cbpagent72
Jet Boat Addict
- Messages
- 112
- Reaction score
- 54
- Points
- 97
- Location
- Draper, Utah
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2018
- Boat Model
- X
- Boat Length
- 21
So I have a brand-new 2018 212X that I bought a couple weeks ago. I head out to Lake Powell for my first trip and there I discover some of the quality-control issues or the lack of attention to detail on my Yamaha boat. first off the USB will not recognize any media source including an iPhone, an android phone (galaxy S9) and formatted USB drive in NTFS format or FAT32 format. I had to lift up the engine cover to take a look inside and all the foam from the factory is hanging down. I also discovered that my windshield no longer shuts, The centerpiece won't fit in between the two windshields. When I'm leaving the lake it is mandatory to go through a federal mussel inspection. Lake Powell is currently infested with mussels as is Lake Mead and pretty much most of the lakes around here require a mussel inspection either before you go when for the ones that are currently infested and for an inspection when you leave for the lakes that are.
When I'm directed to the lane for boats of ballast I start to realize the engineers at Yamaha are asleep at the wheel. First off I discover to be able to fill the ballast (inspectors hook up host with connector to ballasts) Yamaha unlike the other boat manufacturers requires you to run the motor. I then discover the biggest design flaw, the bunk on the trailer completely blocks the rear ballast intake. To keep my boat from being impounded into quarantine I had the National Park Service remove the quick clips and manually fill up the tanks from inside the engine compartment. Then I thought I could just Trick the boat into thinking the ballast is full by filling it up hundred percent on both sides and then dumping it. Needless to sa that didn't work after almost 45 minutes of running the boat out of water and constantly filling it up to 100% and then dumping the ballast I still was halfway full with water inside the tanks. Now I run the risk of being quarantine going to another lake that requires an inspection upon launch because my ballast still contain water.
I started to tell the service guys at the dealershipand they pretty much completed my sentence and said the bunk blocks the ballast right? then he went and told me that this is been an ongoing issue for over three years. I am super pissed that they wouldn't even tell me about this issue when I'm buying the boat and they are well aware of all the inspections in the area. I called Yamaha and told them about the issue and basically they don't give two shits and then they told me that they're not even sure that the USB for the radio is supposed to allow music and maybe that's not feature on the 2018 model. let this be a warning to anybody that's looking at this boat model or even Yamaha boats there is not a customer service element within Yamaha.
When I'm directed to the lane for boats of ballast I start to realize the engineers at Yamaha are asleep at the wheel. First off I discover to be able to fill the ballast (inspectors hook up host with connector to ballasts) Yamaha unlike the other boat manufacturers requires you to run the motor. I then discover the biggest design flaw, the bunk on the trailer completely blocks the rear ballast intake. To keep my boat from being impounded into quarantine I had the National Park Service remove the quick clips and manually fill up the tanks from inside the engine compartment. Then I thought I could just Trick the boat into thinking the ballast is full by filling it up hundred percent on both sides and then dumping it. Needless to sa that didn't work after almost 45 minutes of running the boat out of water and constantly filling it up to 100% and then dumping the ballast I still was halfway full with water inside the tanks. Now I run the risk of being quarantine going to another lake that requires an inspection upon launch because my ballast still contain water.
I started to tell the service guys at the dealershipand they pretty much completed my sentence and said the bunk blocks the ballast right? then he went and told me that this is been an ongoing issue for over three years. I am super pissed that they wouldn't even tell me about this issue when I'm buying the boat and they are well aware of all the inspections in the area. I called Yamaha and told them about the issue and basically they don't give two shits and then they told me that they're not even sure that the USB for the radio is supposed to allow music and maybe that's not feature on the 2018 model. let this be a warning to anybody that's looking at this boat model or even Yamaha boats there is not a customer service element within Yamaha.
