2006 VICTORY CNSS — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

NO INJURIES OR DEATH YET!! POLARIS SPORTSMAN 90 YOUTH ATV-HAVE HAD 2 OCCASIONS WHEN THE YOUTH ATV THROTTLE WOULD STICK AND THE ATV WOULD TAKE OFF RUNNING! IN ADDITION, STARTER STICKS ON WHEN ATV IS STARTED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHILE ATV WAS WITHIN WARRANTY PERIOD AND PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. ATV OUT OF WARRANTY AND POLARIS DID NOT WANT TO FIX PROBLEM. AFTER ARGUING BACK & FORTH, DEALER DECIDED TO COVER LABOR IF POLARIS COVERED PARTS. POLARIS AGREED. DEALER HAD ATV FOR OVER A MONTH AND STATED BOTH PROBLEMS WERE FIXED.....STILL HAVING PROBLEMS THE DAY WE BROUGHT BACK FROM DEALER AFTER THEY REPLACED STARTED & THROTTLE CABLE. THIS IS A PROBLEM WAITING TO HAPPEN-THIS IS A CHILD'S MACHINE AND POLARIS DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A FAULTY MACHINE!!!! HAVE HAD PROBLEMS FROM THE DAY WE BROUGHT IT HOME FROM DEALERSHIP BRAND NEW!!! WE CANNOT SELL THIS TO ANOTHER PERSON FOR FEAR A CHILD NOT AS EXPERIENCED AS OURS WILL GET HURT OR KILLED ON THIS MACHINE. POLARIS NOT WILLING TO TAKE THE MACHINE BACK FOR EVEN TRADE ON SIMILAR MODEL! WHAT CAN WE DO...HAS BEEN BACK AND FORTH TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM AND THEY WILL NOT FIX THIS POSSIBLE DEADLY PROBLEM! *TR

I HAVE A 2006 POLARIS 800 SPORTSMAN ATV THAT WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM RIDERSVILLE CYCLE IN BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV ON JANUARY 25, 2006. ON MAY 26, 2006 I WENT RIDING WITH A FEW FRIENDS. I CHECKED THE VEHICLE OVER AS I DO BEFORE EVERY RIDE AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS INTO OUR RIDE, I WAS ASCENDING A HILL THAT I HAD MANY TIMES BEFORE, WHEN SUDDENLY THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY SLIPPED DOWN THE HANDLE BAR AND LOCKED THE THROTTLE WIDE OPEN CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE LANDED ON TOP OF ME. I HAVE WITNESSES THAT SAW THE ACCIDENT AND HELPED ME TO GET THE 770 POUND MACHINE OFF OF ME. MY LOWER BACK WAS INJURED AND I WAS TERRIBLY BRUISED. THE POLARIS SUSTAINED SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. TODAY IS OCTOBER 16. 2006 AND I JUST PICKED THE POLARIS UP FROM RIDERSVILLE CYCLE IN WEST VIRGINIA. THEY HAVE HAD THE ATV SINCE 2 WEEKS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. ALL THAT WAS DONE BETWEEN THEN AND NOW WAS THAT THEY REMOVED THE PART THAT FAILED AND CAUSED THE DAMAGE, SENT IT BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER, POLARIS. POLARIS CLAIMS THAT THE PART DID NOT FAIL AND SENT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, RIDERSVILLE. RIDERSVILLE RE-INSTALLED THE PART LAST WEEK AND CALLED ME TO PICK THE VEHICLE UP. *NM