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2013 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 Jul 1, 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 Jul 1, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2013 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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Engine
Filed Jul 1, 2014

WENT TO START MACHINE AFTER A DAY OF RIDING. COULDN'T GET ENGINE TO START WITHOUT GIVING IT THROTTLE. CALLED DEALER, WAITED OVER 2 WEEKS TO GET IT IN. THEY CHANGED A BUNCH OF SENSORS, BUT NEVER FIXED ANYTHING. I BROUGHT IT TO ANOTHER DEALER, AND THEY FOUND THE CRANK SHAFT TIMING GEAR HAD SPUN ON THE CRANKSHAFT. TIMING WAS OFF ABOUT 2 TEETH. ITS JULY AND IM ABOUT TO GET MY MACHINE BACK. POLARIS MUST KNOW THAT IT HAS AN ISSUE, AS THEY COVERED MY PARTS OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. BUT REFUSE TO PAY LABOR. I KNOW THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE DUE TO THE ONLINE POLARIS FORUMS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10607484
Incident
Apr 26, 2014
Mileage
398 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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