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2009 Polaris Sportsman 850XP Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 28, 2014
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jun 2, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2009 Polaris Sportsman 850XP. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Electrical
Filed Mar 28, 2014

GENERAL WIRING ISSUES. ALL WIRES IN THIS MACHINE ARE NOT SAFE, THE PLASTIC COATING ON THE WIRES IS VERY STIFF, BUT WITH VIBRATION AND FLEXING THE COATING BREAKS. THIS CAUSES BARE SPOTS ON THE WIRES WHERE IT CAN BE SHORTED OUT. I HAVE HAD MANY OCCURRENCES OF THIS, FROM THE WIRES IN THE HEADLIGHT POD SEPARATING AND SHORTING OUT, OR CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO NOT WORK. SENSORS WERE THE WIRING HAS DETERIORATED AND MADE THE SENSOR FAULTY. ALSO HAD PART OF THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE COILS DO THE SAME ALSO. *TR

NHTSA ID
10575454
Incident
Mar 30, 2011
Mileage
62 mi
Suspension
Filed Jun 2, 2013
Crash reported

WAS RIDING ON GRAVEL ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, GOING AROUND CURVE TO THE LEFT, CROSSING A CULVERT WHEN I HEARD AND FELT A POP, VEHICLE TURNED TO THE RIGHT ENDING UP IN A CREEK ON ITS SIDE, I DOVE IN THE WATER TO GET A WAY FROM VEHICLE, AFTER RECOVERING THE VEHICLE AND INSPECTING , FOUND THAT WELD HAD BROKEN ON THE LOWER RIGHT A-ARM, CAUSING ACCIDENT, NOTIFIED POLARIS, THEY DENIED THERE WAS A PROBLEM, REPLACED A-ARM MYSELF AND HAVEN'T HAD ANY MORE BREAK. *TR

NHTSA ID
10514683
Incident
May 11, 2010
Mileage
110 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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