That’s kinda surprising. In Polaris ATV’s they seem to have this built into the interface of the machine itself so you can read the codes on its LCD. I don’t know how complex they are but I assumed they were a bit more open than OBD-II instead of less.
I've never seen an LCD screen in an ATV; my neighbor repairs small engines and stuff like riding lawnmowers and ATVs - i hang out from time to time and he's said more times than i can count "i got no idea what's wrong with it, probably a wiring issue somewhere i gotta track down" or somesuch. Some of the machines he's repairing cost upwards of $40,000 so i'm not sure it's a price thing.
My point is, i'm sure he would have mentioned how great or how awful such a debug console was, at least once, in the decade i've known him.
> For more information on diagnostic codes and display code definitions for your vehicle, contact your Polaris Dealer.
uh huh. MIL, FMI, SPN? anyhow the next time i'm at his house i'll look at any of the polaris vehicles there and see if any of them actually have useful diagnostic information. canbus and odb-II are standardized; i expect the polaris codes to be "ohhhhhhhh. you should bring that in to the dealership straight away" regardless of what it is.
You can tap a few buttons and get trouble codes. At least on the 2018 or so Sportsman I had. This feature was described in the manual, if I remember correctly, and all the trouble codes were well documented. It would show things like “P0012” which then said “high voltage to xyz”. It was very similar to OBD-II systems I’ve used.
