Mahindra MAHINDRA5035SHUTTLE 3.00 star(s) (3)

So Many Problems
Model Year: 2011

So many warranty issues. So many lost opportunities and lost business and costs associated with the downtime. Could have killed me. 1. 3PH hose cut too short and blew. 2. FEL hydraulic hose rubbing against adjacent fitting so wearing through hose. Was delivered like this---where's the QC? 3. Fuel line leak. 4. Fuel line collapsed. 5. Kicking out of medium range into neutral when rolling down hills. Delivered like this, where's the QC? 6. Kicking out of first gear in medium and high ranges. Could have killed me recently when it 'broke free' while I was driving down a hill. 7. Kicking out of second gear in medium and high ranges. Only 180 hrs on the clock. On paper, and when it actually works, it does everything I had hoped it would. It's maneuverable, heavy for its size, lifts plenty for its size, etc. But it's cost me so much lost money and lost productivity and could have cost me my life. Dealer has refused to refund. Worst purchase I have ever made in my 40 something years. I appreciate this review contains contentious information the brand may not appreciate, but it's factual and I only wish I had read something like this on here before I decided to buy it.

Pros: Heavy and lifts plenty.
Cons: Tragic litany of faults. Simply not fit for purpose.

Will Not Start When It Is Cold/Slips Gear When It Get Hot
Model Year: 2012

Purchased March 23 2012; April 15 2012. Starting to see major problems. Reported it to dealership at first they wanted to argue with me, had to call factory to get them to listen. April 25,2012, found a factory defect. First complaint: gets hot and would only work in high gear or not at all. Found no springs in clutch, corrections, put new shuttle shift assembly in, also r&r counter shaft rear/gear/spacer/bush replacement. Second complaint: leaking hydraulic oil rear housing hole inside case corrections, replace hydraulic lift unit assembly. Had my new Mahindra for only two weeks when theses problems showed up. Then they had it for two weeks to repair it. Not good when they advertize the number one selling tractor in the world push more pull more do more. Plus they had to bring in a person from Texas to over see the work. Third complaint: PTO switch stops working on June 22, 2012, hay is down cannot get baler to run without it. Corrections had to get a new pto switch. Forth complaint will not start when it's sold 30 degrees and below called dealership and factory they said bad diesel, fuel change, fuel, and new fuel filter. So I did it all myself and still will not start when it is cold. So I had to buy a heater block for it, plus cover it up with two heavy furniture movers blankets and pray that it will start. For I purchased a new tractor for my farm to work the farm animals have to feed ever day, hay has to put up ditches to be dug snow to be removed and when a Mahindra will not start or move how can I get my chores accomplished? Now I wished I never ever would have bought this tractor. All it has done for me is take years off my life and I still have 8 more years to pay for it. It has caused me so much trouble and it is brand new. Now I want to trade it off for another tractor and nobody wants to deal with it, not even the dealership I bought it from. They will not trade up with me because they have issues with my tractor that they sold me! Call factory they said I need to go to another dealership that is 80 miles away. Does that seem fair to you? I'm sad, upset, lost, confused, sick, and I do not know what to do. I have a farm to run and no reliable tractor to do it. I am 52 and a woman and this purshase of this tractor was to be my final big purchase that I would be able to make in my life, and now I have payments to the bank for another seven years on a piece of equipment that is not reliable or safe.

Pros: Works good when it starts.
Cons: Will not start when it is cold, slips gears when it gets hot.

mahindra 5035
Model Year: 2014

I purchased my Mahindra 5035 as a mid size tractor on the farm to help with the cattle. We have bigger tractors that we use for the heavy duty jobs like pulling 15' disc. The Mahindra 5035 is wonderful we have worked the ever lasting piss out this tractor and has never had any major problems. The only problems i have had with the tractor is the cheap cotter pins in some locations has fallen out just replaced them with new ones and my glow plug relay has stop working. We use this tractor in our smaller fields and i pull a 3 bottom 18" plow with no effort. I also pull a 8' hydraulic cutaway disc and also a 9' leveling disc. we have a haubuster 107c no till drill it pulls it in 2wd with no problems. like i said we work this tractor we also make 6x5 hay bales it lifts them with no problem. I love my Mahindra. (Go on YouTube and look up Mahindra 5035.)

Pros: heavy built reliable tractor that can take it
Cons: glow plug relay dosent last, needs to be faster on road