First experience with Kubota Warranties in 25 years, first bad experience with Kubota

[art]

Brakes are considered a wearing item on everyone's warranty program. Sticky brake petal not returning and a dealer putting it off? this is a bad situation for all but the problem started with the delay! Dealer problem!!! Not kubota's!! Dealer should be covering it if he wants you!!!

 

[SDT]

The biggest hammer is the consumer. When they stop buying a product, it becomes a sink or swim moment for the company.

Bingo, ruffdog.

Definitely don't want the government involved.

SDT

 

[Diggin It]

I have NEVER seen a tractor with a brake indicator light! And for many tractors it would require two switches.

Besides. Then you come to rely on the indicator. Bulb burns out, you fry brakes and Blame Kubota!

Mine does.

 

[murph1]

I have NEVER seen a tractor with a brake indicator light! And for many tractors it would require two switches.

Besides. Then you come to rely on the indicator. Bulb burns out, you fry brakes and Blame Kubota!

Kioti has them, standard equipment..

 

[ruffdog]

I have NEVER seen a tractor with a brake indicator light! And for many tractors it would require two switches.

Besides. Then you come to rely on the indicator. Bulb burns out, you fry brakes and Blame Kubota!

My New Holland had a light too. There is another reason for a switch on the brake....to turn off the cruise control.

 

[thekkfan]

Kioti has them, standard equipment..

Well, yes, but it's a parking brake light only.

 

[Diggin It]

Well, yes, but it's a parking brake light only.

OK, I may have to concede that point, but I can't check right now.

 

[SDT]

Well, yes, but it's a parking brake light only.

Bingo.

I've seen many (most? all?) vehicles with a parking brake lamp.

Never seen a tractor, or even a car, truck, locomotive, airplane, etc., with a "brake pedal stuck" indicator lamp. Never even a brake pedal "on" indicator lamp unless one was standing behind the vehicle (ignoring the late 1960s fad with fiber optics).

SDT

 

[Paystar]

I'm wondering if dealers do a PDI besides assembling their equipment and what a PDI consists of. If checking brakes and adjusting them before delivery is on the list, the dealer apparently screwed up by not checking or calling it good when a small adjustment should have been done. If it's not on the check-list, Kubota is to blame. I'm on my 4th piece of Kubota equipment and never had a problem with any. I also never use the brakes, just like the OP. Makes me want to grab my Manual and go check the brake adjustment/pedal

I recently bought a new Polaris. You pay $90 as part of the purchase price for the PDI. I take delivery of it and it has a leaking water pump and it was very hard to move the shifter. The clutches were out of adjustment. Brought it back to dealer. Was charged another $56 to correct issues. Bike was new under warranty. Had to pay dealer, called Polaris customer service, they couldn't care less.
So sold one Polaris so far and have two for sale.

In other words it's not just one brand that does stiff like this.

 

[Industrial Toys]

People should only see the inner workings of dealerships to understand why all this dysfunction and poor service. On my 2000 Dakota someone closed the hood on something and pushed in cooler fins while standing on the bumper. I wish these jackazzes had just left my new vehicle alone!