My son was riding in open water (500 feet deep) with my wife. Raspy sonic grinding sound and the machine lost propulsion. I turned it on it's side and it appeared the impeller had a ding 1/4 away from outside, on all blades. Dealer says rock damage....$730 later repaired and good to go. (Did not get old parts back....my bad)
Brought the machine home. Wife idles it over to it's mooring buoy. A few days later son idles it over to our dock then rides it about 20 feet, gives it a little gas - same symptoms. So it has about three minutes of time on it and happens again in clear water of at least 8 feet deep.
In the first break-down my son tells me the machine was, "louder", for several minutes before it got really loud and failed. I find it incredible that it somehow sucked up a rock in water 500 feet deep? In my mind a rock incident happens in shallow water and instantly.
We have another Spark and have had zero problems with it.
Ideas? Do you think I am dealing with some type of defect?
Brought the machine home. Wife idles it over to it's mooring buoy. A few days later son idles it over to our dock then rides it about 20 feet, gives it a little gas - same symptoms. So it has about three minutes of time on it and happens again in clear water of at least 8 feet deep.
In the first break-down my son tells me the machine was, "louder", for several minutes before it got really loud and failed. I find it incredible that it somehow sucked up a rock in water 500 feet deep? In my mind a rock incident happens in shallow water and instantly.
We have another Spark and have had zero problems with it.
Ideas? Do you think I am dealing with some type of defect?