John Deere Reviews

Z345M .Solenoid went out on the beginning of third season. Bought the part and while putting it in, the positive connector (copper) snapped off at the base of the crimp. I had previously bought a Cub cadet and the block cracked on season 3.5. Went with a John Deere hoping that the quality was better! Well unfortunately it wasn’t and they continue to make cheap products to keep the dollars flowing. Disappointed.

Dealing with John Deere has been a nightmare from the dealership to corporate. No accountability or accessibility by anyone. NEVER AGAIN. Their service was a total joke, never got things correct. They (the company) tore up my baler during season. Just a terrible experience. But they are building 14 million dollar buildings. Sending multiple jobs out of the United States.

The worst skid steer of all, I bought a 325G a few months ago and I regret it bitterly, extremely patrol machine, unbearable, impossible to work with it, I've already taken it twice to the sealer and they can't solve the problem, the last time it was for almost two months, they changed several parts but the problem remains the same. I'm hiring a lawyer to see if I can solve the situation, otherwise I'll lose the whole amount that is almost 100 thousand dollars, because after all the machine is crap with no conditions of use.

They will not willing to assist you when the dealership fails to provide warranty service or parts. I have one Zturn in for service, wait time weeks, which it not acceptable. My other Z960M has a problem now and they only have 1 tech so they can't even give me an estimated time to fix the warranty issue. The problem is a failed PTO clutch which was damaged due to a failed oil drain plug that when it leaks and it will, it leaks directly over the clutch assembly electronics, cable, etc.... That would be a design flaw in my opinion. I had to buy the part as from KING RANCH they said they will not honor the warranty if the failed dealership does not perform the work. Time to change brands. I have been with John Deere for decades and this his how they treat good customers. NOT GOOD.

I have a 2023 S170 and the hour/fuel gauge is already gone bad. You put a 3 volt battery inside and when that goes bad in 2 years you have to buy another one at $80. Very poor design!!!! It should have been hardwired to the battery. Makes me think when this tractor goes I'll be looking at other brands.

I always thought John Deere was an iconic brand. I did until they turned their back on American people. No support for DEI? All for money. One day you’ll look in the mirror and know you were on the wrong side history.

Had a John Deere X 739. It was a great machine 2017 model. Got a cab for the snowblower. Soft. That was a joke. Took 3 tries to get one not all busted up the pins. A pain to get on but besides that no issues. A great machine. We moved and traded it for a X 584 as the 739 was too big. Should of just got a smaller deck. Got a X 584 with a bagger. This machine is a piece of garbage. A lot of plastic parts. The 739 was solid metal. Not this one. Green deck not made worth a crap and the bagger frame bent where it hooks on the machine and the center bar bent just with grass in it. I got to straighten it out. They move to Mexico. Their stuff turns to crap.

I purchased a 1025R with a 260 B backhoe. With 161 hours on the meter but less than 30 hours use on the backhoe a hydraulic leak developed. I brought it to a Deere Dealer for repair and warranty adjustment. The dealer replaced an LVA22474 hose and said the swivel connection was leaking. Charged me 560 dollars. I have a warranty on the unit and questioned the charge and was told hoses were not covered. This hose is not located where it can be contacted by an outside obstruction so either the hose was defective, or it was damaged when the backhoe was attached. All I can say is if a hydraulic hose fails after 30 hours use then no John Deere product with a hydraulic hose should be purchased. That pretty much excludes every product they sell.

Mower was defective when I bought it from Home Depot. Found belt wearing holes in pulley cover. Customer service told me I voided warranty when I removed deck from mower. Mower has 23 hours use. Overpriced junk.

I have a John Deere side-by-side with 154 hours of use. The clutch mechanism is faulty...Lots of web traffic on the topic. It is relatively old (2014) and JD only supported the repair through 2016. Cost $1200.00 to get it repaired. Not real happy about it. Seems to me they should back their product better.

I've owned a John Deere in the past and I know they make good products. All you have to do is take care of it and will last forever. I wish I had the money for a new one because I bet they have some amazing things now especially with the hybrid market kinda taking over.

