Stihl warranty issues
Has anyone else had issues getting stihl to honour their warranties? I bought a chainsaw (an ms291) about a year and half ago and it died a few months ago. I brought it in and the clutch was fried and overheated, fuel I used was good, used their specific oil and the tech seems to give me 2 Stories on why it’s gone. On the bill it said it was run with the chain brake on but in person he had told me there was no sign of the brake over heating... either way this makes no sense to me, either the brake didn’t stop the chain from turning or give me any warning the brake was on and it fried the clutch. The other possibility is the clutch was no good and wore out quickly, overheated and it’s done. To me this is a warranty issue, either the one safety feature failed or the machine itself failed, it isn’t a heavily used saw, maybe felled and bucked up 20 trees. I’ve been using chainsaws for years so it’s not like I’m a rookie, ran a poulan for more than 10 years and cut down far more trees without issue.
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Sounds like a bunch of bs. Go over his head whoever you were talking to. That’s a fairly expensive saw and should be problem free this shortly into ownership.
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You have either an issue with the guy you are dealing with being full of it, or you have a bad dealer. Stihl is usually really good with warranty. If they weren't it would not take long to loose the large following of dedicated Stihl users. Talk to the most senior guy at the dealership, no joy, take it to another dealer or contact Stihl direct.
As far as the line he is giving you, you can't run a saw with the Chain brake on, if you can something isn't working right to start with. |
If you paid for the repair, get the old parts back.
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That is surprising to hear. They usually are great to deal with and I have bought many items over the years from them. I would phone the company direct and somehow get ahold of the upper management if you can. Also ask the shop who the local rep is for your area and chat with him.
Whenever I get the run around from a big company I will not let it go and I also mention that they will be slammed on social media. They don’t want that. I’m sure you will get it rectified with a little work. |
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It is exactly my story 2 years ago. |
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So how did yours turn out in the end? and if you got satisfactory resolution how did you do it. |
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- OK, will take it and check and call you later. I'm on acreage in remote area and I need saw every day. The STIHL had ms291 on sale for $495, so, I just bought another one at the same dealership. Nobody calls me during next week. I decided to call the dealership and check the status of my case. The guy on the other side said: - You saw was bad and we threw it away, we decided you don't need it if you already got new one. - No, I need my saw and I'm coming to get it good or bad. ... I came in an hour and found my saw fixed. My guess, somebody in that dealership decided to get a free saw:) |
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I did go pick up my saw last week, they charged me $115 for diagnosis and gave the saw back to me half disassembled, however the bill said one thing, they told me something different on the cause... |
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Have to tell you, if I dealt with either dealer, I wold be switching brands to a legitimate dealer. I know times are tough right now, but not tough enough to be doing this kind of crap. I would not have paid the "Diagnosis" fee either.
Straight, I would have flat out called the Cops and charged them with theft, That is beyond Skanky. Sorry for both your guys troubles, sure glad I never ran into a saw dealer like that, all of mine, Stihl and Husky, have been great and in a lot of different towns. Best Stihl dealer I ever dealt with is the guy in Cochrane, Slave Lake had the best Husky dealer. All of them have been straight up and honest. |
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will be repeating your same expierence that you had at said scam business. |
I bought a new MS391 a few years ago.. It never ran right from day one.. multiple issues including what you have experinced.. Stihl was awful to deal with.. The saw is sitting in my garage now unusable until I have time to tear the entire thing apart to repair it.
I'll never buy a stihl again after spending 750$ on a saw that never ran right and was such a pain to get warranty work done. |
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Let's see pics of the clutch drum. Pull it out and let's see it.
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On a side not, I wouldn’t buy a saw with a 1 at the end. I’ve got a 026, 460 and a 250. They’ve all been great other than I put a $20 amazon replacement carb in the 250 after a couple hundred litres of fuel through it. I run brp oil too.
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Slough Shark, I’m very sorry to hear about your saw troubles. Unfortunately, I believe you’re probably SOL getting warranty work done on a year and a half old product with a ‘consumable’ part failure.
Given the fact you said the saw was cutting a bit reluctantly, what I think may have happened is that your oiler plugged off. A dry chain gets tight and hot fast. After 10 years of running garbage poulins you likely just continued to push through with the far more powerful machine and cooked it without knowing the better. This would explain why there’s no evidence of heat on the brake spring which is a ridiculous diagnosis. This is of course pure speculation on my part, but is there a build up of residue on the chain, or is it shiny? Has the paint on the bar near the channel chipped off? Does the sprocket at the tip still turn? (It needs to be greased periodically and there’s ports for that). Another possibility is that the saw ingested something metallic like hay wire that managed to find its way around the crank sprocket and caused huge resistance between the chain and clutch drum. The best advice I can give off the top of my head is to pull the cover and bar off and try to start it naked. If there isn’t catastrophic internal failure it should run. Good luck! Tree Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Dam eh....just goes to show you how a dealership can literally blow it on a fine product....bury the buggers.....keep at'em.
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I ask because I bought one of those premix cans from C.tire in July for my Husky 55, filled tank, started cutting for approx. 30secs & all of a sudden the engine got hot, heavy sounding and signs of a piston seizing were present. Shut off, pulled plug, sure enough, plug was very white. I sprayed WD40 into hole & slowly cycled piston, let it sit & cool. Dumped the premix, mixed up a fresh batch of regular gas oil, fired right up and has been fine ever since. So i don't buy those premix cans from CT, only from a authorized Husky dealer now! |
My Sthil is over 20 yrs old and has seen thousands of kms strapped to a quad and cut hundred's of hours of trees. To this day if the brake is on, it wont power through.
I doubt that's the cause of your issues. Sounds like your dealer and Stihl need to step up. |
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