RZR Owners read very important

I ran across this and did not see it had been posted, but you 08 owners will get a new air box and extension of your warranty on related motor issues for 18 additional months!

https://www.polarisdealers.com/files/RecentFaxes/English/R-08-09-01%20-%20RZR%20Air%20Filter%20Update.pdf

that is AAA+++ Customer Service.....that's good to hear that Polaris is doing that.....almost makes me want to buy a RZR now

Its a little late now though ant it....
the year is almost over. and how many motors done
had to be rebuilt. Probebly got scared of a law suit.....
But it was good that thay finaly excepted there was a problem
and took care of it.

rubicon05 wrote:

that is AAA+++ Customer Service.....that's good to hear that Polaris is doing that.....almost makes me want to buy a RZR now

Rub , I dont know if i would go that far....

i was joking......haha...gotcha

rubicon05 wrote:

i was joking......haha...gotcha

I figured you was a little old to be playing
with leggo toys...... :(lmao:

Chris......

Wow you guys should watch some of the rzr vids on you tube, a rhino aint got nothing on them. except 300 lbs and a bigger bed.

GunRunner wrote:

Wow you guys should watch some of the rzr vids on you tube, a rhino aint got nothing on them. except 300 lbs and a bigger bed.

Gunny that is the biggest Crock of.... i ever heard.
you do need a new computer. cause you screen is real
distorted.....

I agree. The Rhino is maybe the "king" as far as being the oldest and most "proven", but it aint got shit on the RZR as far as all around being bad-ass. I have watched the videos of the RZR at Moab. That thing is one bad-ass machine. I want one!!

I agree LT its a cool little buggy.
I just like to agrivate the crap out of the popo guys..

Never understood why people give polaris crap, they dominate the mud wars, have the fastest SXS and now ATV with the new 850. If you ever take a close look at how polaris puts things together and the quality of its components you wont be so happy looking at the jap stuff anymore. Heavier high grade steel frames, SS brake lines, bigger axles and tie rods, its what makes them heavier but thats fine by me. And most everything they do is backed by years of R&D in their snowmobiles which rule that world too. They have been around since 1954 building this stuff. I tend to like whats built good and works, rhinos are great, one of the best sxs's out there, but yamaha will have to step up if they dont want to loose sales to tougher built and higher powered units.

The sad truth is that when you look at all the ATV's. Polaris has on average the most mechanical problems, design flaws and poor customer service through the years than the other manufacturers. You dont have to do much of a product search out there to find this out. You also hear it on the trails as well. This does not mean that all Polaris ATV's are junk, just that they have more problems than others. There are many happy Polaris owners out there that have never had any issues with their machines, but percentage wise there are more that have had problems than owners of other manufacturer's. There are a lot of things I like about Polaris. But these reliability issues have always kept me from buying one. There are over 500,000 ATV's in West Virginia. That is more than there are households here. Every one has them. By far I hear more owners bitch about their Polaris than any other machine. That is the real world product review that just cant be denied.

I disagree yank, yes the older polaris atvs who used motors made by another company before 03 I think did have problems but since they started building their own very few problems are there as well as they boosted their customer service too. Ive owned 4 but all were 05 or newer and had no issues with the product or customer service. Still it will take time for people to get over the past. As far as customer service goes most time it has as much to do with the dealer as it does the company. Ive got great service from a dealer after being turned away by another and this was on a kawasaki and on a harley.

I ant getting in this one...

I been all over and under them. and ant no po po built
as well as a Yamaha...

You may be right Gunny. They may have really improved their program since 03. But one thing for sure is that all the gains they may have made get washed away when an issue comes up like the one with the RZR intake problem and motor destruction, as well as how long it took Polaris to admit there was a problem when it was obvious. It's a 2 steps forward and 3 steps back scenerio.

wvyankee2 wrote:

You may be right Gunny. They may have really improved their program since 03. But one thing for sure is that all the gains they may have made get washed away when an issue comes up like the one with the RZR intake problem and motor destruction, as well as how long it took Polaris to admit there was a problem when it was obvious. It's a 2 steps forward and 3 steps back scenerio.

Yank is Wise........

wvyankee2 wrote:

You may be right Gunny. They may have really improved their program since 03. But one thing for sure is that all the gains they may have made get washed away when an issue comes up like the one with the RZR intake problem and motor destruction, as well as how long it took Polaris to admit there was a problem when it was obvious. It's a 2 steps forward and 3 steps back scenerio.

