Pioneer 1000 5 delux fire

[Steven218]

Yeah my thoughts exactly when they told me its the first one they ever worked on the clutches with... and its my word against thiers

 

[Admin]

 

[sugarray]

Who is/was your dealer? I want to get my clutch upgrade and a couple other things done this winter

 

[trigger]

Yeah I posted it on every social media accoun I have hoping to grab the attention of honda or anyone else going thru the same situation as me and your right honda hasn't made any effort to help. It was my fault for not having it insured but it was a brand new machine with almost 400 miles on the clock. I just assumed it was clutch issues that caused the fire considering I picked it up a few hours prior to the fire with it being in the shop almost a month getting the clutches replaced and rode it for roughly 30 min before catching fire.

Sorry to hear about your buddy's polaris too I feel his pain!!!

Sounds like the dealers fault not Honda. If it was my $15k plus in the toilet he'd have a lawsuit on his hands. If you did have it insured you can bet the insurance company would be going after them.

 

[Steven218]

Who is/was your dealer? I want to get my clutch upgrade and a couple other things done this winter

Lol go for it!!! It has a complimentary heater upgrade when you deal with beckley honda...
Well I've tried I contacted bbb and attorney General and still no results. All other lawyers won' take the case I guess because there isn't enough money involved and the ones that seem half way interested start off by asking if anyone involved was hurt and when I say no their reply is I'm sorry but there isn't anything we can do..

 

[Plumber32]

Lol go for it!!! It has a complimentary heater upgrade when you deal with beckley honda...
Well I've tried I contacted bbb and attorney General and still no results. All other lawyers won' take the case I guess because there isn't enough money involved and the ones that seem half way interested start off by asking if anyone involved was hurt and when I say no their reply is I'm sorry but there isn't anything we can do..

Keep trying buddy

 

[GlockMeister]

Man..i hate it for ya...but this is a.prime example why i tell everyone.i know to keep full coverage insurance. I hope you can get it worked out bud.

 

[Eltobgi]

Is it a coincidence that the fire appears to be in the same area as where others have posted pics of melted rear passenger floorboard

 

[swsebek]

Steve I'm very sorry for your situation,It seemed a little troll suspicious when it was posted.If nothing good comes of this then maybe others can learn from this. Everyone you need full coverage insurance.
Steve I hope you get to some kind of help or a break on replacement machine.

I have 3 friends that have the 1000 now and they have no problems with it.
I went with a guy I work with to look at the 700 at the dealership.
The salesman had no Idea what machine we were looking for.
My buddy sat in the 700 delux while the sales man bad mouthed Honda and their clutches.and how he can't sale them now.
He kept trying to shove the Kawasaki at us.
After we left him I went to his sales manager and told them what a low information saleguy he had.His uneducated blabbering about 700 clutches had my friend uneasy about any Honda purchase.
Yes he said the 700 clutches
This clutch issue is hurting sales on all four models and I believe will delay any chance of a true sport model.

 

[DG Rider]

Yes he said the 700 clutches
This clutch issue is hurting sales on all four models and I believe will delay any chance of a true sport model.

I've noticed this on FB as well. I guess people hear "Pioneer has clutch issues" and just group them together.

 

[ohanacreek]

I've noticed this on FB as well. I guess people hear "Pioneer has clutch issues" and just group them together.

Hearing inaccurate info from one person on social media vs doing your due diligence.

People are LAZY!

If you don’t do your research it’s an impulse buy. Nothing over @$100 is an impulse buy for me.

Neighbor has a 570 Ranger he went to Multi-Brand dealer to ask about a 1000 because he liked mine, dealer was plenty happy to trash the Honda clutch failing to tell him about the update that fixes it.

Pushed a Polaris on him, without mentioning the 11 pages of FIRE RECALLS on CPSC.gov.

He’s heading out of town to buy a Pioneer 1000-3 EPS at some point in the next few months.

 

[DaddyDubbs]

Hearing inaccurate info from one person on social media vs doing your due diligence.

People are LAZY!

If you don’t do your research it’s an impulse buy. Nothing over @$100 is an impulse buy for me.

Neighbor has a 570 Ranger he went to Multi-Brand dealer to ask about a 1000 because he liked mine, dealer was plenty happy to trash the Honda clutch failing to tell him about the update that fixes it.

Pushed a Polaris on him, without mentioning the 11 pages of FIRE RECALLS on CPSC.gov.

He’s heading out of town to buy a Pioneer 1000-3 EPS at some point in the next few months.

Perhaps the dealer margins are better on a Polaris and the sales person gets a better commission check and doesn't give a rats a$$ about the Fire Recalls, just a bigger check at the end of the month.

 

[JACKAL]

Welcome to the forum there is a lot of good information and people on here.

 

[Neohio]

Welcome to the club.

 

[infernored1000]

Welcome to the forum. I hate to hear stuff like this, seen enough of this stuff on the Polaris forums about machines burning and a few on the canam forum. Sounds to me more like dealer fault than Honda, I would think Honda would at least want to look into it even if was the dealers fault, don't want a bad job done by a dealer i.e. a machine burning to the ground and ruining product image.