I share the same concern. My Core failed within about 10 days of activation with LW001 (“left wheel locked”), which appears to be a well-known left motor/drive issue. After a replacement, the snowblower hardware failed again within roughly two weeks—this time a timing belt failure (another early-stage hardware issue that I’m seeing reported by other users this season as well).
At this price point—closer to a used car than a conventional snowblower (e.g., Ariens) or even many lawn tractors—repeat hardware failures this early raise serious questions about durability, quality control, and design margin for real winter conditions. If these issues are as widespread as they appear, it seems like something that warrants a formal corrective action (at minimum a transparent service bulletin, and potentially a recall-level response for affected batches).
Yarbo has been in the market for years, and customers should not be functioning as paid beta testers—especially when downtime directly impacts basic snow removal and safety.
@Allen Allen, I hope you and the team are aware of how frequently these failures are happening and can share what specific engineering and support improvements are being implemented (and on what timeline).