Getting mad

[landedakioti]

It had water because the white housing around the starter had a break in the plastic. I did call the dealer today they are waiting they should be there next week a updated ignition switch. He said kioti had a bad batch of ignition switch.

Also the new dealer said not to dill a hole I asked that if I did kioti wouldn't honor it under warranty

 

[wallace]

I have 2 of them in stock, I could ship you one out tomorrow if need be.
The only thing is you would not be able to get it covered under warranty.
Please email me if I can be any help to you as I dont get to this site as much as I would like to!

 

[landedakioti]

I have 2 of them in stock, I could ship you one out tomorrow if need be.
The only thing is you would not be able to get it covered under warranty.
Please email me if I can be any help to you as I dont get to this site as much as I would like to!

I sent a email.

 

[ritcheyvs]

I don't know how similar your SE is to my 45S but to R&R the switch was an easy job on my tractor. I removed the panel below the switch, unplugged the connector and unscrewed the bezel. Of course, nothing is easy when your fingers are freezing. Regarding small parts. you might consider ordering through MIE, Wallace, Lavoie, or any of the excellent dealers that participate on this list.

 

[CJONE]

The selling dealer we had issues with when we got the tractor it had big gashes in the back tires it took a month and a lawyer to get kioti to send new tires. After that I had issues with the 3pt hitch wasn't moving I had fix myself. Then when it came to my 50hr services called them first to get filters they where so rude that I bought my filter on the way to Vermont at upper valley tractor.

I remember that now, WOW is all I can say. The dealers that were mentioned and replied are top notch. I hope you get this mess straightened out. CJ

 

[pickeringchris]

I needed the exact part. I called my dealer @ 11 am Tuesday and the part just arrived. I'm a little pissed it wasn't here yesterday.

 

[Retired guy]

So you bought the tractor form a NJ dealer and had it shipped to ME to save a few $$. I hoped you paid the ME "use" [read sales] tax. Maybe that explains your registration problem with the local constabulary..if you register ..you have to pay the sales tax. Now you are upset that a ME or NH dealer is not responding to your
ignition switch problem fast enough. Why didn't you call your original dealer in NJ and have the part shipped UPS?? I think we know why. Those brown trucks go to Lisbon Falls..I know I hunt there. If I buy a saw at Lowe's should I be upset when Home Depot does not seem in a hurry to service it. I recall the sign I saw at an equipment dealer the other day.."Failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on our part". Tractors are machine and machines break. Maybe a little forethought on your part could have foreseen such a maintenance quandary. I have read all of your threads and I am sorry to
conclude that maybe a lot of your problems are self-inflicted. Kioti might share some of the responsibility but you seem to be the unluckiest guy in New England.

 

[GMtb42]

Contact someone from one of these sites and ask if they can do a ignition switch, if it works for cellphones it will definitely work for a ignition switch.https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=ww#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=nano+waterproof&oq=nano+water&gs_l=hp.1.1.0l4.2526.8663.0.11753.12.11.1.0.0.0.749.3275.0j5j4j6-2.11.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.PcnHaILShCw&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41248874,d.b2U&fp=87812b46031b5d03&biw=1024&bih=638

Might even find something to DIY it with. https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=ww#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=hp&pq=nano%20waterproof&cp=16&gs_id=lr&xhr=t&q=nano+waterproof+spray&es_nrs=true&pf=p&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&oq=nano+waterproof+&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41248874,d.b2U&fp=87812b46031b5d03&biw=1024&bih=638

Options abound.

 

[landedakioti]

So you bought the tractor form a NJ dealer and had it shipped to ME to save a few $$. I hoped you paid the ME "use" [read sales] tax. Maybe that explains your registration problem with the local constabulary..if you register ..you have to pay the sales tax. Now you are upset that a ME or NH dealer is not responding to your
ignition switch problem fast enough. Why didn't you call your original dealer in NJ and have the part shipped UPS?? I think we know why. Those brown trucks go to Lisbon Falls..I know I hunt there. If I buy a saw at Lowe's should I be upset when Home Depot does not seem in a hurry to service it. I recall the sign I saw at an equipment dealer the other day.."Failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on our part". Tractors are machine and machines break. Maybe a little forethought on your part could have foreseen such a maintenance quandary. I have read all of your threads and I am sorry to
conclude that maybe a lot of your problems are self-inflicted. Kioti might share some of the responsibility but you seem to be the unluckiest guy in New England.

