KIOTI does it again!

[DirtHauler]

Grrrrr......... Once again the fine folks at Kioti keep shooting their own foot. Our local dealer here in the "wine country" region of Northern Cali has had their dealership "terminated" !
Reason: "not selling enough tractors..." . Being the economy is in such great shape, I find that hard to believe! So now instead of a dealer 7 miles away, I have truck my tractor 138 miles and 3 hours away to get any warranty work done or buy parts.
I now have 983 hrs. on my '06 CK30, been having problems with the MLS valve, adjusting the spool didn't solve the problem, it is covered under warranty but trucking all the way to the now "nearest dealer" only to drop it off, wait for them to order and replace it then going back to pick it up just didn't appeal to me. so I pulled the valve assembly out, took it apart and discovered the spool valve had corrosion it. Water had some how gotten into the front of the valve housing. It took me about 2 hrs. to fix this. Now my fuel gage has decided to stop working properly, it only reads 1/4 full max, new float/sender assembly needed? Let me think.......ummmmm, 15 mins. to replace and a 6 hr. round trip to the dealer, makes good economic sense to me.

I've bought 2 Kiotis and bought numerous parts from our now defunct dealer and was thinking about buying a DK45S next year or the following, now we're not sure with so many tractor dealers with in a 12 mile range i.e. Kubota, John Deere, New Holland, TYM, Branson and Bob Cat, that going that far to buy and deal with warranty and service is gonna take alot of hard thinking!

So all you folks who own a Kioti around here take notice!

 

[kenstrac]

Go to the Bobcat dealer and see if he can help you out.

 

[Dargo]

That really is a bummer. It's pretty well what happened in my area. I think highly of the product but am not impressed with the dealer network (dealer network...not dealers). It pretty well prevents me from considering a Kioti because I'm not going to travel hours just to get to a dealer who can either trade for, or order me, a tractor. Maybe Kioti has a master plan and we are just seeing the unfortunate side effects of getting a better dealer network.

 

[dfkrug]

Our local dealer here in the "wine country" region of Northern Cali has had their dealership "terminated" !
Reason: "not selling enough tractors..."

That is a surprise. I have met that dealer at the World AG Expo, if it is who
I think it is. The other Bay Area dealer is in Tracy, and tractors are not
his main biz.

I just had a new Bobcat delivered...it is pretty much the same as my
2005 CK30. (I am not anywhere near 1000 hr though!) The Bobcat
dealer will make housecalls for warranty work, no extra charge. That is
amazing. I never planned to take my Kioti to a dealer anyway, even for
warranty work.

 

[IslandTractor]

Maybe Kioti has a master plan and we are just seeing the unfortunate side effects of getting a better dealer network.

You are being kind. I wish I had that much faith in Korporate Kioti. As you said, the product is fine but the business plan is a bit hard to digest at times.

 

[RADDAD50]

Hi, I'm pretty sure you are talking about the dealer in Sebastapol ??

 

[DirtHauler]

Hi, I'm pretty sure you are talking about the dealer in Sebastapol ??

BINGO !!

 

[LBrown59]

Grrrrr......... Once again the fine folks at Kioti keep shooting their own foot. Our local dealer here in the "wine country" region of Northern Cali has had their dealership "terminated" !
Reason: "not selling enough tractors..." . Being the economy is in such great shape, I find that hard to believe! So now instead of a dealer 7 miles away, I have truck my tractor 138 miles and 3 hours away to get any warranty work done or buy parts.
I now have 983 hrs. on my '06 CK30, been having problems with the MLS valve, adjusting the spool didn't solve the problem, it is covered under warranty but trucking all the way to the now "nearest dealer" only to drop it off, wait for them to order and replace it then going back to pick it up just didn't appeal to me. so I pulled the valve assembly out, took it apart and discovered the spool valve had corrosion it. Water had some how gotten into the front of the valve housing. It took me about 2 hrs. to fix this. Now my fuel gage has decided to stop working properly, it only reads 1/4 full max, new float/sender assembly needed? Let me think.......ummmmm, 15 mins. to replace and a 6 hr. round trip to the dealer, makes good economic sense to me.

I've bought 2 Kiotis and bought numerous parts from our now defunct dealer and was thinking about buying a DK45S next year or the following, now we're not sure with so many tractor dealers with in a 12 mile range i.e. Kubota, John Deere, New Holland, TYM, Branson and Bob Cat, that
going that far to buy and deal with warranty and service is gonna take alot of hard thinking!

So all you folks who own a Kioti around here take notice!

I've allready decided.I'd not buy no Kioti in that case.

 

[IslandTractor]

I've allready decided.I'd not buy no Kioti in that case.

Luckily for you Kioti doesn't make a BX class machine so they'd be excluded anyway.

 

[rimshot]

Luckily for you Kioti doesn't make a BX class machine so they'd be excluded anyway.

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Actually Island, I think we are all misunderstanding L.B. He put it this way,
"I'd not buy no Kioti". That's a double negative. That means he would really like to have one and has published his intentions right here on the Kioti forum. L. B. is going to be driving a Kioti soon. Anybody looking for a great BX23? Wait till the guys on the Kubota forum hear about this.

Way to go L.B.

rimshot (big grin)

p.S. I always knew he'd look good in orange