Kubota provides a limited warranty for two years or up to 500 hours of use (whichever comes first). While users understand the intention is safety, the reality is when you’re looking to jump into the sidekick and drive from spot to spot in quick succession, you will constantly need to engage and disengage the seatbelt, which eats up time, energy, and patience. There is also a non-user-friendly safety feature called the ‘speed governor,’ designed to limit your speed when the seatbelt is not engaged. However, this Kubota mode l doesn’t seem to respond particularly well to acceleration, and users have described it as feeling ‘jumpy,’ which can become a real issue when trying to navigate tight or densely wooded areas. While not such an issue for general tractor/mowing applications, as this is designed to be a sidekick, you may often want to use it on rough land or in non-open-field applications. The result to the end user is this experience of being slightly unsafe, and buyers have made it clear they would’ve preferred a little more protection. While this sounds ideal on paper, that over-exposure to the environment can have negative effects such as additional susceptibility to the elements and be overly open to things such as branches or flying objects. The intention is to provide you as a user with unhindered access to the outside environment without having to leave the vehicle. However, one area of complaint is that the doors are pretty small. Conscious and deliberate design decisions have been made to make accessibility as easy as possible. This is designed to be a trouble-free ‘sidekick’ to all the typical errands you want to run correctly. Others are more serious engine-related problems that require some good upkeep to avoid more issues. Sound great! So what are these issues that so many users are reporting? Some of them are superfluous issues with design flaws that make the operation of the machine a little more troublesome. And by and large, maintenance and upkeep are a breez e making this an excellent purchase for the first-time utility tractor owner too! This Kubota tractor comes with a slew of features that make it more than capable of whatever tasks are at hand, from the powerful, 48hp engine, to their ‘worry-free’ CVT Plug transmission with a centrifugal clutch to keep the belts tight with minimal slippage.Įverything about this Kubota UTV is designed to make your life easier.

Kubota sidekick review