This is the 2nd time. The first time was my fault because I told my wife to pull me out of a sticky mud hole back when I had my P5 on portals and 35s. I got stuck, told her to pull me out, she was in reverse and trying to pull me out. Had to have someone hook to the back of her and they both pulled me out. Her clutch started slipping right after. I didnt know that was a no-no on the P1000 at the time. My fault. Figure warranty will cover it. Nope! Its a 2018 that has had the clutch fix done to it at the factory for more oil capacity and more flow. I called the dealer and he told me not to stress, just bring it in and he'll work me a deal. The deal he worked me was charging me $1339 dollars. Well, I learned my lesson good. I thought I had discussed this in detail to my wife a few times, but I guess not. She went riding with her girlfriends and they got in the truck pit where trucks mud at and got into some thick mud. Tires stopped moving but she kept trying. Got pulled out. Clutch started slipping. She called me and told me the clutches were slipping. I told her to push it off in the woods and burn it! I said I didnt want to see her pull back in the yard with it on the trailer. Im tired of looking at it. Well, you know she brought it home. Lol I ordered clutches this time and tackled it myself. Yes, Im not happy with the P1000. I couldnt be given one. Keep it. Dont need another headache. I regret the day we bought it. Ive had to rebuild the sub trans. Constant overheating issues. It always has air in the cooling system. Always. Ive even thought it might have some kind of cracked valve seat or blown head gasket or something that lets air get into the cooling system. Ive done compression checks and leak down checks. Everything checks out good. It holds pressure and it holds vacuum. Ive tried it with and without thermostats, have bought a handful of new radiator caps, added a 2nd cooling fan, bought special $50 a gallon antifreeze, etc...I guess the next step would be relocate the radiator to the top of the hood with a bigger radiator. I even cut a special door into the area behind the seat belt buckles in the front seat so I can get to the bleeder bolt on the thermostat housing. I bleed it before every ride. Ive even thought of taking the bleeder bolt out and trying to make some kind of flexible line that screws into where the bleeder bolt goes and run the line over to the edge of the rollcage behind the drivers seat with a little valve on it I can open to let the air out. At the same time she has all these problems, her 2 cousins both have P1000s the same year and they dog the hell out of them! The only problems they ever have is broken axles. She keeps telling me she wants me to get a Talon. I tell her theres no way in hell I will ever own another machine that has an engine on it designed off of the P1000. My old P5 and her old P7-4 were bulletproof. She has said many times that she wishes she didnt trade her P7 in on the P1000. If I ever get another sxs it will probably be a P7 or a Can-Am 1000 trail. So what it has a belt. I can have a spare $100 belt on the machine and change it out in 20 minutes, and have brute horsepower to play with until it breaks again. Lol I got my Hoot 6x6 for now though. Looking forward to seeing how it does on the swampy trails soon.
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