MIKESZONE2
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Latest as of 2/1/13 on new 2013 wobbling problems ;see post 16 for latest update
Hello All
I wanted to bring everybody up to date on my new 2013 RTS SE5 wobbling problem. I felt sharing this is extremely important so I started a new thread to be sure everyone will read it. Please read the old posts by MIKESZONE2 to get you to this point. I called BRP this week to find out if the new alignment program was out for the 2013 models and they said yes. I called my dealer to find out if they received it they said no. I kept calling them to let them know it is out. Well at first they all thought I was a Internet junkie when I was explaining the cause of this problem. Well they got the program and were working on it today. Mechanic said it takes about 12 hours as it is sophisticated to do. He also told me he does not think that's the problem. I said well if its not where do we go from there, his response was struts, then casters. I said no if the alignment does not fix it I'm not taking it back as I did not by a refurbished machine I bought a bran new one. I talked to the owner who was awesome and will do everything in his power to make things right. Well we came home from dealer today and had a message that they found the problem. Toe out by 11 degrees. They said it should be ready by tomorrow so we will see. I also called Cowtown and was blessed with the advise from their master spyder tech he told me they had several units out of the crate with the same problems but alignment fixed the problem, they are indeed the best, he told me to tell my mechanic to also check the angle sensor yaw rate. Well after talking to the mechanics at my dealer and upper management they realized I am not nuts. When I talked to a person at BRP and asked how does all these units get out the door like that. The answer I got was as follows; in the past BRP would test ride them for 4 to 5 miles but then customers were complaining at the dealership hey I just bought a new machine and it has 5 miles on it they were mad saying it is not new so BRP stopped it. Now the spyders go on a conveyer and lasers check the front end as they
are rolled through but this system is not totally accurate. Well that's where I am at now. Will add to this post tomorrow when I get to check the results of this repair from the road it self. I hope this helps you all out there. Sincerely Mike
Hello All
I wanted to bring everybody up to date on my new 2013 RTS SE5 wobbling problem. I felt sharing this is extremely important so I started a new thread to be sure everyone will read it. Please read the old posts by MIKESZONE2 to get you to this point. I called BRP this week to find out if the new alignment program was out for the 2013 models and they said yes. I called my dealer to find out if they received it they said no. I kept calling them to let them know it is out. Well at first they all thought I was a Internet junkie when I was explaining the cause of this problem. Well they got the program and were working on it today. Mechanic said it takes about 12 hours as it is sophisticated to do. He also told me he does not think that's the problem. I said well if its not where do we go from there, his response was struts, then casters. I said no if the alignment does not fix it I'm not taking it back as I did not by a refurbished machine I bought a bran new one. I talked to the owner who was awesome and will do everything in his power to make things right. Well we came home from dealer today and had a message that they found the problem. Toe out by 11 degrees. They said it should be ready by tomorrow so we will see. I also called Cowtown and was blessed with the advise from their master spyder tech he told me they had several units out of the crate with the same problems but alignment fixed the problem, they are indeed the best, he told me to tell my mechanic to also check the angle sensor yaw rate. Well after talking to the mechanics at my dealer and upper management they realized I am not nuts. When I talked to a person at BRP and asked how does all these units get out the door like that. The answer I got was as follows; in the past BRP would test ride them for 4 to 5 miles but then customers were complaining at the dealership hey I just bought a new machine and it has 5 miles on it they were mad saying it is not new so BRP stopped it. Now the spyders go on a conveyer and lasers check the front end as they
are rolled through but this system is not totally accurate. Well that's where I am at now. Will add to this post tomorrow when I get to check the results of this repair from the road it self. I hope this helps you all out there. Sincerely Mike
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