2018 HVAC Ranger 1000

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Going to continue this https://www.snowandmud.com/the-mud-pit-chat/113852-18-ranger-2.html thread here.

It has ~4500 miles on it now. Used it day and night calving out cows.

Have had to replace 3 tires, 2 in back and 1 in front. They all got cuts in the sidewalls.

The 4 wheel drive quit working and it displayed a code. The dealer had to replace part of the wiring harness by the alternator.

The centrifugal clutch isn't releasing well. The dealer has had it apart and cleaned it, and we have as well. It works good for a couple of days, and then you end up shutting it off a lot to get it out of gear. One of our guys tried adding a shim, it didn't help. Dealer said others are having this problem and waiting for a fix from Polaris. Seems as if their "improved" clutching could have used some more real world testing.

Dealer got the AC working once, sort of, but it isn't working as of now. Seems to not have freon in the system, would be my first guess.
 

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The Ranger has been at the dealership for a while, got it back 2 days ago.

Centrifugal clutch was rebuilt (at 5000 miles), is working okay as of now. Shifting cable was replaced.

Air conditioner was determined to be way overfilled at factory. Has correct amount of freon now and works at least fair.
 

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Now it's blowing the 20 amp fuse to the ECM, often. It's at the dealers again.
 

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I warned you in the other thread. Try out a defender although no ac you won't have any of these issues.
 

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I warned you in the other thread. Try out a defender although no ac you won't have any of these issues.



Try a defender he says. Lol . My neighbour has one hates it wants his ranger back. Many motor problems with his defender But with that said. There is always a lemon with everyone’s units it’s nature of man made products I personally have never seen a canned ham sxs be reliable. They make a wicked quad though
 

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Try a defender he says. Lol . My neighbour has one hates it wants his ranger back. Many motor problems with his defender But with that said. There is always a lemon with everyone’s units it’s nature of man made products I personally have never seen a canned ham sxs be reliable. They make a wicked quad though
What kind of motor problems? Seems strange for can am. Which motor comes in the defender?
 

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Try a defender he says. Lol . My neighbour has one hates it wants his ranger back. Many motor problems with his defender But with that said. There is always a lemon with everyone’s units it’s nature of man made products I personally have never seen a canned ham sxs be reliable. They make a wicked quad though

Love comments from the die hard polaris fans. I was Polaris for years but they make junk nowadays. please enlighten us about the so called motor problems?
 

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Shifting cable broke again, the end under the dash. They're back ordered. Apparently an issue.
 

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So I just traded, over the phone, for this blue 2019 Northstar. Am hoping they got the bugs worked out of it. Wanted a new one for going into calving in a few short months.
 
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