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John Deere Tractors Poor Quality no Service
In May of 2007, I went to Home Depot to buy at the time the new John Deere LA140 Tractor. I wanted a larger tractor with a 48èŠ*ower deck. I always heard John Deere made good quality equipment that last a lifetime. So I spent over $2000 for this tractor figuring it would last a lifetime. The first week I had it, while cutting my lawn the tractors engine didn稚 sound right and didn稚 have much power. I stopped the tractor and called John Deere to come over and take a look at it. The tractor was still under warranty and they found that the rocker arm was off the push rod. They fixed it. No charge.
Then small things started to go on it, springs, the arm to raise the mower deck, one of the mower decks pulley wheel ball bearings came out, had to replace that. Last year I had to replace the middle mower decks spindle. Now I知 saying to myself, this thing isn稚 going to last a lifetime and if it does I値l go broke.
Now, all the transmission fluid has leaked out of the axle. Called John Deere and they said that the entire transmission has to be replaced as a unit, that they can稚 just put in a new seal and add fluid. The transmission alone is about $700 with labor to install it about $1000. John Deere is aware that there are serious problems with the, K46 Transmissions that are in many of their tractors. There are thousands of complaints online, you can read some of the complaints at: Consumer complaints about John Deere or John Deere Hydrostatic Transmission Fix . I do not want to put the same transmission (K46) in only to have the same problem happen again. You can buy an upgrade K66 transmission between $1500 to $1800, but you have to put it in yourself.
Thatç—´ it, after 5 years my imitation John Deere is useless, who is going to spend $1800 to fix something thatç—´ was $2000, 5 years ago. So I did some investigating and found out that the LA140 tractor may not have been made at John Deere. It may have been made at MTD for John Deere. Sill trying to find out if thatç—´ true. If so, thatç—´ not what I paid over $2000 for. I paid for a product that was supposed to be made by John Deere. I was never told this when I purchased it at Home Depot. I was misled. I would not have purchased this tractor knowing this, nor would anybody else if they knew. I want everyone to know that John Deere is aware that there are serious problems with the, K46 Transmissions and are doing nothing about it. John Deere is not going to help you in anyway.
In May of 2007, I went to Home Depot to buy at the time the new John Deere LA140 Tractor. I wanted a larger tractor with a 48èŠ*ower deck. I always heard John Deere made good quality equipment that last a lifetime. So I spent over $2000 for this tractor figuring it would last a lifetime. The first week I had it, while cutting my lawn the tractors engine didn稚 sound right and didn稚 have much power. I stopped the tractor and called John Deere to come over and take a look at it. The tractor was still under warranty and they found that the rocker arm was off the push rod. They fixed it. No charge.
Then small things started to go on it, springs, the arm to raise the mower deck, one of the mower decks pulley wheel ball bearings came out, had to replace that. Last year I had to replace the middle mower decks spindle. Now I知 saying to myself, this thing isn稚 going to last a lifetime and if it does I値l go broke.
Now, all the transmission fluid has leaked out of the axle. Called John Deere and they said that the entire transmission has to be replaced as a unit, that they can稚 just put in a new seal and add fluid. The transmission alone is about $700 with labor to install it about $1000. John Deere is aware that there are serious problems with the, K46 Transmissions that are in many of their tractors. There are thousands of complaints online, you can read some of the complaints at: Consumer complaints about John Deere or John Deere Hydrostatic Transmission Fix . I do not want to put the same transmission (K46) in only to have the same problem happen again. You can buy an upgrade K66 transmission between $1500 to $1800, but you have to put it in yourself.
Thatç—´ it, after 5 years my imitation John Deere is useless, who is going to spend $1800 to fix something thatç—´ was $2000, 5 years ago. So I did some investigating and found out that the LA140 tractor may not have been made at John Deere. It may have been made at MTD for John Deere. Sill trying to find out if thatç—´ true. If so, thatç—´ not what I paid over $2000 for. I paid for a product that was supposed to be made by John Deere. I was never told this when I purchased it at Home Depot. I was misled. I would not have purchased this tractor knowing this, nor would anybody else if they knew. I want everyone to know that John Deere is aware that there are serious problems with the, K46 Transmissions and are doing nothing about it. John Deere is not going to help you in anyway.