More Polaris ATVs (All Terrain Vehicles) have been recalled today, following reports that the vehicles are prone to going out-of-control, posing an injury hazard to riders. The latest Polaris ATV recall involves more than 11,000 Outlaw “IRS” ATVs. This is the second Polaris ATV recall issued since mid-February.
According to the CPSC, the latest Polaris recall involves Outlaw “IRS” ATVs, model years 2006 through 2008. The model numbers infected are: 2006 Outlaw 500 “IRS”, 2007 Outlaw 500 “IRS”, 2007 Outlaw 525 “IRS”, and 2008 Outlaw 525 “IRS”. The model name is printed on decals located on either side of the fuel tank. The recalled ATVs were sold at Polaris dealers nationwide from January 2006 through January 2008 for between $6,900 and $7,400.
Polaris said that the recalled Outlaw ATVs have a retention bolt can come loose causing the rear wheels to lock up, which poses a risk of serious injury to the rider. The firm has received 11 reports of loss of control, including one rider who suffered a strained leg muscle. Consumers should stop using the recalled ATVs immediately, and contact any Polaris ATV dealer to schedule a free repair. Polaris has notified registered consumers directly about this recall. Consumers can contact Polaris for further information by calling (888) 704-5290 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or by visiting the company’s Web site at www.polarisindustries.com.
This is the second ATV recall issued by Polaris in less than a month. On February 15, Polaris announced a recall of 50,00 ATVs with defective Electronic Control Modules (ECM) which could fail and overheat, causing a fire hazard. The February action was an expansion of a previous Polaris recall from 2005. The February announcement brought the total number of Polaris ATVs recalled for defective ECMs to almost 100,000.
According to the CPSC, ATVs killed more than 500 people in 2006 and of those victims nearly 1 on in 5 was a child. In addition to ATV deaths, accidents involving such popular vehicles as the Polaris ATV and the Yamaha Rhino ATV sent 146,600 people to hospital emergency rooms that same year. Some 75% of the ATV accidents result in serious damage to the head or spinal cord of the accident victim. Head injuries are a major cause of serious life threatening or lifelong physical problems and ailments. Injury to the spinal cord can result in paralysis of the entire body for life.
Most of the deaths and injuries to children are the result of youngsters riding adult-size ATVs, and consumer groups say the agency needs to do more to keep kids off ATVs that are too big and too powerful for them. Consumer advocates have called on the CPSC to ban the sale of adult-size ATVs for use for children. The agency has declined to do that. There is only a voluntary agreement in place with major ATV distributors in which they require dealers not to sell adult-size ATVs to people who might allow children to ride them. Consumer groups say few dealers abide by the rule.
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May 15th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
I have an 07 polaris outlaw 525 irs the thing locked up on me about a year ago cause fatal damage to the motor and it had to be replaced and I went over the bars and scratched the crap out of my arm and when it was under warrenty this happend and i still had to pay 1000$ to get it back and it took like 2 months now the overheatin light comes on all the time and the rear end is clunkin so bad i dont even wanna ride the quad
October 5th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
I have a 07 polaris 525 irs that I cant seem to keep the chain on. I took it in for the recall, they said it was fixed but the chain keeps comming off, ripping the cv boot and locking up my bike. I am afraid to ride it. I took the bike back to the dealer and they said they would not help me. the rear end clunks,end it overheats. I went to Honda and got the 700xx so I have a bike to ride, but still making payments on a 07 polaris I cant ride. LAME!!!
October 19th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
The second time I hade my 2007 outlaw IRS out the retainage bolts ripped out of the hub and causing the sprocket to tear the cv boot. Had to tow my brand new ATV up and down hills for an hour to get it back to my truck. Luckly I was not killed. I took it to a local dealer and they ” fixed it under warenty”. I took it out a few months later and after a 1/2 hour it happened again. The sprocket and chain locked my rearend up and over the handle bars I went. Very lucky again not to be killed. I went on line to see i anyone else was having this problem and learned of the recall. I returned it to the same dealer and they “fixed it” under the recall. The second time I had it out after that it happened again. Polais told me the dealer should cover all repairs because if the recall repair was done correctly it should not happen again. The dealer has my ATV and won’t let me have untill I pay $780.00 for the repair. This is a slame dunk LAWSUIT!!!