Kubota M5660SUHD caught on fire (60hrs)!

[Torvy]

I highly doubt you could finance through Kubota and not have KTAC. You really should check on that.

Kubota cannot legally require KTAC. They can require you have insurance.

 

[dodge man]

The OP has responded to the insurance issue more than once.

 

[fbitz777]

Ok here is the latest:

My lawyer was able to write to Kubota and they are sending a fire investigator tomorrow to the dealer where the tractor is. I am allowed to be present so I will update after the visit,

In me meantime the dealer keeps hitting me for storage fees.

 

[LD1]

Ok here is the latest:

My lawyer was able to write to Kubota and they are sending a fire investigator tomorrow to the dealer where the tractor is. I am allowed to be present so I will update after the visit,

In me meantime the dealer keeps hitting me for storage fees.

Looking forward to the outcome.

But the dealer is trying to charge you storage fees.....while not allowing access or retrieval of the thing they are storing???? I am sure you lawyer is gonna have a hay-day with that one

 

[thelanterns]

Unfortunately i did not insure (never had any claim in 30 years) but I should have since this was financed by Kubota

I bought a new BX last year May 2022. Financed through Kubota. They would have denied the financing without insurance. I not only had to have it, I had to prove it. I added it through my home insurance.

 

[fbitz777]

So the Kubota guy came and spent two hours inspecting the machine. He also had a corporate guy (taking notes in Japanese). They did not speak much but the issue of insurance or lack of it was not an issue for the inspectors. Took hundreds of picture and confirmed that the fire propagated along the wiring harness. The fuel lines in path of fire did not even burn. A major (40A) fuse next to battery was definitely blown.

They promised to get back to my lawyer shortly. Again they had a poker face but asked a lot of questions.

As I was going over all the parts with them it seems like the expensive parts would be the glow plugs (4k) and wiring harness.

 

[johng@imbertconstruction.]

9 month old tractor and I run it for maybe 10 minutes and notice that it has less power than usual
Anyhow I see smoke out in the hood area on top of engine. I open the hood and flames spread out all the way to fuse box and the dashboard (plastic)
I manage to douse off the fire and all the wiring is now bare and burnt to a crisp. The quote to repair is at least 30k which is close to what I paid (actually I still have 40 payments due)!


Question: What could have caused it (it was plastic/ wiring burning and super hot!)...not fuel related.
The dealer told me I need to turn to insurance co; i.e it is not covered by warranty!

Obviously I don't want to spend as much as a new tractor on this; besides the wiring and the dashboard cover everything looks like new! I am getting a 6060HD delivered in a few days as I can't wait to get a resolution to this....

Possibly mice... If you bought the machine on time , with payments I am surprised the dealer didn't insist on Insurance, just like when you buy a car or a house. 30K sounds ridiculous IMHO.The dealer should go to bat fro you as a warranty issue ...

 

[Torvy]

Possibly mice... If you bought the machine on time , with payments I am surprised the dealer didn't insist on Insurance, just like when you buy a car or a house. 30K sounds ridiculous IMHO.The dealer should go to bat fro you as a warranty issue ...

Huh? How are mice a warranty issue? We don't know it's mice, but given your premise (and, frankly, the most likely situation) that would not be warranted.

 

[mcfarmall]

Huh? How are mice a warranty issue? We don't know it's mice, but given your premise (and, frankly, the most likely situation) that would not be warranted.

Mouse damage is considered "vandalism" and in the automotive insurance business, is a covered loss. Perhaps the poster typed warranty instead of insurance?

 

[WinterDeere]

Mouse damage is considered "vandalism" and in the automotive insurance business, is a covered loss. Perhaps the poster typed warranty instead of insurance?

... and since uninsured, there's no coverage for vandalism. We've come full circle, again!