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Need some advice from the forum experts here. I purchased a new Honda Pioneer 1000-5. It's been in the shop for 5 of the 8 months I've owned it. Mostly for 4WD and dif lock issues that the dealer has been unable to fix. It has about 1000 miles on it and the tires started wearing rapidly the last 100 miles on our last ride to the point where the front tires are probably 90% worn in spots. I initially thought it was faulty tires but was recently told by the dealer the vehicle had a faulty neutral indicator and wasn't displaying the engagement of 4WD or diff lock correctly. I think this may have also been a cause of the excessive tire wear.
I called Honda and asked for a replacement under warranty for the tires. However, here's what I was told by both the dealer and Honda: That the Honda Pioneer is not meant to be driven on pavement at all. Has anyone heard this? According to them the Pioneer is an off road only vehicle and, because I drove it at all on the pavement to get to the dirt trails I've invalidated the warranty on the tires. On road use on it would only be a small fraction of the total miles on my Pioneer but they are saying that any miles on pavement invalidates the warranty for this issue.
I've filed a Better Business Complaint and gone to their Facebook and Twitter pages, but has anyone heard this from Honda? Anyone know an executive complaint line to address this, completely BS, response from Honda? I opened a case on Honda's website but this was the response I was given so not sure where to proceed next. They are also not responding to my Facebook or Twitter complaints.
I've talked to other Pioneer owners in my area and checked the forum and found that most are getting 4-5000 miles from these tires so something is off here.
What do you think I should do?
Thanks,
Luke
I called Honda and asked for a replacement under warranty for the tires. However, here's what I was told by both the dealer and Honda: That the Honda Pioneer is not meant to be driven on pavement at all. Has anyone heard this? According to them the Pioneer is an off road only vehicle and, because I drove it at all on the pavement to get to the dirt trails I've invalidated the warranty on the tires. On road use on it would only be a small fraction of the total miles on my Pioneer but they are saying that any miles on pavement invalidates the warranty for this issue.
I've filed a Better Business Complaint and gone to their Facebook and Twitter pages, but has anyone heard this from Honda? Anyone know an executive complaint line to address this, completely BS, response from Honda? I opened a case on Honda's website but this was the response I was given so not sure where to proceed next. They are also not responding to my Facebook or Twitter complaints.
I've talked to other Pioneer owners in my area and checked the forum and found that most are getting 4-5000 miles from these tires so something is off here.
What do you think I should do?
Thanks,
Luke