Bad Way to Start the Season

[Parkerman]

So splash down was Memorial day week end. After changing the plugs out the Yamaha 150 ran great but it was ideling rough. I only used it on Saturday for two hours tops. Monday I dropped it off at the shop. They called today with the diagnosis. Something about a fly wheel and crank shaft and minimal $1,500.00 in parts and two days labor. Thank god for the 5 year YES plan. This is a 2004 motor with 55 hours on it total. It had 10 when I bought it last season. I had $1,700.00 in warranty work done at winterization in October and now the first time I run the boat it sounds like we are heading towards another $4,000.00. Thankfully this is all under warranty but that runs out in March 2009. Should I be worried? If you say no I will still be. Any thoughts would be apriciated.

 

[arima]

im just wondering what other problems you had to have covered by your waranty at winterization time if you would not mind

 

[Parkerman]

im just wondering what other problems you had to have covered by your waranty at winterization time if you would not mind

It was powerless on the last trip of the season last year so I took it in for winterization. The motor was full of carbon and needed some type of wiring harness that was not explained very well to me. They performed all of those repairs under warranty which surprized me as I would think carbon build up would be more of a regular maintenance type of thing.

 

[John_Madison CT]

Full of carbon after only 55 hours? Something doesn't sound right or maybe the motor isn't running right.

 

[TopShot25]

Something sounds big time wrong (at least to me).

I got a new set of plugs for my twin F150's thinking planning to change them at my 300 hours service. When I pulled them out at 330 hours, they looked like new. I checked the gaps and after a little anti-seize I just put them back in. I can’t believe how clean these engines run.

If I had the problems your talking about I would be seriously pissed and Yamaha would know me by voice. This is the day and age that most cars don’t even schedule a tune up for 100,000 miles.

 

[Parkerman]

So in about a week I should be picking up my boat and I should have a detailed list of the work that was performed. So do you suggest I take ths information to Yamaha and ask them what is going on with this motor? Do I ask for an extension on my YES warranty? Has anyone ever sucessfully done this? I really need some input.

 

[jethro]

So in about a week I should be picking up my boat and I should have a detailed list of the work that was performed. So do you suggest I take ths information to Yamaha and ask them what is going on with this motor? Do I ask for an extension on my YES warranty? Has anyone ever sucessfully done this? I really need some input.

What would be the basis for asking for an extension on your YES contract?

A basic warranty provides coverage for X years and the YES contract provides coverage for Y years. Did you not obtain the warranty work you were promised under the warranty agreement? I must be missing something here.

It sounds as if because work was needed to be done under warranty that this entitles you to additional warranty time? I have never heard of anything like this. Most folks don't ever need warranty work. A few do. Ford fixed some stuff on my truck under warranty and it never crossed my mind to ask for them to extend my warranty time.