Residents also say that the dealer races up and down local roads while ‘testing’ UTVs
September 8, 2024 at 10:02
- An Oklahoma City UTV reportedly crashed a customer vehicle and won’t fix it.
- The customer alleges the dealer crashed the Polaris during a joyride on public streets.
- Locals claim that dealer employees are known for speeding in the neighborhood on UTVs.
Maxey’s Motorsports in Oklahoma City is facing scrutiny after an accident involving a UTV. According to the owner of the 2019 Polaris RZR, Mechele Abbot, a dealer mechanic wrecked the vehicle and now, Maxey’s won’t pay to fix it. She’s turned to local media but as of this writing, it seems like the dealer is holding off on doing anything to fix the problem.
According to Abbot, she only has her Polaris UTV because she inherited it from her husband when he passed away in 2022. The only reason she took it to Maxey’s is because that’s where her late husband went while he was alive. That all changed on February 8, 2023, when she said a dealer employee wrecked it.
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Local news station KFOR says that a police report confirms an accident with the vehicle happened that day. Evidently, the employee was driving the UTV in a neighborhood when they swerved to avoid hitting a child. The RZR flipped and incurred the damage. “If Jim was here, nobody would have driven it, he would test drive it,” said Abbott. “Those service guys knew him, knew he died, and knew they could take advantage of me.”
According to the operations manager, the shop would typically pay for an accident like this but he wouldn’t confirm why this case was different. The general manager, Tony Maxey, wouldn’t comment on the situation either. Apparently, this isn’t the only complaint about the shop either.
Reports indicate that locals are upset about the way that employees drive UTVs through the neighborhood on a regular basis. A sign sits on one corner reminding road users to slow down because the street isn’t a “race track.” The operations manager initially claimed that his employees didn’t do that but then said he’d talk to them about it after being presented with evidence to the contrary.
At this stage, Abbot just wants her RZR fixed. “I just want whatever their insurance would give, and I want to keep my husband’s RZR and walk away from this,” she says. Hopefully, Maxey’s makes it right or at least provides context from their side of the story.