ATV Florida Forum

Am I missing something here? The last two times I've gotten my atv stuck it has automatically shut off and then wont restart until it's pulled out. It only seems to happen when it is framed out. This is really inconvienent so is their some kind of saftey switch that being triggered when it's framed out?

Framed out? I would keep your thumb on the throttle if your exhaust is under water when you're stuck, and try to put it in neutral if possible. Don't really know what you mean by framed out.

Means 'sitting on the frame with the tires dangling'. If you are in the water alot, make sure aall your electrical connections have die-electric grease on them.

Exatley. I mean that the atv is burried as far as it can go in the mud.

I dont mess with water, so this is only happening when it's stuck in the mud. It's weird, it was just sitting at idle and then it slowly dies out and wont restart until it's out of the mud. WTF? strange. I'm going wheeling at Back Lakes tomorrow so I'll check the connection before I go.

It does fine when I go through deep water though. Doesn't stall or anything.

I had the same bike (05 foreman) and never had that problem. Ya got it in gear and the tires rubbing a little might bog it down without any throttle if the idle is turned adjusted too low??? I do know there is no "safety switch" though.

friend had one did the same thing and couldnt figure it out, would actually ruin the day of riding cause we had to wait everytime it would stall. Cycles of PB had to send the whole harness back to honda in order to get a new one and that solved the problem.

Sounds like a wire is shorted against the frame  or pinched somewhere.