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1996 Challenger.....?
The first year the Challenger was made was 1996. So, your boat is not going to be a 95......Look at the back of the hull on the right hand side. You'll see the HIN numbers. The last 2 digits tell you the year of the boat.
You cannot bypass the DESS system. Sounds like your post may be bad. When you put the lanyard on the post, do you get any beeps? If not. Try this.
Here's the procedure for the advanced diagnostic test......With the lanyard off the post, press the start/stop button 5 times. You should get one short, one long beep. Then, put your lanyard cap on. How many beeps do you get now.
You can use our search engine above and type in DESS post test. There have been a couple posts made in testing this.
It's a magnetic switch and the lanyard has a ROM (read only memory) chip in it, that if it cannot communicate with the mpem, will not start.
If the post is bad, loo to the upper right of this page, you'll see a link to the "Seadoo Warehouse". There, you'll find your part. Not very expensive and you won't need to re-program the mpem. If it's the lanyard, the advanced diagnostic test I just gave you will tell you so. Good luck :cheers:
The first year the Challenger was made was 1996. So, your boat is not going to be a 95......Look at the back of the hull on the right hand side. You'll see the HIN numbers. The last 2 digits tell you the year of the boat.
You cannot bypass the DESS system. Sounds like your post may be bad. When you put the lanyard on the post, do you get any beeps? If not. Try this.
Here's the procedure for the advanced diagnostic test......With the lanyard off the post, press the start/stop button 5 times. You should get one short, one long beep. Then, put your lanyard cap on. How many beeps do you get now.
You can use our search engine above and type in DESS post test. There have been a couple posts made in testing this.
It's a magnetic switch and the lanyard has a ROM (read only memory) chip in it, that if it cannot communicate with the mpem, will not start.
If the post is bad, loo to the upper right of this page, you'll see a link to the "Seadoo Warehouse". There, you'll find your part. Not very expensive and you won't need to re-program the mpem. If it's the lanyard, the advanced diagnostic test I just gave you will tell you so. Good luck :cheers:
timmyboy76
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fuses...?
hey....have you checked all your fuses...
hey....have you checked all your fuses...
You need to be sure the wires from the battery are clean and making a good connection. Check the ground wire going to the engine by the starter. If the wiring is good, open the MPEM,(Multi Purpose Electronic Control Module) and check the fuse in the box. It might be blown. Check this out and get back to us.
Karl
Karl
There should be a 5 amp fuse and a 15 amp fuse in the MPEM box also.
Ok gang, I'm back at it. Cleaned all terminals and am now going to have to get at the MPEM. Is there anything that needs to be tested before it gets taken out. Once I hooked up all power , the pump came on for it's usuall 15-20 seconds and all other electrical works. I got my extra key also to try it out and still no beeps or anything related to getting this thing to start. What do ya think ??? Does the starter itself have anything to do with the DESS if it would go bad?
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