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Stop sale notice on All Kawasaki Teryx Vehicles

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Will update more once we have more information..... but this is a big deal.
 
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This is a good thing. It acknowledges that Kawasaki is acknowledging there is a problem, and we now need to hope they do a complete fix and not just primary clutch failures. The secondary is probably the cause of most belt failures, and there might even be an air flow issue through the CVT to cool the secondary. Looking at the secondary it’s very different from the other brands. The helix is on the back side and the sheaves have no cooling fins to move air, but also to pull heat out of the sheaves.

I’m hoping for a complete overhaul of the CVT.
 
Nikal said:
This is a good thing. It acknowledges that Kawasaki is acknowledging there is a problem, and we now need to hope they do a complete fix and not just primary clutch failures. The secondary is probably the cause of most belt failures, and there might even be an air flow issue through the CVT to cool the secondary. Looking at the secondary it’s very different from the other brands. The helix is on the back side and the sheaves have no cooling fins to move air, but also to pull heat out of the sheaves.

I’m hoping for a complete overhaul of the CVT.
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I hope you are right. Would love to see this problem solved once and for all. You would think it would have shown up in testing!!!
 
El Chorizo said:
I hope you are right. Would love to see this problem solved once and for all. You would think it would have shown up in testing!!!
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Makes you wonder how these cars are really tested. IMO you need the average Joe driving them as they are the ones who find the short comings. Speed UTV was the same way, but that was because their test and preproduction parts were more superior to the production parts subbed out to contract suppliers in Asia.

Could be the same for the Kawasaki, but I think the design of the secondary is questionable. Plus Kawasaki made a big deal about the primary clutch having a bearing for the belt to ride on when not engaged. They made it sound like it’s revolutionary, yet every other SXS UTV has had that bearing forever. I kinda think Kawasaki is behind the curve on the CVT game and probably should have seeked out an experience company like Team Ind to design and supply clutches. Arctic Cat did that with the Wild Cat XX to speed up the learning curve and to bring a better car to market quicker with better performance & reliability. Now they have designed their own Adapt clutch. So many good things about the XX platform, just for some reason Textron & Arctic Cat treat it like a stepchild. I hope it gets a revision and maybe Gen 2 now that they have new ownership.
 
On the proposed customer letter I posted it has a phone number on it. I’d call and find out what’s going on. Tell them you know there’s a stop sale, and you have seen a proposed letter to customers, but you have not received anything official and you don’t know what’s going on.
 
Spoke to a rep at Kawi this morning and no news on when the fix will be available. She said they are working on it. I made sure she documented the blown belts and broken clutch cover on my file so when I take it to the dealer when the fix is available they can address those. Hopefully they will reimburse me for some belts and the cover.
 
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Sand Shark said:
Spoke to a rep at Kawi this morning and no news on when the fix will be available. She said they are working on it. I made sure she documented the blown belts and broken clutch cover on my file so when I take it to the dealer when the fix is available they can address those. Hopefully they will reimburse me for some belts and the cover.
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I doubt they will be fixing vehicles for at least 45-60 more days. Also, they will likely have to do this in stages so the parts can be distributed and dealers are not overwhelmed with repair requests. Not sure how they will triage it, perhaps by VIN, but its likely to be a shit show for some owners.
 
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I doubt they will be fixing vehicles for at least 45-60 more days. Also, they will likely have to do this in stages so the parts can be distributed and dealers are not overwhelmed with repair requests. Not sure how they will triage it, perhaps by VIN, but its likely to be a shit show for some owners.
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If they could get it done in 60 days that would be impressive. It took Polaris several months and lots of reimbursements to owners when they had the clutch issue.
 
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If they could get it done in 60 days that would be impressive. It took Polaris several months and lots of reimbursements to owners when they had the clutch issue.
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Agreed, it could be a longwhile.

However, I believe they were working on the issue probably since October when problems started to arise and car buybacks started. They did not plan for a stop sale/drive at that time. I think that last catastrophic failure with shrapnel making its way into the occupants space is what led to that. So if they had logged 120 days or so at this time I was figuring 180 days to begin roll outs. If they didn't jump on the solution in October, it could easily be Julyish.

Kawasaki is a massive company and has vastly larger capital and resources to address the issue than most manufacturers, besides Honda. I believe they know it's best to get the fix done right and begin sales again and rebuilding trust with customers to keep their reputation in tact. Time is money!

I guess we'll know when they announce something.
 
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