SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180118-DD514-2147393582. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Polaris 2016 RZR 900 Trail. Source model text: RZR 900. Incident: On multiple occasions my 2016 Polaris RZR 900 has overheated to the extent that the machine left myself and my passenger stranded in the woods for hours. Both occasions occurred after the recall had been fixed at the local dealer where I purchased the RZR new. The first incident occurred trail riding, where we had began to start back for the truck after riding to see a waterfall. The RZR began to lose power and began to jerk before the engine stalled. At that point the engine had reached a level that the temperature light had come on and could not go anywhere or start the machine until it had cooled. On the second occasion I was also trail riding. The RZR began to do the same sequence losing power and bogging to a stall. I stopped the machine to let it sit and cool, at that time I was able to hear the coolant boiling. I then began my journey walking to camp to find someone to tow the RZR back. The RZR only has 213 miles on it.