Hey folks! Been on here for well over a year, talking and looking. Finally purchased and got an extremely good deal on this 2012.
Day I got it, TPS sensor showing front tire battery low. Guy I bought from said just gotta put a battery in there. Got to Tuscaloosa... local dealer, who I need to have a good relationship with since this is my only vehicle, said you cannot replace battery, and gotta put $250+ new sensor on it.. said Kawasaki will not allow you to replace battery. Gotta be the whole unit. So... correct?
I missed my extended warranty by 4 days according to Kawasaki.
Also, this dealer will not mount tires purchased off net.
Welcome/congrats
Like said, correct. Dealers will not replace the battery, only the whole sensor. So either you have to do that, or go to a non-dealer to remove the tire (or do it yourself) and replace the battery yourself (which does require some work... it is not designed to have the battery replaced).
Oh, THAT is a *HUGE* shame, because for just $383 or something, you could have had *3 YEARS* of more coverage for the entire bike and it would have also covered that sensor. Plus, you can often work a deal that they cut the price of putting on a new tire, if needed, because replacing the sensor covers unmounting and remounting a tire.
Yep, also very common.
$383? hmmmm. They put my VIN into the Kawasaki computer and it said an extrea 3 years was $630. An extra year was $450 and 2 was $550. According to the dealer, that only applied to the original owner extending the warranty and he could get a grace period... according to him, I could not get the warranty because it expired a few days ago and they would have also wanted $630 for 3 more years.
$383? hmmmm. They put my VIN into the Kawasaki computer and it said an extrea 3 years was $630. An extra year was $450 and 2 was $550. According to the dealer, that only applied to the original owner extending the warranty and he could get a grace period... according to him, I could not get the warranty because it expired a few days ago and they would have also wanted $630 for 3 more years.
Billy
That just really sucks.
Welcome Billy. Sorry about the warranty time out thingie, that's too bad. The battery usually will come back once it warms up, at least at first. Then eventually (usually months) it just dies and you'll quit getting warnings and just a "---"where the tire pressure numbers were.
OH OH! another swordsman on the forum. Look out V'Jim!
That toothpick's not a sword.
Billy, I thought you college kids lived on Ramen and beer.
Thanks for that! I may look into finding out how to remove the sensor... apparently, you can do this without removing the tire... install just a regular tire valve, and send those removed sensors off to Frank for repair... then, try to find a local AL pal that has tire change ability, and install the fixt sensors when I get new tires.
I may look into finding out how to remove the sensor... apparently, you can do this without removing the tire...Piece of cake, have just done this myself. Two C clamps, a large flat blade screwdriver, some small blocks of wood and a bit of elbow grease. And of course a way to inflate the tyre again.
That toothpick's not a sword.
Billy, I thought you college kids lived on Ramen and beer.