It’s bad news either way you look at it but they didn’t have much market share and plenty of warranty claims from what I read on the web. Globally Yamaha has 40% of the market to themselves. I looked at a boat last Christmas with a 150 etec that had 190 hours on it. The list of engine faults from the ecm was two pages long. The ~2000 hour life expectancy didn’t sit well with me either. At the rate I’m going that’s only 4 years out of an outboard.
I read a few people comment on mercury. My Lund had a pair of mercs on the back and I saw plenty of them in Alberta but they’re far from the most popular outboard in the salt. I ended up with a zuki when I bought my boat. Coincidentally the Suzuki is also the Australian coast guard and water police donk of choice. Most boats I see run Yamaha followed closely by Suzuki. Out of a hundred outboards the remaining brands might make up 15-20% of the total. Etecs are few and far between and most I see are for sale... cheap.
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