The first dealer I called was where we bought it with know response. They vanished when the first issue the day we got it I wasn't home they dropped it off and the two back tires had big gashes they said wasn't there fault but there the ones how delivered it so a month of fighting them we had to hire a lawyer to get them to mail new tires. We payed the tax when we bought the tractor the town want the tractor register because it was going down the road everyday. I'm not mad at the Maine dealer I'm mad that kioti the corp itself is taking its time mailing the part to the dealer. I have own tractors all my life I grew up on a farm so I know they break but less the a year of owning a new kioti it's had more problems. My old tractor I shouldn't have traded should have kept it as a back up. The problem is today's world makes crap parts the break easy. Kioti has a bad batch of ignition switches that is my fault. The3pt hitch levers pin break the second day of owning my fault the first day of getting on the tractor moving it two feet in driveway daughter yells to me so I could see gashes in my tire again my fault. Dealing with rude people that work for kioti my fault. O yeah the diesel issue when the gas station tank leak water in to it my fault. I think more kioti then me.

I did talk to another dealer that has the switches in there shop and could ship out but I talked about with my wife and both feel the dealer that is waiting for kioti to send the key we will stick with they have be great helping me over the phone. Wasn't mad at dealer mad at kioti for taking there time. You know the company that prides themselves on there warranty.

 

[landedakioti]

I needed the exact part. I called my dealer @ 11 am Tuesday and the part just arrived. I'm a little pissed it wasn't here yesterday.

The dealer is waiting for a box of ignition switches from kioti a updated version that fixes the issue . Kioti taking there time . The dealer is replacing all there ignition switches too.

 

[murphy1244]

The dealer is waiting for a box of ignition switches from kioti a updated version that fixes the issue . Kioti taking there time . The dealer is replacing all there ignition switches too.

Your right You should sell it.

 

[coobie]

Your right You should sell it.

I agree (SELL) all of these kiotis are junk.I have around 300 hours on my 2008 DK40SE not one problem yet.I guess I better knock on wood,I feel lucky.coobie

 

[Robert_in_NY]

By god I would sell it then,Heck you would only take about a $2-$3 thousand dollar burn.Different story my neck of the woods.No massey dealers is the reason I sold mine.IMHO your dealer needs to get off his rear.Have you checked any other kioti dealers on line?

I wasn't happy with my current Kubota, finally got fed up and talked to the John Deere dealer about trading it in on the same size/type tractor in green paint. The Deere was around $2k more then the Kubota was and the Kubota had between 50-100 hours at the time. No scratches or any issues other then I personally didn't care for its ride and noise level in the cab. The Deere dealer offered me around $17k if I remember right (either 17 or $23k, can't remember exactly) trade allowance on the new Deere. The Deere tractor was $44k, I owed $39k on the Kubota still. I was willing to take a $2-$3k hit just to get rid of it but not that big of a hit. Some times you are just stuck with a tractor you may not want unless you can find a buyer yourself.

 

[Oldtrout]

Oh My, a switch is causing all this crap,yep a PIA to change,can't get from dealer,well tell dealer to get from another dealer, I had serious issues with my CK25, called my selling dealer he went above and beyond,a week later I am back up and running,I'm happy,so happy I dropped another 3500$ there for more toys,(TOOLS). Almost 5 years over 1000 hours,used and abused,has made me money,tractor paid for,looking to up grade in the spring, I will buy from my dealer even if I can save 3000$ by traveling another 700 miles,in the long run its NOT WORTH IT!

 

[kiotiken]

landedakioti is taking a little heat for expressing his frustrations with his tractor. Having had a Kioti that seemed to have one problem after another (see my thread http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/243729-broken-again-loosing-faith.html), I can sympathize with landedakioti. Just to be clear, if you add up all the issues he's had, they are starting to pile up and most of us would be a little PO'd in his shoes. He probably started this thread while he was still pissed that his tractor was broken again and made the comment about selling it, that's exactly how I started my thread, although ultimmately, that's exactly what I did. For the record, the DK45 has been a dream. 80 flawless hrs so far.