Very unhappy with my JD riding mower!! I have spent in repairs almost as much as it cost me to buy it! (4 yrs old) It's had major repairs. Now the seat is cracking! Definitely NOT the quality I EXPECTED from this brand!! This brand no longer stands for anything in my opinion - I'll never buy any other John Deere anything!!

I bought six months ago a new lawnmower 220 And with few hours use a problem with this lawnmower cause fire which lead a complete destruction. Four trees burned And Because what happened my yard now looks terrible, makes me feel depressed.

If you want a cotton stripper then I’m sorry, the CEO took all of the basket cotton strippers and told everyone to switch to round balers now we have no parts here they might make them more expensive. They moved to making things in Mexico (not that bad) but then again their new technology for tractors are messing up farmers they’re locking farmers out of their tractors. THEY DON’T WANT TO HELP YOU. THEY JUST WANT THE MONEY!!!!

I purchased a 27,000 dollar 1025r tractor from John Deere. It took me seven years to pay it off. I paid it off last month. I was so excited. Now I'm just devastated. I have just found out that there is a design flaw in my model that cracks the air intake and destroys the motor. Not once in the seven years that I have paid on this tractor did I get one letter, notice or phone call about their design flaw. Well now my motor that only has 247 hours is blown and John Deere is refusing to fix my tractor. 247 hours guys!!! Don't you think that if they had informed me about the design flaw that I would have taken it to John Deere for them to fix this issue..

About 3 years ago, I had finally purchased a John Deere riding mower (e140). My previous riding mower had mowed its last blade of grass after 14 years of excellent service. Though it was not a John Deere, I was impressed by its performance over the years. At the same time though, I was excited. I immediately knew I wanted a John Deere riding mower, not just because it would be a new mower, but because John Deere was synonymous with quality and ruggedness.

I bought a zero turn and decided I wanted a bagger. So I ordered one from one of their dealers. It’s an awful design and blew stuff all up over the front of the mower. I called the dealer and talked to them about it and they said they thought I needed this other part as well so I spent another hundred dollars on another part. Totaling $1100 at this point. I told the guy at the dealership, "I’m really concerned about on it, and what do we do if this doesn’t work?" He assures me that if it doesn’t that they will take it back. I get the new piece in and we put it on and it’s better instead of blowing up over the front stuff is blowing out underneath from both sides.

New John Deere S120. Only 3,000 dollars and the tires were flat from the first use.. John Deere said the tires do not have a warranty. The official site says it has a two year Bumper two Bumper warranty. The tire company did not care. They did not spec two ply tires. After fighting with Home Depot we purchased new tires. The problem was the cheap Double Ply tires were flattened a dozen or more each use by weeds. Another problem with my other L110. The design of the fuel system was designed by an idiot. I will let you figure this one out.

My John Deere Zero Turn works fine, when it's working. It's not working too often though. Maybe a couple of weeks to a month or so till it breaks down again. John Deere parts are expensive to order, if they let you order them. Dealer prices are much higher. I get after market parts whenever I can.

I purchased a John Deere S100 from Home Depot back in June. While I was pleased with its performance at first, it broke down with only 9 hours in it. The blades wouldn’t engage. It appeared as though the cable had a defect. When I called one of the nearest JD licensed dealers, they told me JD does not include transportation costs as part of their warranty. They quoted me $795.00 just to pick up and return. Meanwhile the part is only $35.00. BTW: I live in the southwestern part of Connecticut - not some remote corner of the country. When I called JD’s corporate HQ they said they stood by their policy. I told them I was never informed of their policy (the purchase was made on line). I also told the rep that the machine had only 9 hours on it and it was a manufacturing defect. To no avail.

My John Deere X580 has been a great mower until this season. 480 hours on it. John Deere corporate made my local dealership close the doors, so I had the big local John Deere agriculture company pick it up and service it this past February (2024). This service special was a tune-up, oil change, sharpen the blades and assess the critical parts. When it came time to mow this Spring, the battery was dead. Understandable, but should have been load tested during the service. Then...the blade drive clutch quit working. Back to the shop. July of this year, the thing lost a blade drive belt. Back to the shop for both belts, new blades and whatever else it needed. Used it three times and for undetermined reasons, it shredded the blade belt again. I don’t think I’ll buy another John Deere.

