I have an 03 Rubi and doesnt down shift when entering a hill at a slow speed or in a corner at slow speed. If I stop it seems to down shift when I take off. But it seems to have less power. Does any body have an idea what it could be?[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

is your oil at the right level... just a thought

 

o and welcome to the forums [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Yeah the oils fine, been told it might be speed sensor , but no really seems to know. Ive got friends that 7 of them theyve never had any problems at all

 

I found out what the problem was. The clutch is toasted !! I never beat or abused it, only had 864 miles on it!! I bought a HONDA for the durability and dependability and I got JUNK!!! Hopefully Honda will go good on their Goodwill Warrenty. I' ll never buy Honda product again. Maybe Yamaha or Artic Cat ? Any comments? Let em fly !!!

 

i had an arctic cat and i traded it for my rubicon and i've never bin happyer.
all brands have there lemons and i guess honda has them too.
my cat was trouble almost from the get go.
i hope they fix it for you and you dont have any more troubles with it.
good luck.

 

What problems did you have with your cat? What year was it?

 

my cat was a 2003 500 manual and i broke 4 axels 1 then 2.
then the front diff blew the last time i road it and one axel thats when i traded it for the honda.
and all the front end bushings wore out 3 balljoints and 1 a arm.
all fixed under warrenty.
i had 2500 plus miles on it.
and they said that they wernt going to fix it anymore because i had over 2800 dollers worth of warrenty work done to it and that was it no more free repares.
so i traded it because i couldent take another chance that it wouldent brake again.
theres a few pics of it on my page check them out.
i realy liked the cat but this was the arctic cat lemon of all lemons.
i have a freind that got his 500 cat around the same time i got mine and he has over 4000 miles on it without a problem other then tires and brakes.
so go figure.

 

What do drive your Rubicon in most of the time D1,D2, or ESP?

 

i use d1 mostly unless im on a trail then manual or d1 depending on how tough it is.
and i use d2 when i want to take it easy. it seems quieter in d2 then in d1 but thats because d1 is performance, and d2 is for easy going, and it shifts at a lower rpm then in d1,where you dont need the higher revs.