messed up and wanted $1200 to replace it. I thought how can the wiring harness be bad on a vehicle that looks new and has not sat in the weather and was not abused? I even told the dealer when I dropped it off for repair, that from my research I thought there was a good chance the power distribution module was bad. On the web I found that the ATVs two years prior to mine had recalls of a power distribution module. Found another person on the internet who had the exact identical symptoms and it was caused by a defective module. A new PDM costs over $500. The PDM is basically a solid-state fuse panel. I paid the local dealer a diagnostic fee of $110 and brought the ATV home. They gave me all the pieces they had removed in troubleshooting the machine. They told me up front they would not re-assemble it if I didn't want them to repair it. Since I would have had to take off the front rack and fenders to get to the PDM, this was not a problem. I just prayed they had given me all the plastic parts and hardware. On the web I found a place that repairs modules like mine as well as electronic modules for many brands of cars. Filled out a form on-line, paid them $149 plus shipping, shipped the module to them, and had it back with 9 days, with a 5-year warranty. Today I installed the repaired module and now have a fully functional ATV again. Without the help of the internet I would have had a repair bill of over $1300 and still had an ATV that would not run because of a defective PDM.
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Good Job!
sometimes your better of working on your own stuff as long as you are in your comfort level if you want to push it a little further don't be afraid to come to a place like this for extra help and guidance I know I have !if you don't mind who did the module repair Id like to put in my info file
Thanks
sometimes your better of working on your own stuff as long as you are in your comfort level if you want to push it a little further don't be afraid to come to a place like this for extra help and guidance I know I have !if you don't mind who did the module repair Id like to put in my info file
Thanks
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Glad this place worked out ok for you. I've had it book marked for a while,gave the info to one poster,but haven't heard any reports about them until now. Good to know..https://modulemaster.com/rebuilds/sh...bution-module/
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