Electrical. We need help. :(

The sport is all cleaned up from the trip to IA.

It went through a ton of rain to get here. That being said...it will not start, can't get the blower to work, the bilge, the damn HORN...

It is our first experience with the "smart pod" so we thought we were just not doing something right but we are certain we are doing things correctly. A sure indicator that water got someplace it shouldn't have is the fact that all 3 little LED lights on the start side of the dash light up at the same time after some wire wiggling. When you push any button down they all get brighter. Keep pushing buttons and they all go out.

Our first assumption was the horn. Did the horn get really really wet and is shorting stuff out? (the horn always has power, even if the code isn't entered) Did the computer looking motherboard inside the breaker box get fried? It looked nice and dry in there...

Any random thoughts may help us. This is very discouraging

Do I have that? I was wondering....

What does it look like?!?!?!?! We couldn't find anything like that. Just a kill cord under the arm rest. you could be saving our lives if this is the problem.

Nothing by the throttle....

We tore out the kick pannel last night...opened up the breaker box saw the mother board, put a fan on everything thinking water, saw no switches to be switched. Are you guys sure they are on the 2000 boats?

I know Max's 07 206 has the little toggle under the throttle like yours Q but we don't have it...unless we really missed it.

This boat started fine before it was delivered. We know the seller and have proof. I don't doubt his truthfulness.

Something happened on the drive, or there is a switch we're not seeing. Water ruined something. grrrr

Will do. Was planning on giving him a call today! :)

Thanks Scott. I didn't think there was a main power switch...

Don't believe so on the ignition switch. We checked all breakers on the motor. The problem is wiring in/under the dash. It has to be no?

On this page it shows our breaker box. I'm hoping the box didn't get fried somehow (you'd think the breakers would break before-hand)

Also on this page is the keypads, wondering if those could have gone bad.

Nautique Parts

Thanks M3. Was praying someone with a 2000 or at least knowledge of it could give us some insight!

WakeSlayer wrote: There have been dozens of threads on bad keypads over on PN. Thank God for keyed ignitions and breakers....

Dozens? I don't know about that. I recall seeing a couple over the years out of the thousands in service. From my personal experience it's a super-reliable, modular system. It's never cost us a moment of water time and I don't see it doing so in the future. Personally I'd take it over miles of wiring and crimped connectors.

The WOW factor is also impressive. At the first touch of the dash, the backlighting kicks in on all the controls- a nice amber. Turning on an accessory causes that key's light to turn green rather than amber. The heater's 3 speed control is handled by hitting that button 3 times- low, medium, high, off. Somebody really put time into the smart pod. Behind the pod the wiring is ultra-simple- a basic connector going to each keypad. This brochure pic doesn't do the backlighting any justice. This dash was so futuristic and so leading edge that the rest of the industry still hasn't caught up. The touch-button interface on our club's Malibu is laughable in comparison.

Just finished a 3 hr session working on the 2000 Sport that started this discussion. No luck at all. At times the lights on the touch pad go on dim. When some buttons are pushed they may stay on dim, but if a button outside of the number keypad, the blower button for instance, is pushed we then would lose all lights. We unhooked the blower but that didn't change a thing. NOTHING ever lights anywhere else on the dash. Chased the emergency stop switch, (behind and down from throttle), thought that was flaky but it checked good. VERY weird troubles for sure. We are kinda down to a super bad keypad or problems in the large circuit breaker control box. Any other ideas? Thanks
sinking fast in Iowa

Although my boat is a 2001, not a 2000, I think you have a battery issue. My boat behaved the same way when the guys at the shop ran the batteries down listening to the stereo. Before you go buying a new keypad, hook up a new battery, or, at minimum take a good battery out of your truck, and try it.

I put chargers on mine, yada, yada, nothing worked. Put new batteries in and it's been fine for 3 years now.

BKH

No Familiarity with the system but I one hundred percent agree with the battery problem diagnosis.. based on the symptoms.

Did you check that smaller black lead to the battery?

There may also be a smaller red lead on the positive side which has a fault-prone inline fuse in it. I think that just runs the fuel pumps so it probably has no effect on this particular problem, but worth a check for sure.

just make sure they are not jumping at the chance to make a 400 dollar sale

storm34 wrote: just make sure they are not jumping at the chance to make a 400 dollar sale

ditto..

Glad you got that running..