Initially, I was going to purchase that Yellow/Black mower (wish I had). I purchased my JD mower from Home Depot. 1st mistake. It was delivered dirty, covered in grass, and dirty handprint stains from putting together. And the sensor under the seat is not even attached. Home Depot was of no help, They didn't care. The sensor continued to fall out and would do so while mowing for it would stop. The CSR at our local JD dealership has been my only help. Finally took the seat in to find the problem was because of shoddy work from the factory. They came up with the idea of a strip tie to fix the problem (I Hope). This piece was not under warranty, it had only been 4 mo. Long story short, I would never purchase another JD, and I simply could not give a good review. It is a lot of money for a defective item and no customer service!

I bought a John Deere S100 from Home Depot. After it was delivered I got dressed and was planning on using it. When I engaged the blade it made a horrible sound and sounded like blade was hitting deck when it was engaged. I checked and it was not. I called Home Depot who told me if I’d bring it back they’d exchange it. I had no way to get it there and they refused to deliver a working mower. I finally had to call my ‘local’ John Deere dealer and they said they would come and get it and diagnose the problem for a $90 fee, since I didn’t buy it directly from them. It sounds/seems like the blade spindle or spindle pulley is warped. I am not happy with Home Depot refusing to replace it unless I brought it back to them AND that they sold me a defective mower. Disappointed that John Deere is charging me for their defective machine repair pick up. Likely they will try to charge me for repairing a defective device.

I purchased a John Deere S170 garden tractor. Cuts ok, deck rattles like crazy. I have 5.5 hours on it and it's back at the dealer with a engine issue, smokes bad. Not too impressed with my first new John Deere, bought from Lowe's on father's day.

We purchased a mower 3 months ago. The belt broke on the mower. My husband called Lowe's, because we purchased it from them. They informed him that he needed to contact John Deere. They also said that the belt was not covered under warranty. My husband bought a new belt and put it on the mower. The mower ran for 20 minutes and the belt broke again. The spools the belt goes around we're excessively hot. This is a problem john deere is aware of. This is why they don't cover the belt in the warranty. It is the mechanism that turn the belt that has the issue. Needless to say we now have a brand new piece of Junk that we have to pay 315.00 dollars for to be "fixed". Never again will we purchase anything from this company.

This John Deere company steals the money from your account, you make a payment of $500 and they take $1,000 from you, we have talked to them to return the difference but they only say yes, yes, but they do not return anything.

Horrible products. My John Deere started smoking so much I couldn’t see to mow my yard! The John Deere dealer wouldn’t help me. It was ONE WEEK out of warranty. I switched to a Toro mower. Better product. Better service.

No good. There are better choices available. I don’t think I will ever choose their products when better option are to be had. Also too bad and a shame that they are moving more production out of the United States.

Do not purchase a John Deere lawn mower because of their warranty. They refused to reimburse me for parts that I replaced under warranty. They agreed the parts were under warranty but denied reimbursement because a dealer did not put them on. Warranty is worthless if you have to wait weeks to have a dealer repair when you can do it yourself at home and save them a labor charge. Just another way to deny payment. Last Deere I will ever buy.

I recently purchased a tractor from Porestio Brothers Equipment, in Colorado Springs, for $26,662.59! The very first time I used the tractor in my backyard to move dirt, THE TRACTOR FELL OVER ON TOP OF ME WHILE MAKING A SLIGHT LEFT TURN!! I was pinned underneath the tractor for at least an hour! Until the State Patrol and 8 firefighters came and had to use the jaws of life to lift the tractor! I suffered a severe concussion as well as injuries to my right arm and legs!! I called Potestio Brothers and told them to come and pickup the dangerous tractor and refund my money, THEY REFUSED!! Now I am suffering from a TBI! Terrible tractor! TERRIBLE SERVICE!

I bought a John Deere z325e Zero Turn. First didn't start. Had to replace battery, 1 hour in belt broke, 20 hrs in transmission needs replaced and the seat stitching came apart. Warranty or not that's a lot in 20 hrs of usage. Will not recommend john deere any. Ag-pro in mansfield ohio is horrible to deal with. 3 weeks still no mower to mow with. Very disappointed in quality of mower no matter what they say.

