I bought the 2003 Ski-Doo REV MXZX 800 (the original beaver-tail style)
and suffered all of it's First-Production Year failures (Over-oiling, PTO Side Bearing failure due to ISOPAR vs Inj. Oil, MAG failure, Cracking intake boots, etc, etc) plus the poor deep snow performance
of my 121" with the trap door Beaver Tail)
I fought through it, fixed all the warranty crap my self and vowed never to do buisness with the local Ski-Doo dealer again.
Then the wife and I decided to buy the first year 2009 Assaults, great idea, because air-schocks!!!!, which failed of course, and it needed new injectors, a new can, new pistons, like four ECM re-flashes...did I forget anything with the '09 800's?
Oh the 90/10 Competition Track, which for anyone but a racer was 10 percent effective 90 percent of the time, or 90 percent effective 10 percent of the time.
I know what the fight and struggle can be about, and I hope that many more don't have to go through it.
And I ask again, as I did on anther post:
I don't ride 4-wheelers, street bikes, MX Bikes, UTV's or watercraft, so I ask others that do;
Has anyone seen thesame amount of mass failures, warranty work, and recalls on any other mode of recreational transport, as we see on sleds every year, from every manufacturer?
Imagine:
Prop-shaft failure on a watercraft going 60 kts towards a marina....
Drivetrain failure on a streetbike doing the speed limit on a crowded highway....
Drivetrain failure on a UTV makign a last ditch attempt cliibing something around Moab.....
Just seems like us sledders are left out to "freeze" compared to other sports.
Please, enlighten me.
