kco
Veteran Member
A Yanmar representative was at the dealership yesterday, walked around the tractor, and came to no decisions.
The fact that he showed up is a good sign. Hopefully he had a good discussion with your dealer. Perhaps he does not have authority to make the decision and needs approval from higher up. You and your dealer have been reasonable and patient. It is obvious there is a serious problem or combination of problems that are too complex to fix. And perhaps the previous unsuccessful repairs just prolonged and worsened the true problem, which may now be "unfixable".
Yanmar higher-ups should realise how damaging this can be to their North American reputation. Tractorbynet has a huge following and influence. It is the main reason I ended up purchasing my Kioti in 2011. I had never heard of Kioti and was looking at Deere and Kubota. I had concerns about Kioti unknowns such as support and reliability. This site eased those concerns.
It seems that most Yanmar owners are very positive about their tractors. Yanmar needs to step up and resolve this quickly and completely to show they are serious about supporting their dealers and products.
Hopefully that will happen very soon.
C'mon Yanmar Corporation--we're all watching.