Yep, I expect the AG will be contacting me and pushing it, hoping to hear from others as well so I can add them to the list...I think this was a pretty stupid thing for PI to do, the UCC codes cover this stuff pretty good, and from the reading I have done so far this is pretty major consumer fraud..but who knows..maybe PI has the Aw bought off....
Actually was freaky the way it happened..breaking a trail across the bottoms, running 25-30 mph, all of a sudden got flames a foot over the winsheild..slammed the brakes on, hit the kill switch, dived off and started scooping snow on..got lucky cause my son had been riding it and we switched back on our last break about 15 minutes earlier...not sure he would have known what to do...anyway we towed it to camp(about 6 miles away), sspent about 4 hrs getting all the melted wiring unglobbed so it wouldnt short, and got it to fire up..ran ok..would idle even...so next morning we packed up and son pulled both tow sleds while I nursed mine out...time we got within 10 miles of the road sshe was sounding pretty nasty..but it went all the way to the trailer...lucky it didnt leave us stranded....
Thanks Jim, I could just say screw it and turn it in on insurance..but that just bugs me...not to mention I am willing to bet a whole lot of peeps have been denied warranty on their 11's that should have been covered...And that kind of chit pisses me off..funny too, I have 2 forms from the 2011 snowcheck.. first is the my snow check program rules, the other is the factory order form which both say "4 yr. Polarisstar bumper to bumper warranty" and its amazing to hear the company representatives say that no I am mistaken, bumper to bumper 4 yr warranty doesnt exist....
So am I reading this wrong? or would any sane white man read this and decide that indeed this machine has a 4 yr bumper to bumper warranty? And if indeed you come to that conclusion, then doesnt that mean if anything on the sled is damaged by a defective part..oh say an injector, then it should all be a covered repair? right?
Yes, they very well could...I will notify them of what is going on, and I will give them all of the facts..
AK, who is AW, and what are UCC codes? After chatting with you, and my dealer. It's kind of scary how much they don't know. I briefly told my dealer your story and he pretty much said it's a gray area but they don't cover side panels, hoods plastics, etc. I think everyone on this site lives in a common sense world. The folks your dealing with don't, and speak a language unfamiliar to us.
Opps, AW (my spelling error) is AG (attorney General) and UCC is for uniform comercial codes which is the goverment laws that oversee business practices..basically the polaristar warranty is willing to pay for the mechanical repairs(internal engine parts and labor), along with select parts of the electrical(stator, wireharness, coils) but nothing else..the dealer and the polaris district rep both felt the warranty should cover all parts and labor(due to being sold as a 4 yr bumper to bumper warranty). And yes your dealer sees exactly what has been allowed under warranty, in the first year of service this would be completely covered..no questions asked(dealer did a 12 for the same thing..completely covered), but because mine is on its second season, it not haandled tru polaris, but thru the esc...and they dont cover anything that is not mechanical/electrical even though the b to b warranty should provide the same service as it would in the first yr.and I will keep all informed for sure...
No I havent, this is the only place I have posted it so far...now with that said, this is the first time this sled has had any kind of failure, it had run flawlessly since new..and I cant fault the engine for an injector failure...
That's a good point but I was thinking more as a heads up on the warranty issues.
You make a very good point.
The gal had to get her supervisor involved but they both said it is definitely is not covered. To me it makes sense. When all those Toyota's where crashing into things because of a gas petal sticking, I am sure the insurance company's of those car owners wouldn't cover them. It's a manufactures defect. Just like an injector malfunction I guess. Anyway I have to go by what they tell me. Maybe there are some insurance dudes here that can chime in.