Bought S140 John Deer mower once won’t start. Same thing happened to my brother in-law but his was a s130. This was the second John Deer mower we bought. The first one was a S100 and when you engage the mower it made grinding noise. We returned it and bought the s140 Now we will be returning that one too. I will not buy John Deer. I did not buy a brand new mower to work on it. Their quality went down hill.

My husband bought a John Deere riding lawnmower less than a year ago. We have only been able to use it a couple of times. The belt keeps popping off and the battery will not hold a charge. It has been in the shop more than it has been used. I thought John Deere was a reliable brand but I have found that is not true. My advice is do your research before you invest in a riding lawnmower. We have spent more fixing it than we paid for it.

Purchased a John Deere S100 from Lowe’s in 2021 Today is April 18, 2024. The mower has 53 hours on it. The deck has broke below one of the pulleys and is now unusable. Would not recommend this mower. Cheaply built for the price you have to pay

We purchased a John Deere lawn tractor And a bagger on Saturday March 9th 2024. The price was $3012.25. We were told it would be assembled on Monday March 11th and we could have it delivered anytime after March 11th. We picked Sunday, March 17. We had a delivery time 8 am to 8 pm. We got an automated phone call saying our time window was 1 to 5 pm on March 17th. We waited the whole time for them to come, at 5:05 pm I called Lowe's because we had no DELIVERY. After being on the phone the awhile I asked for the store manager Anthony **. He never got on the phone he was busy. The assistant manager Tiffany then told us it was never assembled.

John Deere and their Ag-Pro franchise in McDonough, GA is a joke. Their 2 year Bumper to Bumper warranty is worthless. I bought the S100 brand new. After a bad battery, flat tire, broken brake pedal, and broken deck spindle with less than 8 hours usage and a $900+ bill, I'm done. Nothing runs like a Deere. Yeah, right! Run as far away as you can.

I have less than 1 acre and purchased the e130 in 2020. I had been happy with its performance up until my annual service when I was told the transmission (which is not a serviceable part) needed to be replaced. I have less than 80 hours on this tractor and John Deere nor the local Dealer can do anything other than say, "sorry". The cost to replace the transmission is $1,500 and I purchased the tractor for $1,700. There are no recalls but I did find out that they have since discontinued my model. These are touted as, "nothing runs like a Deere", but that hasn't been my experience...unless it's a dear head mounted on a wall.

I bought a John Deere snow plow for my S140 tractor in May online and it was shipped to my house. When I received it I stored it away until December. When I took it out of the box to assemble it and noticed that there was 2 hitch plates that were the same. They were supposed to be left and right but they were both right so I could not finish assembling the unit so l called John Deere and I was told that they can't send me the right part because it had to be returned within 30 days of purchase. I told them that is not specified on the box. They didn't want to hear it. Instead of just giving me the right part they rather lose a customer for the mistake they made when they packed the box. I am very disappointed in their company for not correcting the mistake they made. Now it will cost me $110.00 for their screw up.

I bought a John Deere Model e160 riding mower through a dealer (United Ag and Turf) about 3 years ago. My decision to buy a John Deere product was that its brand had a longstanding reputation for quality and reliability. However my experience did not align with their reputation. After only 41 hours of use, I could not get it to turn over. I followed all of the recommended maintenance and couldn't imagine what the problem could be. Not having any way to transport the mower to the dealer, I had to rely on the dealer to transport it to the shop for repairs. The transport cost alone was $200. I was told that they suspected that there was some bad gas in the fuel-line/carburator - which was cleaned out by the dealer for about $500 (including blade sharpening).

I bought my LA 135 tractor from an authorized dealer 12 years ago, back when this company still made a good product and stood by it. The tractor has run smoothly for all those years with only minor repairs needed. This week, I had to replace a mower deck lift linkage rod and deck trunnion that had somehow dislodged during mowing operations. I ordered them from the Deere website under the search term "Parts LA135 tractor". When I received the parts, they were incompatible with each other (the rod is supposed to screw into the trunnion) and lacked a necessary lug nut, washer and cotter pin. The new rod is slightly smaller in circumference than the original one and so the trunnion couldn't screw onto it, rendering the parts useless.