 

[landedakioti]

landedakioti is taking a little heat for expressing his frustrations with his tractor. Having had a Kioti that seemed to have one problem after another (see my thread http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/243729-broken-again-loosing-faith.html), I can sympathize with landedakioti. Just to be clear, if you add up all the issues he's had, they are starting to pile up and most of us would be a little PO'd in his shoes. He probably started this thread while he was still pissed that his tractor was broken again and made the comment about selling it, that's exactly how I started my thread, although ultimmately, that's exactly what I did. For the record, the DK45 has been a dream. 80 flawless hrs so far.

You are right sir was still pissed when i started it the thread. At now 110 hrs it has had more issues then the same tractor tractor down the road that has 300hrs on it. Like anyone else on here that wouldn't be pissed with low hrs and a dealing with the same issues. When it started out when you first get a new tractor with 5hrs on it to have gashes that you could stick the top part of you finger in and have the dealer give you a run around and then has kioti corp say it happen in your yard when you move it 2 feet and your daughter points out on a new tractor a issue with the tires and you after a month of back and forth you have to hire a lawyer to get something covered under a warranty. Then the second day the three point hitch fails to work because a pin but the dealer won't send a pin then the other things.
With ignition I'm mad with kioti take there time mail ignition switches to the dealer. Not mad at the dealer only with how kioti corp handles warranty issue. When I use this tractor to help a non profit and I plow and get wood to give to people that have a hard time that can't afford to pay someone or do it them selves. So when it's down it not just hurting me it's hurting people that it helps. That piss me off more. I did buy the tractor to make money with I got it to help people and what drew me more to the tractor was a 4yr warranty . One I' m on a budget I struggle but one thing that makes my $$ struggle worth it is I'm help people worse off then me survive a little better knowing they don't need to come up with $$ for heat to keep there families warm. I trying to help my fellow man.

 

[gkm]

I agree (SELL) all of these kiotis are junk.I have around 300 hours on my 2008 DK40SE not one problem yet.I guess I better knock on wood,I feel lucky.coobie

Yep...I agree, they are junk. That's why I traded my Kioti CK20s w/ 584 hrs (nary a problem, ever) for an "orpan" (which I find funny BTW) new Bobcat CT335 Cab!

 

[murphy1244]

Yep...I agree, they are junk. That's why I traded my Kioti CK20s w/ 584 hrs (nary a problem, ever) for an "orpan" (which I find funny BTW) new Bobcat CT335 Cab!

Moving on up!!!! Congrats on the Albino Kioti...

 

[gkm]

You are right sir was still pissed when i started it the thread. At now 110 hrs it has had more issues then the same tractor tractor down the road that has 300hrs on it. Like anyone else on here that wouldn't be pissed with low hrs and a dealing with the same issues. When it started out when you first get a new tractor with 5hrs on it to have gashes that you could stick the top part of you finger in and have the dealer give you a run around and then has kioti corp say it happen in your yard when you move it 2 feet and your daughter points out on a new tractor a issue with the tires and you after a month of back and forth you have to hire a lawyer to get something covered under a warranty. Then the second day the three point hitch fails to work because a pin but the dealer won't send a pin then the other things.
With ignition I'm mad with kioti take there time mail ignition switches to the dealer. Not mad at the dealer only with how kioti corp handles warranty issue. When I use this tractor to help a non profit and I plow and get wood to give to people that have a hard time that can't afford to pay someone or do it them selves. So when it's down it not just hurting me it's hurting people that it helps. That piss me off more. I did buy the tractor to make money with I got it to help people and what drew me more to the tractor was a 4yr warranty . One I' m on a budget I struggle but one thing that makes my $$ struggle worth it is I'm help people worse off then me survive a little better knowing they don't need to come up with $$ for heat to keep there families warm. I trying to help my fellow man.

That's awful...hope everything works out for you.

 

[LaVoie Equipment]

I do not understand why your local dealer does not have a key switch. I have numerous key switches in stock. New ones, old ones and even original key switches in stock. Call me of you cannot get your problem resolved.

Tony