Uh Oh, potential problem already on my CK20S at 17.5 hrs

[Rudevette]

It's no surprise to me that on this forum people get their panties in a bunch if you post a bad experience with your kioti. It seems like all you can do is praise the machine and don't try to get any assistance with a problem or people are all kinds of worked up. Kind of defeats the point of a forum.

 

[k0ua]

I have had a few things on my Kioti also. Lets see, some of the loader bolts were loose, discovered at my 50 hour service. I had a problem with the upper radiator hose, it had an internal leak in the inner rubber, that allowed fluid to seep thru the fabric of the hose and seep out. The outer rubber was intact so no external leak, only a seep out the very end where the fabric was tinged green. Really weird problem, no amount of tightening of the hose would fix it. But the dealer sent me a new hose and I changed it out. He offered to pickup the tractor for free and repair it, but I didn't see the need, as I can change out a radiator hose. I wadded up the FEL level indicator in the first 10 hours or so. I repaired it, locktighted it and staked it. Problem solved. At 200 hours the banjo bolt on the input of the FEL control valve sprung a big hydraulic fluid leak. The bolt was loose and the O ring popped out of the groove. The neighbor and I fixed it in the field. The fluid dump was in his gravel driveway. So yeah bad things happen to good tractors, but in my mind all of these incidents were very minor, and this is still a very reliable tractor. Anything with this many parts can have a defective part or two, and humans make mistakes in assembly, or bolts just don't get properly tightened, or little Gremlins are just having fun!

James K0UA

 

[CJONE]

It's no surprise to me that on this forum people get their panties in a bunch if you post a bad experience with your kioti. It seems like all you can do is praise the machine and don't try to get any assistance with a problem or people are all kinds of worked up. Kind of defeats the point of a forum.

Thats true to a point, but remember it is a select few but there is always 2 sides to the story. Then you have people that just arn't happy about anything!!! Anyway, remember they are all junk, some are just junkier than others. Like you stated that is why these forums exist, you just have to weed out some of the replies. Anyone who believes any piece of equipment is perfect has not been around too long. It is like the whole brand loyalty thing, it is just crazy how people get worked up when you say something bad about a brand they like. CJ

 

[murphy1244]

I too will never buy a Kioti again!!!!



























I hope this one lasts for a while.

 

[ritcheyvs]

It's no surprise to me that on this forum people get their panties in a bunch if you post a bad experience with your kioti. It seems like all you can do is praise the machine and don't try to get any assistance with a problem or people are all kinds of worked up. Kind of defeats the point of a forum.

I'm fairly new on this list, but I see exactly the opposite. It's no surprise the folks here like Kioti, in general. After all, they voted for Kioti with their dollars after researching all their options. But I haven't detected denial of legitimate Kioti problems. But incomplete/confusing problem descriptions and lack of follow-up by original posters does generate frustration in those that might help.