![]() Malibu is the only brand of boat I personally have owned. My dealer is waiting on their ECU upgrade cable to be repaired so they can load the program and test it. Malibu and Inmar are fighting over who is responsible and they have created a special ECU program to correct the problem. Malibu has 3 boats that are doing the exact same thing. I had finally had enough embarrassment for one season, so at the end of September I took the boat back to my dealer and ask them to fix it.Please! I believe I took the boat back to my dealer a total of 5 times in 2010. Also some of the time the boat would sense a fault but not go into limp mode, but ooh the beeping fault alarm would have to be reset. Some times it would take a couple of tries to clear the fault. (I have a battery disconnect switch) I would say 60% of the time this would clear the fault and the boat would not return to limp mode. When it went into limp mode, I could stop, turn the boat off, disconnect the batteries and start the engine again. A common day on the lake would be unload the boat, cross fingers that it would work today, but it always showed up at some point. Then within another 10-20 hours of use the problem returned. In April of 2010 I dewinterized the boat and all seemed to be ok. It was still winter when I received the boat back, so it went into heated storage. I had the (paid) factory to install a front ballast while they had the boat. At the end of 2009 the problem still was going on, so Malibu took the boat to the factory to do a ECU upgrade, Throttle control, and Gel coat repair. This same problem happened and I had a total of 3 different assemblies put on the boat. They said the throttle control assembly was the cause and it was replaced. (I was at least able to take my guests and family back to the dock without being towed) I took it back to the dealer and they checked it out. The electronics would sense a low voltage alarm and go into limp mode. an 09 VTX.Īlmost immediately after delivery (within 5 hrs) a problem developed. While they had my boat for over 4 months (wintertime, so no problem) I decided to upgrade to my dream boat. Then my V Ride developed cracks in the top shell and had to go back to the factory for repair. My first was a V ride that had a couple of warranty issues but where taken care of quickly by my dealer. I have owned 2 Malibu boats and have loved them both. First let me say that I have been very reluctant to voice my continuing issue here.
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