Seadoo IBR Error

[FLlover123]

I'm looking for help with my 2019 Seadoo GTX Wakepro. We have it hooked up to a battery tender but the battery totally died over the winter. We removed the old battery and replaced it with a new battery, now we are not getting an IBR error message. We followed the override steps we found online but we still can't get it to move or respond in any way. Our Seadoo repair shops are very busy and I'm being told it will be weeks before they can fix it. We are contemplating spending the money on a BUDS system to see if we can get an accurate diagnosis so that we can possibly repair it ourselves. We saw some posts online indicating a dead battery can cause the sea-doo to "not see" the IBR, requiring it to be "reflashed" with the BUDS2 software. Has anyone had this problem and how did you resolve it? Thanks for your help.

 

[skiasylum]

The IBR fault system is very sensitive to system voltage, and Seadoos electronics are very sensitive to outside voltages. I would absolutely make sure your new battery is fully charged and takes a load, and check and charge it out of the ski. Seadoo storage procedures and battery maintenance procedures in your Operators manual states battery comes out of the ski and no tenders, charging or jumping with the battery in the ski. So battery out of the ski means 0 voltage which kind of shoots down the dead battery cause of the problem. The issue if the battery is good is usually a fried IBR module or a fried ECM. The IBR reflash could possibly work also. Most DIYERS use the Candoo Pro diagnostic tool with a BUDS system being more $ and mostly pirated. The Candoo can clear faults but with limited flashing capabilities.

 

[FLlover123]

Thanks so much for your advice. It is very helpful. We just need to make a decision whether to take it in for service or continue to try to fix it ourselves. Anyway, you have been most helpful and we are grateful. Have a great day.