suicidebonger
New Member
Hi all,
So long story short. Got new Spark. 2nd ride out upon a semi hard landing jumping my own wake (very small) upon landing I get an engine warning light and beep. No loss of power everything feels fine. I take it back to shore, restart it, and the engine fault indicator was gone. I take it right back out, did a series of small jumps, again, upon landing it blows the 15amp BATT fuse. 1.75 hours on machine. So after a long cold swim to shore and the walk of shame around the shore line for 45 min I make it to loading dock.
I took it right back to the dealer, explained the problem I was having. They call me and say no history of error in computer and it is running fine. Well of course, go get a small amount of air. I ask if they took the top off and checked all the connections, grounds, and if they tested rectifier or stator. None of the above happened.
Apparently they thought they could satisfactorily diagnose and service a Spark from the side panel cover only. I basically couldn't talk them into popping the top off, they had checked everything and it was good.
I then drove fast as hell mad as hell all the way there and got my skis out of there. I sent the owner of the dealership a nice long letter. So here I am, busted knuckles wasting my own damn time looking at this thing trying to find issue before a beautiful holiday weekend to enjoy my new Spark. Also 3K of aftermarket on deck waiting for break in to be over.
Another rider at greenhulk had an issue with same fuse, much worse by the sounds of it as far as frequency. His dealer found a pinched wire, shorting on the engine. My Dealer service team would have never been able to find a problem like that looking in the side cover.
I am just here venting, sharing with you my experience thus far. 5500 out of pocket, 6k in debt, with spark and parts. 1.75 hours on clock, 2 busted knuckles.
So long story short. Got new Spark. 2nd ride out upon a semi hard landing jumping my own wake (very small) upon landing I get an engine warning light and beep. No loss of power everything feels fine. I take it back to shore, restart it, and the engine fault indicator was gone. I take it right back out, did a series of small jumps, again, upon landing it blows the 15amp BATT fuse. 1.75 hours on machine. So after a long cold swim to shore and the walk of shame around the shore line for 45 min I make it to loading dock.
I took it right back to the dealer, explained the problem I was having. They call me and say no history of error in computer and it is running fine. Well of course, go get a small amount of air. I ask if they took the top off and checked all the connections, grounds, and if they tested rectifier or stator. None of the above happened.
Apparently they thought they could satisfactorily diagnose and service a Spark from the side panel cover only. I basically couldn't talk them into popping the top off, they had checked everything and it was good.
I then drove fast as hell mad as hell all the way there and got my skis out of there. I sent the owner of the dealership a nice long letter. So here I am, busted knuckles wasting my own damn time looking at this thing trying to find issue before a beautiful holiday weekend to enjoy my new Spark. Also 3K of aftermarket on deck waiting for break in to be over.
Another rider at greenhulk had an issue with same fuse, much worse by the sounds of it as far as frequency. His dealer found a pinched wire, shorting on the engine. My Dealer service team would have never been able to find a problem like that looking in the side cover.
I am just here venting, sharing with you my experience thus far. 5500 out of pocket, 6k in debt, with spark and parts. 1.75 hours on clock, 2 busted knuckles.