Well if you look at it that way then what about Yamaha rhino injuries due to nothing to stop your feet from coming out when one falls over which they do often in stock form.(not talking suits filed over many roll over deaths) They knew this was a safety problem starting in 04 because they were sued hundreds of times but waited till late 07 to put doors on rhinos and offer every rhino owner in the world a free set of doors regardless of who owns them. Then take can-am, frame breakage on their outlander and renegade 800's are common place yet they neither acknowledge it or offer to repair it unless it happens in the first 6 months. I think polaris went above and beyond, free replacement of parts to all frist year owners and extending warranty on the motor related to ingestion for 18 additional months. You need to understand, first a problem has to be reported, investigated and a new better design developed and produced, this process by any manufacturer can not happen overnight. I can tell you having had new harleys with issues, polaris took care of this in less than 11 months thats not a bad time line.

ChrisC wrote:

I ant getting in this one...

I been all over and under them. and ant no po po built
as well as a Yamaha...

Good to know chris cause Most rhino owners only get to know what the ass end of a rzr looks like :(lmao:

GunRunner wrote:

ChrisC wrote:

I ant getting in this one...

I been all over and under them. and ant no po po built
as well as a Yamaha...

Good to know chris cause Most rhino owners only get to know what the ass end of a rzr looks like :(lmao:

Oh hell.............the gloves are coming off.....

No shit, Polaris have always scared me because they cost more than the Hondas I rode, and it seemed all my buddies with Sportsmans had them in the shop all the time. I rode the 800 like yours Gunny while I was home on leave. I liked it okay, but stil did not feel "right" to me. I would like some seat time on that new 850 and really see how different it is. The King Quad is just a good fit for me I guess, even though I know it won't keep up with that new 850. It would be nice to ride the Grizz 700, King 750 and PoPo 850 all back to back to compare.

I will say this. Polaris is the ONLY quad that I think can touch the King in the ride comfort dept. I also think it is noble they accept the design flaw and try to fix it. Suzuki made several design flaws in the King Quad, some were fixed, some were not. I myself have to worry about the engine casing splitting on mine because of inferior design. I don't run huge knobbies so I should be okay. Suzuki had air filter issues and blew motors in the early Kings. Some dealers got them covered and some did not. I would be pissed if I bought something and it blew up in less than 300 miles. Hopefully the newer RZRs will not have any of the problems the previous models had.

i have always been a Honda fan...had about 4 of them before the Rhino....they were all great....
i was at first nervous buying the Rhino just for the simple fact a few buddies had Yamaha's growing up and we were always fixing small shit on them before rides and it would piss me off.....the rhino...so far so good.....
my uncle gets a new Polaris every 4 years.....when i was a kid he had an old 2 stroker chain driven 250....biggest piece of shit he ever had...the next one was another 250 stroker....the last 2 have been 4 stroke shaft driven and have been pretty reliable and we put quite a few hours on them at the farm. They probably have to be one of them most comfortable quads to ride on...the seats on them have always been great....he recently traded for an new Ranger 500 4x4....i always thought they are too big, which they are kinda, but it is very very comfortable to drive and the transmission and everything is very smooth.....definitely not my style, but i was surprisely impressed......
If i were to do it all over again, i would definitely consider the RZR........i think

Polaris is leaps and bounds from where they used to be. I would really like to get some seat time on the RZR and the new 850 Sportsman. I know it has to be a power machine. I just knew shelling out 10k, I wanted something reliable, especially given the fact that it would sit for long periods of time with me being gone on deployment. That is another reason I bought the extended warranty.

Airborne LT wrote:

I would really like to get some seat time on the RZR and the new 850 Sportsman. .

And this you shall get my friend! Seneca2e is picking his red power steering 850 polaris up tomorrow Dec 23! He already has a Kingquad..Yamaha 700..and Canam 800 to compare it with..but most important..I'll make sure you get some seat time on it at the Feb. ride in Evarts.

As for the Rzr....MAN oh MAN! I can't believe all the rotten luck Bobby D has had. Like I've mentioned to you in emails...we have many Ridge Runners with 2-3k plus on their 08's with no problems so far.