Tige a waste of money!!

[Gardyloo03]

My 04' Tige experience

I actually bought mine "new" , and when I say new mind you it had never touched the water! I still had a slew of problems with it, and am actually still working to fix some of the problems that i have had since day one (it has now been about 4 months). I would go as far as to say that one may have just slipped through the qaulity control department at tige. Although in defense of Tige and their dealers (mine is the Slalom Shop at Lake Texoma), the dealer has been very patient, and worked hard at helping me resolve these issues. I especially thank Rusty Wilson at Texoma for his hard work. Tige has always been helpful when calling them direct to ask questions about anything relating to my 22v. Since I continue to have unresolved issues I am considering letting go of my 2004 22v and purchasing another boat. I am now in the process of searching for a new one looking at several brands namely malibu and natique. I would say this though that through dealing with having issues with this specific boat, which doesn't seem to reflect the level of quality most people recieve on delivery, I have not ruled out purchasing an 05' Tige due to the cooperation of Tige personel and their dealers. Now I have a long road with alot of contemplation on wether or not I give them another shot. Once again though thank you Rusty Wilson and Tige for the support and help you have given me even in light of me still having problems and the season being about over.

[shane]

I bet if you sell your Tige and buy another boat brand new you still have problems. When and if you do get another boat come back on this site and be truthfull and tell us the problems you have.

[smendez]

Here's my pint of fuel for this fire.

How can you buy a "new" boat with all the warranties, etc, when the boat has 165 hours on the hour meter? My calculations say that this is like buying a "new" car with over 36,000 miles on the odometer.

I can't believe a dealer would sell a boat under these conditions. Something's missing - What is it?

[Gardyloo03]

Shane I am by no means a novice to the boating world. I understand that all boats have problems, even when they are new. I was pracitcally raised on the lake and on boats from the time I was 2 months old, I have been around the block a few times. Consider this I have owned 4-5 other boats all bought new, and I know what to expect. Although with my last purchase I think I was correct when I say I had a slew of problems from day one. I am currently looking for the list I made after my first day of use and will be happy to post it when I find it. As for what smendez says I couldn't agree more. Im not saying I haven't enjoyed my Tige because I do, I am just saying I was left and still am somewhat dissatisfied. The feeling of every weekend having to trailer it and drag it back to the shop after every use to work on things that weren't correct from the beginning is somewhat taxing.

[MyTigeIsALemon]

It's very exausting indeed. I'm not sure what you fellas have against being satisfied with a purchase as large as this. And as to the issue of hours being on the boat when I bought it, from some of the posts includeing Andrews, it sounds to me like a Tige with "165 hours" is an OLD boat & this changes the game some how, that a Tige boat with only "165 hours" is expected to break down this often and is normal and that I am a novice for not knowing that. Well that my friends is the whole point of me posting. So potential Tige buyers will know what to expect because I for one didn't expect to trailer my boat to tige after every outing with a boat that had only 165 hours on it. I beleive Tige should take steps to inform buyers of this 165 hour mark that a boat becomes in a different cattagory as other boats. Even though I am concidered a novice to some, my experience with several BAJA's were very good & we never had any problems. Anyways, can't wait to shed more light on the subject. Maybe I'll see some of you at the shop geting our OLD boats worked on!
Oh, & Tige22ityper, being as you sound so educated on this matter, explain to me why a customer would still be "pissed" if everything was fixed?

[shane]

Hey Gardy, I hear you. I live in Louisiana and I bought my Tige in Mississippi. I got tired of driving it 2 1/2 hours one way to have the dealer break something else when he was trying to fix the original problem. He then went out of business and I was left without a dealer in my state and the nearest dealer was over 5 hours away. I started paying a local boat mechanic to fix my problems and just sucked up the cost. Guess I like my boat alot.

[2Step]

I recently purchased a 02 20V from The Slalom Shop Lake Lewisville and I have had a few problems that you would naturally expect when buying a used boat. I have to give Slalom Shop (Billy, Steve, Nicole, and Mike) and Tige props they have gone way above the call of duty and have fixed and are fixing things that they were not required to fix under warranty conditions. The customer service is OUTSTANDING. I recommend Slalom Shop and Tige to anybody.
As for those with MAJOR problems PM your vehicles before you use them and the risk of problems is significantly reduced.

Chris

[Domsz06]

I know that I have an 03 21ir. I bought it brand new. and had about 8 problems with it after the first use. I took it back and the fixed them all. it ran great for the rest of the year. I took it out all year, and had a few more minor problems, mainly a vinyl tear from the gull wings. No big deal. The biggest problem I had on my boat so far was the stearing linkage freezing up after 70 hours. I hope it doesn't do that again when I hit 140, but who knows. I haven't owned another inboard boat, but have owned/helped work on several outboards and I/O. Boats are not like cars, they breat down so much more because of the enviroment they work in, I mean water is very hard on boats, plus, look at the rpms you run them at. I do you normally run your cars at about 1000 below redline all the time when your driving it? I know I don't. Boats are going to be a problem, and I bet that all boats have their problems. I can't speak from experinece because this is the first inboard boat I have had. I know my friends with malibus, and ski n. and mastercraft all have the same type of problems I have so i really don't consider tige to be any worse. I do know that anyone I have talked to with tige, including my dealer has been nothing but AWESOME to me. Can't say so for my friends and their dealers. It all comes down to what you like and want. We all have our opinions and we all have horror stories and every boat has it's bad side. You find a boat that everyone agrees on and says is the best and I know I'd buy one, but they don't exist.

