mikemartin88
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Need help! 2007 Utopia, the plastic “cap” of the DESS key degraded in heat over the years and disintegrated last weekend, so the key won’t stay on the post. Set up an appointment at the one SeaDoo dealership in the DFW area I could find that even supports SeaDoo boats anymore, and ordered a key through their parts department. Went to the service department today to get the key programmed into the MPEMs for the motors, and they came out and said it worked fine on the left engine, but the right engine won’t start with the new key even through their computer says it “took” the info on the new key. They said it’s likely either a bad MPEM or bad harness but troubleshooting would be a multi-hour follow on appointment and they probably can’t get parts anymore since BRP doesn’t support boats at all anymore. I said that didn’t make sense, there couldn’t be an MPEM or harness problem because the key with the disintegrated plastic still starts both motors fine, it just won’t stay on the post. So I drove home wondering what in the world I do next. Gonna try to rig up some kind of plastic key body to attach to what's left of my key to keep my key on the DESS post, but is there anyone who has run into a similar situation, either with the key disintegrating or the dealership saying they could only get one MPEM to “accept” the key? Greatly appreciate any help.
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