Your Evinrude E-Tech experience

[Starzofchaos]

Well I wanted to start a thread on your overall satisfaction with your Evinrude E-Techs and warranty issues. The reason that I ask, is while attending a boat show here in Jacksonville this past weekend I noticed that 98% if not all of the boats at the show where Yamaha powered. So Curiosity got the best of me and started to ask around the dealers. Most of them didnt have a good answer, beat around the bush about it... So Finally I got an answer our of the local dealer for the Skeeter boats. His answer was that BRP/Evinrude will not stand behind their product. Especially with warranty issues. He told me that he used to be a Evinrude/Johnson dealer from the early 90's to 2006. He dropped the whole Evinrude line due to the fact they when he had a warranty issue with the motor, BRP would come back and deny the warranty and write it off as, customer abuse of the motor. Then when BRP bought out Evinrude back in 2003? (Correct me if I am wrong, I am just going off what he told me) They came in and cancelled all of the warranties on Evinrude's old motors.


So I am not here to start a debate on Evinrude v.s. what ever. I am simply here to just gather some facts and those whom had new Evinrude's and their experience with dealing with warranty issues, dealers, etc. I just want to gather a little more info before I go and drop $15k on a new motor. Thanks everyone!

[Striper80]

Not an etec owner but I have a warranty experience with brp. I bought my Striper with a 96 130 Johnson used in 2008. In 2009 I bought a new VRO pump for it from my local dealer and installed it myself. A few months later the engine blew without any warning. BRP replaced my power head and vro without me laying out a dime.

[bgreene]

I doubt those negative comments ref bombardier.
Yami does a good job selling to the boat mfg market....as standard equip motors. Bombb had developed an exceptional engine in the etec, and i believe solid on warranty since they took over around 2003

[bradford]

I bought mine in 2010. At the time I was looking at a leftover I believe 2009 yamaha carbed 2 stroke. The local Yamaha dealer wanted a little over 12 grand for it. My dealer got me into the 2010 ETEC for a little less, plus I was sticking with the Evinrude name, although a totally different company owning the brand. Got the newer tech, more fuel effiency etc. I was pretty poor then, and money talked. I couldn't believe I spent that kind of dough, but was tired of dealing with my local mechanics and their waiting list/BS reasons not even looking at my boat while it sat in their yard under a tree all the while my summer disappearing while they went out on boat trips with friends of mine.

It sounds to me given the time frame that the dealer was dealing with a lot of problems with OMC going bankrupt and maybe the Ficht engines which plagued a lot of OMC models in the late 90's and early 2000's.

What ended up happening with Lumberslinger's Etec problem?

Would be interested in hearing from Genie Aye and Mac Attack, I think their's are older than mine and probably have more hours, my 2010 only has 184.

Having said all that, I haven't had a single problem with my 150. I've had it serviced twice even though it didn't need it according to BRP, but I like preventative maintainence. Plus if I had a problem I think it helps my cause. It really sips gas, idles smooth, quiet, shifts smooth. I love the engine enough to have bought a 90 HP model for my Carolina Skiff from the same dealer.

I do appreciate the market share that Yamaha has.

[phatdaddy]

striper, did i read that correct, you bought a 12 old used motor, replaced the vro pump yourself ( with a oem part). motor took a dump and brp replaced the power head & vro at no cost to you.

not doubting you at all, but that is the most amazing warranty story i have ever heard.

[Striper80]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

striper, did i read that correct, you bought a 12 old used motor, replaced the vro pump yourself ( with a oem part). motor took a dump and brp replaced the power head & vro at no cost to you.

not doubting you at all, but that is the most amazing warranty story i have ever heard.

They had a run of bad pumps. There was 2 other people that it happened to around the same time as well. I still have the engine, it s
Managed to survive Sandy. I was looking for a V 20 to hang it on but was unsuccessful, that's how I wound up with the POS Grady.