Dom

[joe8395]

I think the horse is officially dead now....

[Tige M.D.]

tige warranty clearly states under exclusions, the following are specifcally excluded from coverage under this limited warranty agreement, "Any boat used for dealer demonstrations that has accumulated more than 40 hours".
i feel that 100% of the problem is the dealers and not tige's. i also feel that andrew and tige could have sent this person packing but chose to deal with and attempt to do right by this customer.

by the way, how much did they discount this demo boat? i sure hope it was worth it.

now, i hope this horse is dead

[havasu bound]

I bought my 1996 tige pre' with 96 hours on it......in 3 months my hours are now at 160. I have had NO problems with my boat so far.
I love my Tige and will stand behing them as a producer any day of the week! Your name even states..."mytigeisalemon" Every mass producer creates one lemon....every dealer sells one lemon, sadly, you got it. It sounds like your dealer has done a lot of work to your boat and is so far standing behind their word.

Just a quick question.....if you owned a company......and you mass prdouced a product that had as many poosible problems as a boat has, and someone had those problems with your product, would you be pissed if that person came on here and completely bashed your product...told the people not to buy it and stay away from it!? I just thought telling a public forum that is based around tiges', not to buy a tige' because it is a waste of time....was a little out of hand.

Good luck with your lemon

[whitlock87]

I was new to boating, never been in one or own one, two people at work have boats ( one Bay liner and one Master Craft ) after talking to them I ended up getting a 2004 Tige Switch V From Tige Water Sports.
They would not let me take the boat home until The sales rep ( Tom ) took me to the lake and taught me how to work everything. He even had me put the boat on and off the trailer 6 times. In all Tom spent over two hours with us.
I now have over 100 hours on the boat, and have never had any real problems other the cosmetic.
PS: I love the boat, it can out maneuver any boat I seen

[simsob23]

I am not sure you know what a real lemon is. My brand new previous boat from another manufacturer was a lemon in every aspects and the factory didn't do anything to try to fix it besides an incompetent dealer that couldn't differentiate a screw from a bolt. I had to hire my attorney and it was only because of a very lucky instance that we were able to get the manufacturer to buy the boat back, otherwise I would still be here fighting for it today.

The simple fact that the demo boat had so many hours would have made me a little skeptical from the very beginning. Obviously the discounted price was one of the major reasons why you decided to buy that particular boat. Perhaps you ran in some bad luck, but you do not have any reasons to criticize Tige to the extend you have. I bought my 22V new in May and I did have a few bugs here and there, but overall they are great boats and the factory does stay behind it's product.

Be thankful you bought a Tige and may be your should reconsider your position a little. They obviously went the extra mile to make you happy, even though you might never will be judging from your words.

[Ruune]

165 hours... wow. Just out of curiosity, are you going to go to enterprise rent-a-car and buy one of their fleet cars with 50k miles on them and expect it to be new? additionally, the Tigé warranty specifically states that a demo boat sold with more that 9 hours, its not covered under warranty. Bottom line? Boats are put throught the ringer when they're demoed. Tigé knows this, and has gone above and beyond the call of duty on this.

Furthermore, you referred to your oil being low, taking it to the point of your lifters starting to click, etc. I've got about 130 hours on my boat and I've already changed the oil 4 times. I'm also wondering about your oil pressure gauge... did you ever look at it? hmm... makes you wonder.

As for customer service, I did have a problem with my interior, and Tigé replaced all of the affected seats- no questions asked. I also had a problem with my tower, which they remedied by replacing the entire right side base. To me, this is getting the job done right.

[Ponyh8r]

I purchased my 04' 21I from Family Power Sports and I must say that they are a very good Tige dealer.

I have a few things to ask:

1. When your boat ran out of gas did they come and fill your tank up with gas? And did they give you money for a full tank?

If I know the story correctly (I am consistantly on that lake) I believe that they did, even though they had no duty to do so.

2. After discovering the problems, didn't Tige offer you an extended warrenty on the boat for 2 years?

Even though they had no duty to do so.

It sounds to me like you want your money back on the boat or a new boat, and that you will do anything to accomplish that.

Also,
Why would Family Power Sports be on your bad side? They sold you the boat and it had problems. It seems like your beef should be strictly with Tige, not the dealer.

Family Power Sports has consistantly bent over backwards for myself and other customers.

To perspective buyers of this dealer, feel free to Email me at anytime for info on this dealer.