07-16-2021, 06:30 AM
First off, JD doesn't make anything smaller than 180 hp any more. It's Yanmar that you're mad at.
Second, the software is called "the environmental variable" and is found in just about everything with an emissions rating. When you turn the key on the main processor polls the network for the ID of all peripheral processors. If one of those processors has been changed or tampered with it will answer with a different ID than the main processor has stored for it. That's when it says "fuck you". This started around 2010.
If the device is within its emission warranty period they have to fix it for free. If it's out of warranty and your fix was necessary to restore proper function, they have to reset for a reasonable price. The Fed defines "reasonable" as under $100 after you get it to the dealer or pay them to come to you. Now the bad news, Yanmar is on the other side of the ocean and thinks you should just buy a new one. Dealer doesn't have to co-operate with them and they don't have to let him stay a dealer.
Understand that "feature" is there because the Feds want it there. Too many idiots operating under the "if it's louder it has more power" level of brilliance are tampering with things they don't understand and the Feds want it stopped. But you still have a right to get what it takes to fix it right for a reasonable price.
BTW, if it doesn't have the serial number on the back center of the rear differential housing (next to the PTO if so equipped) it isn't made by John Deere.
