08 XP Driveshaft replacement

[fassteddie]

avid has great products. but will your dealer credit your acct for the fix. also if the recall is not completed will there be a warranty prob.with other items that occur after they sent you a stop ride letter. maybe your dealer can say they did the recall! ed

 

[chubbs]

thats what i heard to is the Avid dual path is way stronger than the updated one from brp. if you have to ride thats what i would do . also its not a dealer problem its a brp problem they cant get the updated shaft fast enough to get them out to there dealers. in 10 years of goin to the same dealer ive never had the problems i had with this drive shaft update and i was only the 4th in line at my dealer in MN to get it and that just happend last week they still have over 60 still waiting.

 

[4fun]

I was told mid january but they're doing mine today. Of our 3 xp's mine broke last year . They payed to have it welded . Was down for about 3 days no weekends . They still sent a new shaft (since the old one spun ) payed to have it welded and put it in . again during the week . Now they're doing it again .
I would not conclude that BRP does'nt care . There should'nt be a bad drive-shaft problem . There is . File a complaint ,I did . Quality control must do better . But what can be done now ?
BRP will want to stay in buisness ( sell 09's) then fix yours .Sucks but understandable position . Your options-
1. weld it ,have it welded or avid and ride it . When your date comes up have it changed or not .
2. Do nothing , ride it anyway . I would'nt
3. Talk to a lawyer . Maybe you can ride the paperwork


Because there is 3 BRP won't suggest 1. You can be part of the problem or part of the solution . Choose snows coming

 

[AMSOILR]

thats what i heard to is the Avid dual path is way stronger than the updated one from brp. if you have to ride thats what i would do . also its not a dealer problem its a brp problem they cant get the updated shaft fast enough to get them out to there dealers. in 10 years of goin to the same dealer ive never had the problems i had with this drive shaft update and i was only the 4th in line at my dealer in MN to get it and that just happend last week they still have over 60 still waiting.

I checked out the avid-products http://www.avid-products.com/dShft.cfm It looks like a pretty good repair, but they didn't list a price for it. I'm contacting them to find out.

 

[redfox]

warranty my arss

My question is why is it taking so long to replace these axles? I'm pretty
sure BRP knew about this problem sometime last spring. Why have they
waited so long to start replacing a defective part? My only answer seems
to be that they couldn't care less about their customers. I have just
cancelled my purchase of a new 09 XP. I am no longer intrested in buying
a machine from a company that will treat their loyal customers so badly.
I will stay with polaris, even though they too have their problems I have
not lost any riding time waiting for a replacement part for months at a time.
SHAME ON YOU SKI-DOO:

 

[cjgodden]

My question is why is it taking so long to replace these axles? I'm pretty
sure BRP knew about this problem sometime last spring. Why have they
waited so long to start replacing a defective part? My only answer seems
to be that they couldn't care less about their customers. I have just
cancelled my purchase of a new 09 XP. I am no longer intrested in buying
a machine from a company that will treat their loyal customers so badly.
I will stay with polaris, even though they too have their problems I have
not lost any riding time waiting for a replacement part for months at a time.
SHAME ON YOU SKI-DOO:

Well lets see, how about, The company that was making the driveshafts last year filed for bankrupcy and went out of business, Brp has to recall over 35,000 units, the new supplier has to make shafts for 09 year production and build shafts for the recall. There is no way in hell any supplier could meet that demand. Currently the supplier can make 1000 recall shafts a month and still keep up with production. And before anybody spouts off and says BRP should have taken care of 08 owners before they put 09's in production, get a grip on life. New production must go on for a company to stay in business there is no way they could hold production on 09's. So get off the BRP hate train and have a little understanding and realize the full extent of situation.
So at $500 per unit to take care of a drive axel and 35,000 (which is an estimate, its more) units that is $17,500,000 its going to cost BRP to take care of this, AND BRP DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ITS CUSTOMERS ?

 

[Thundy]

Well lets see, how about, The company that was making the driveshafts last year filed for bankrupcy and went out of business, Brp has to recall over 35,000 units, the new supplier has to make shafts for 09 year production and build shafts for the recall. There is no way in hell any supplier could meet that demand. Currently the supplier can make 1000 recall shafts a month and still keep up with production. And before anybody spouts off and says BRP should have taken care of 08 owners before they put 09's in production, get a grip on life. New production must go on for a company to stay in business there is no way they could hold production on 09's. So get off the BRP hate train and have a little understanding and realize the full extent of situation.
So at $500 per unit to take care of a drive axel and 35,000 (which is an estimate, its more) units that is $17,500,000 its going to cost BRP to take care of this, AND BRP DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ITS CUSTOMERS ?

and the only reason they are spending that 17.5 million is to avoid a more expensive lawsuit...also they had to replace the shafts because of the safety regulations

 

[fassteddie]

so whats your point. there getting fixed! agin i ask what did polaris do to help those who bought 900 r.m.k. oh i forgot NOTHING................

 

[graveler]

so whats your point. there getting fixed! agin i ask what did polaris do to help those who bought 900 r.m.k. oh i forgot NOTHING................

was there really anything they could do??????

 

[heytrid]

The worst part about the whole driveshaft thing is the rep the dealers are getting over it when it is strictly a part supply issue (as stated above) Most shops I know of are more then willing to push the OT to get the units complete if they had the parts to do the job.