LEMONS!

Dr_Zinj · Oct 29, 2010

You know what I mean. You bought a brand new tractor and you had nothing but problems from the moment you got it. Who's got the best (or is that the worst) lemon story? Manufacturer & model, what went wrong, what happened to fix it or make it good?

Thomas · Oct 31, 2010

If garden tractor counts??..03 purchase new Sears garden tractor w/mower,had service twice come to adjust rpm's than third time service took it to shop.almost month later I return and got full refund...whew.

Gator6x4 · Oct 31, 2010

Depends..........Most States restrict the "Lemon Law" too passenger carrying vehicles that travel from point A to B on public highways. Some don't. Just about have to retain an Attorney to determine where in the mine field you are standing, State wise.

State By State Lemon Law Summaries

Ford tractor · Oct 31, 2010

The only real "lemons" that I've heard about round here were the Belarus tractors from Russia. Real steaming piles. One guy had an oil drip that turned out to be porous differential housing that had been slathered up with body filler, painted and shippped. It sat at the dealer for 9 months waiting for the replacement casting.

crazyal · Oct 31, 2010

I remember seeing a Belarus for sale with a broken rear axle for real cheap because they didn't make the axle anymore.

ultrarunner · Oct 31, 2010

Thankfully, I've received good service from each of my tractors... sometimes I wonder why other things can't be made as reliable???

Opti-Mist · Nov 2, 2010

Ford tractor said:
The only real "lemons" that I've heard about round here were the Belarus tractors from Russia. Real steaming piles. One guy had an oil drip that turned out to be porous differential housing that had been slathered up with body filler, painted and shippped. It sat at the dealer for 9 months waiting for the replacement casting.

I remember when those things first showed up here, talk about crudely designed machines!

papavillars · Nov 2, 2010

Not really a tractor although they call it one a L130 john deere lawn tractor. The blade spindles do not have a grease zert and the tranny is good for only 200 hours and then must be replaced. You can try and remove the tranny drain it and sometimes it works sometimes it does not. What a piece of junk.

RCL · Nov 8, 2010

I have a New Holland that was a horror story. If you search posts under my sig you will find the original 2 threads on how the problem started.
It went on for almost 2 years before it got repaired.
I always wanted to come back and post the full story but I would get soooo angry thinking about it that my family did thier best to keep me from ever talking about it. A few members on this forum ended up knowing the full story as they had talked to me by phone and they and others on this forum were a big help in trying to steer me in the right direction to allow me to bypass the dealer and try to contact someone at New Holland themselves.

Over time I have calmed down and think I can write the following without having a complete meltdown ! This is a short version as it would be a book to cover the whole sad story.

And the short part of the tale is the dealer had repaired the tractor putting in a new rear axle bearing. The unit failed again within a short time. They would not cover thier work or the parts. They did evertything they could to stop me from contacting New Holland includeing lying and sending me threatening phone calls... I ended up taking it apart myself. I found the rear bull gear houseing was cracked at the bottom exactly where the axle bearing race rode. I payed $1458 for parts to repair this. As I was taking the unit apart I found the dealer had installed all the brake discs and wear plates inside the brake drum assembly backwards when they had supposedly fixed the tractor the first time. Also when they replaced the broken bearing they had not checked the axle for straightness and had not installed the preload shims on the axle bearings.

New Holland did eventually come to my house and see the cracked housing and repaid me for that only. And in 3 way talks between the scum dealer and me and New Holland a number of not so wonderful things also transpired. The dealer pointed out that I had found another New Holland dealer 600 miles away from me and had bought all my repair parts from them instead of him. He spent more of his time at that meeting crying at New Holland about stopping other dealers from selling stuff in his territory than he did worrying about my problem.

It still did not end easily or right away. New Holland for whatever dumbass reason on agreeing to pay me back for the housing had instructed the loacal dealer to repay me. 6 months later and lots of phone calls I never recieved anything. And when I would contact the New Holland customer service center (they new me very well by this time), well the Customer Service center told me that the Dealer was not returning thier calls about my money !

I did finally get my money for the housing. I still buy all my parts from a dealer 600 miles away. The tractor has not eaten any more axle bearings since I repaired it. In those respects I am at peace now.
Thank you everyone who had assisted me back then.
WOHOO I did this without ranting or throwing something or worse!