3550 hst problems,cheap built,lemon?

3550hst · Aug 3, 2016

Tractor still in shop. They think they got the engine problem taken care of by swapping-out the high pressure pump. We'll see. Just ordered the parts for the 4wd, so they are giving us a loaner. I just don't like a modern tractor with an electronic engine controller an dash being out in the rain. I was told there are no lemon laws for tractors in Missouri. Is this true?
Wish I was on the tractor eating multiflora rose and thistle before the ragweed pollenates. Can't use a tractor that lives 30 miles away on the dealer's lot.

alafarm · Aug 3, 2016

I have a 5035, only has about 80 hrs but no problems with the brakes holding and I have steep hills. It will lock both tires until they slide with no problem. That is all any tractor will do. I have had my backhoe on for ballast going down about a 20 degree grade and the wheels would slide if it was wet but no slipping of the brakes. Also, never had the tractor move with emergency brake on either? Never set and left it on a steep hill. Although I have had several leaks (I have one now) and several other issues but nothing with brakes.

3550hst · Aug 8, 2016

a 3550 engine is entirely a different animal than the 5035. four vs three cyl. tier 4. direct injection. cooled egr. Tractor is mostly the same.

alafarm · Aug 11, 2016

Yes I know, I thought the issue was brakes not holding. I was under the impression that most of the tractor was the same between the 3550 and the 5035? I bought mine before I intended, just to get ahead of the tier 4. One reason I bought the Mahindra was the fact that they were the only tractor company around me that still had tier 3 tractors.

3550hst · Aug 15, 2016

Yes, the tractor bodies are similar. Very similar. I just wanted to update that the tractor will be back murdering multiflora. I still have to figure out how we sheared the driveshaft to the front in half. Now it will have indirect front braking. Does anyone have one of those mahindra xuv's? There''s one that has a six foot bed.

sikmusicfreak8 · Aug 15, 2016

Just read this whole thread, and sadly, it sounds similar to other threads I have read. I cannot believe you guys are still getting the run around on your machines, his is absolutely nuts. Will they not entertain buying them back after all you have been through?

DavesTractor · Aug 16, 2016

3550hst said:
Tractor still in shop. They think they got the engine problem taken care of by swapping-out the high pressure pump. We'll see. Just ordered the parts for the 4wd, so they are giving us a loaner. I just don't like a modern tractor with an electronic engine controller an dash being out in the rain. I was told there are no lemon laws for tractors in Missouri. Is this true?
Wish I was on the tractor eating multiflora rose and thistle before the ragweed pollenates. Can't use a tractor that lives 30 miles away on the dealer's lot.

Use the loaner for that rose and thistle. I'm glad they provided that since your tractor has not been usable for a while. Hopefully the thing will be perfect when you get it back.

3550hst · Aug 17, 2016

Well, POS little loaner is gone because we got ours back. It had much better horsepower and got 3/4 of the easy stuff cut. Died in front of the shed and won't restart. The dealer told us there are no lemon laws in Missouri on tractors. Dave, what should we do? This is not just dissapointing, but embarassing.

DavesTractor · Aug 17, 2016

3550hst said:
Well, POS little loaner is gone because we got ours back. It had much better horsepower and got 3/4 of the easy stuff cut. Died in front of the shed and won't restart. The dealer told us there are no lemon laws in Missouri on tractors. Dave, what should we do? This is not just dissapointing, but embarassing.

This is just awful, and I'm sorry. It performed well for a while, then it died and won't start. We can go into some diagnostics, but I don't think that is your question.

Call your dealer and see what he offers as a solution. That is where you need to start, and hopefully (call me Pollyanna) he has a plan. I wonder if they fixed the real problem since you had good power, and now we have some stupid little problem like a wire loose from a sensor, etc. Of course any "little" problem that keeps the tractor from operating, isn't really a little problem.

Not sure how you could have sheared the front shaft. I'd want to look at that shaft. I think that would be hard to do even if you tried.

Best of luck.

3550hst · Aug 18, 2016

Update: Mechanic came to farm and saw a puddle of fuel on floor. He tightened a fitting. Also had to bypass a couple of sensors with his diagnostic tool to get it running. My dad is going to use it this afternoon to get one more field cut. Cross you fingers.