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Is there a way to manually clear codes without the honda scanner tool?

Take off the engine cover and the plastic cover over the electronics on the front of the engine. There you will see a red four-pronged female plug. Remove the plug from its holder. Use a paper clip to shunt the lime green/white wire to the black wire – that is, the two wires that are closest to the engine when the red service connector is correctly set in its holder. If in doubt, invest in a SCS service connector, which you can order online - part number 070PZ-ZY30100.

Clearing Fault Codes (From Honda Dude)
Essentially, to clear the codes, you operate the kill switch 5 times with the shunt (shorting device, or paper clip) in place and within 20 seconds of turning the key switch being on.

I recommend grabbing the safety lanyard very close to the switch that it is attached to so you can pull it to off and push it to on without losing the lanyard.
• Connect the shunting device (technical term for paper clip.)
• Turn on the key switch.
• Pull the safety switch to off, then push to on, then pull to off, then push to on, then pull to off, then push to on, then pull to off, then push to on, then pull to off. That should be five times off and on and off within 20 seconds from when you turn the key switch to on. When you get to the fifth time off...you should hear one or two beeps. The codes are clear. If you did not hear the beeps, try again.
• Turn the key switch off

Remove the shunting device and run the engine. Then check for codes again. If all is clear, you may just have had a onetime occurrence. If you do have codes, you will just have to troubleshoot depending on the code number that you get.
 
I tried the procedure to reset the engine codes on a 2006 Honda Aquatrax ARX1200 N3 and was not able to get a beep(s). I have a red connector but the wires are different colors. There's a red/black stripe and white wire pair on the bottom on the plug and a green/black stripe and black/blue stripe wire on the top pair near where the release level is located.

chawk_man said:
Take off the engine cover and the plastic cover over the electronics on the front of the engine. There you will see a red four-pronged female plug. Remove the plug from its holder. Use a paper clip to shunt the lime green/white wire to the black wire – that is, the two wires that are closest to the engine when the red service connector is correctly set in its holder. If in doubt, invest in a SCS service connector, which you can order online - part number 070PZ-ZY30100.

Clearing Fault Codes (From Honda Dude)
Essentially, to clear the codes, you operate the kill switch 5 times with the shunt (shorting device, or paper clip) in place and within 20 seconds of turning the key switch being on.

Is there a different procedure and which wire colors should be shunted? Thanks.


I recommend grabbing the safety lanyard very close to the switch that it is attached to so you can pull it to off and push it to on without losing the lanyard.
• Connect the shunting device (technical term for paper clip.)
• Turn on the key switch.
• Pull the safety switch to off, then push to on, then pull to off, then push to on, then pull to off, then push to on, then pull to off, then push to on, then pull to off. That should be five times off and on and off within 20 seconds from when you turn the key switch to on. When you get to the fifth time off...you should hear one or two beeps. The codes are clear. If you did not hear the beeps, try again.
• Turn the key switch off

Remove the shunting device and run the engine. Then check for codes again. If all is clear, you may just have had a onetime occurrence. If you do have codes, you will just have to troubleshoot depending on the code number that you get.
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chawk_man said:
Take off the engine cover and the plastic cover over the electronics on the front of the engine. There you will see a red four-pronged female plug. Remove the plug from its holder. Use a paper clip to shunt the lime green/white wire to the black wire – that is, the two wires that are closest to the engine when the red service connector is correctly set in its holder. If in doubt, invest in a SCS service connector, which you can order online - part number 070PZ-ZY30100.

Clearing Fault Codes (From Honda Dude)
Essentially, to clear the codes, you operate the kill switch 5 times with the shunt (shorting device, or paper clip) in place and within 20 seconds of turning the key switch being on.

I recommend grabbing the safety lanyard very close to the switch that it is attached to so you can pull it to off and push it to on without losing the lanyard.
• Connect the shunting device (technical term for paper clip.)
• Turn on the key switch.
• Pull the safety switch to off, then push to on, then pull to off, then push to on, then pull to off, then push to on, then pull to off, then push to on, then pull to off. That should be five times off and on and off within 20 seconds from when you turn the key switch to on. When you get to the fifth time off...you should hear one or two beeps. The codes are clear. If you did not hear the beeps, try again.
• Turn the key switch off

Remove the shunting device and run the engine. Then check for codes again. If all is clear, you may just have had a onetime occurrence. If you do have codes, you will just have to troubleshoot depending on the code number that you get.
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Can someone please clarify? When he say "Turn on the key switch", is this the same switch that he refers to on the next line as "Pull the Safetty Switch Off"? ie. are Key Switch and Safety Swith the same thing?
 
Exit79 said:
Can someone please clarify? When he say "Turn on the key switch", is this the same switch that he refers to on the next line as "Pull the Safetty Switch Off"? ie. are Key Switch and Safety Swith the same thing?
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There should be lanyard safety engine kill switch next to the ignition key switch that you connected the cord to yourself so should you happen to fly out of the boat at speed, it will shut down the boat…
That is the referenced button or switch to push 5 times.
The following may help with a general visual…
If there isn’t one there at the helm, some outboard models might have one on the engine itself depending on many factors.

 
Exit79 said:
Can someone please clarify? When he say "Turn on the key switch", is this the same switch that he refers to on the next line as "Pull the Safetty Switch Off"? ie. are Key Switch and Safety Swith the same thing?
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Fun Times said:
There should be lanyard safety engine kill switch next to the ignition key switch that you connected the cord to yourself so should you happen to fly out of the boat at speed, it will shut down the boat…
That is the referenced button or switch to push 5 times.
The following may help with a general visual…
If there isn’t one there at the helm, some outboard models might have one on the engine itself depending on many factors.

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The problem is there is no ignition key switch, only the safety engine kill switch.
 

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Exit79 said:
The problem is there is no ignition key switch, only the safety engine kill switch.
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These directions were more meant to be for an 2002 BF225 Honda outboard boat engine back on Feb 24, 2015... Looks like you have PWC wave runner type ski there in which I don't believe this method would work.

You might want to try your question on a PWC forum dedicated to helping other PWC owners such as, https://www.pwctoday.com/ with as many details given out as possible to your issues at hand.

^ PS; on forums in general, it's always considered best to start/create your own new thread vs bringing up an archived topic or high jacking an existing 'similar hot topic...Some forums consider 90 days old an archive unless it is your thread with the same issue years later type thing...Hope this helps, good luck.
 
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