You don't want to have to replace the computer that controls the IP -- it is at least $1000. As johninva writes, the K40 relay (in the black plastic box on the right side of the engine, where the battery isn't) is about $100 and is sort of an updated version of the over-voltage protection relay of earlier models. If it fails then the IP won't get any electricity. It is a common cause of engines suddenly going dead. You can replace it yourself, it just plugs in.

Jeremy

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