SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Explosion / rupture

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20240221-54D68-2147340848. Severity: No Incident, No Injury. Product: Kubota RTV-XG850 (Kubota XG850). Incident: I have a 2022 Kubota XG850 sidekick. The engine puts gas in the oil. Kubota refuses to admit publicly they have a problem. If you research internet groups you will see this is widespread. I feel like this machine is unsafe by the amount of gas getting into the crankcase. My machine is on its 5th oil change in about 90 hrs. I sent 1 sample off to a lab it was about 4% gas at 12 hrs. The 1 I wish I would have sent Im guessing was 20 %. at30-40 hrs total machine time and its second oil change for breakin purposes. The oil flowed out when drained like water and smelled of gas. Kubota has taken my machine in and cant find a defect. The rep from Kubota told me on the phone mine has the updated engine and it should not be doing this. Well it is and I am waiting nor a catastrophic failure of the machine because gas explodes. The only explanation they gave me is that I am not operating the machine correctly. I am 55 years old and have operated a lot of machines. This is an unsafe machine with gas in the oil. Please look into this there are many people having these unsafe machines. I cant even take my grandkids on it without fear of an explosion. Feel free to call me