As with any product in the world, there is always gona be some sent out with defective parts. "HInts the 90day warnts' So for the few people that had the bad luck of buying a defective wheeler, Stop hating and blaming honda and suck it up. it happends to every one sometime in their life. I got my 2008 rancher 420TM 4X4 on 3-20-09 and have not had one inssue with it. After i broke it in I took it and sunk it under water. "did not mean to haha" I drained the water out of the air box and fired it right up and ran like a champ. I take it out at least 2-3 times a week and run it down my hardwood swamp trails and run in threw deep mud and sticks and water and It has taken everything i have thrown at it. I knew befor i Bought it that HOnda made the strongest most reliable bikes on the market and my 420 has gone beyond my expectations. I have always owns a honda car or bike and i always will. the Fourmans are also great ATVs that i have played with alot.
cory

Well, we had a red Honda (the first model with 4 wheels) that ran for years and years, so I had high hopes for the 2005 Rancher I bought. I used it only for light hunting excursions. It always had starter problems and now won't crank at all. Honda is definitely not the brand it used to be and I won't buy another one, 4 wheeler or automobile.

I have had my 2002 rancher 350 (2wheel drive) since it was brand new. If I had my choice at the time I would have bought a bigger 4x4, but this how I got stuck with the Honda. My wife’s grandfather and uncle went in half’s and bought the 2002 rancher brand new. They had it for 1 day when my brother n law and I were taking it up a hill and hit a hole. The Rancher threw my brother n law of the back and I fell off the right side of it. The Ranger rolled down the hill bouncing over 5 feet in the air as it rolled down. It finally came to rest upside down in a barb wire fence at the bottom. It had fallen over 200 feet. When we got to the Rancher the front right wheel was broken off the handle bars were smashed flat, and the racks were bent up. We flipped it back on its wheels and it started right up and we drove it ¼ mile back to the house with 3 wheels. I bought a new 2002 Rancher for my wife’s Grandfather and fixed my new broken rancher up (new wheel, bent the rack back the best I could, new handle bars, welded the A arm back to the frame front right). I have been using this Rancher every weekend for the last 6 years now and I have only changer the oil 3 times. This is the best ATV out there. I have a 750 Brute Force (2005) and it’s never been wrecked and it’s in the shop once a year for something. When I go to replace these ATVs it well be a Honda I buy.

HONDA 420 RANCHER MANUAL SHIFT: This quad in my mind is a pile of junk! I have only owned it for one month and it is already in the shop because the water pump is bad, which means there could be motor damage. It is also very hard to shift,i know it is rather new and is not broken in but i have owned many quads before and never had this problem. Honda does however provide its new one year warranty, and that is great but i did not spend 5000 for a new quad to be in the shop already for a rather serious problem which i may run into problems down the road with. Honda does not back their product very good and can not quite understand stand why i am so pissed off about this issue. So when you go to buy your new quad do not buy a rancher, i know history has proven that they are a hard working machine,but that was then. Quality has def gone down hill.

incredible!!!

i have a 2005 honda rancher es and it is the best atv out there. and if you think you can beat me in years and maintence and miles. yall are a bunch of idiots. the only problem i have had with mine is the shft module went bad. but that's really not maintenece. i have had 0 engine problems and it has 3000 miles on it. good luck with all of your other atv's. sorry i pitty all of your atv's. unless it's a honda!!!! ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

I got an '05 Rancher that is d- shiznit! Freakin love the thing and it won't die. ever...

I have a 2002 Rancher and it could not be any better. I cvan go anywhere my buddy can go on his 500 Can Am four wheel drive and mine is only two wheel drive. I have over 7000 miles on it trouble free.I rate my Honda Rancher as the bast of the best!

I have a 2002 Rancher and it could not be any better. I can go anywhere my buddy can go on his 500 Can Am four wheel drive and mine is only two wheel drive. I have over 7000 miles on it trouble free.I rate my Honda Rancher as the bast of the best!

I have a 06 it has 1758 miles on it and I havent had a lick of probs with it. A great smaller wheeler good power and handling. Im not a big fan of weelers that are almost as big as a jeep.

Honda Rancher  2006   805 km on it and  been fixed 5 times   1 big pice of shit i have a 1983 motocross 250 and it runs great my next bike i think i am going polaris 800 ho 2 year warrnty  this 6 month  bullshit fuck u honda shit i HAVE  friend  has a 93 polaris 2 stroke  4 +4 and he never breaks down  and hes always pulling me back home lol not really funny trust me  he paid 1500  and me 10000 after taxs i got screawd

I have a 2007 Honda Rancher with maybe 80 miles on it. I took it back to Honda, where i bought it three days later. The 4X4 wouldn't work. It is a manual shift and wouldn't go into gear. Picked it up after 4 more days and put it in the garage. I took the ATV out 6 months later and it wouldn't go into gear. I took it back to Honda and they said the warranty was out. Well with enough arguing i was able to get them to replace the cable that runs to the front drive axle. It works now but he said it might be the front end gears that are still bad. So go home and try it out! Well i have owned Honda's all my life and this was the last one i will ever buy! I was treated like i didn't know how to ride and i broke it in the 80 miles i put on it. If Honda can't warranty their stuff for more than 6 months then I'm Going to try Yamaha next. So if your looking at the 420 Rancher from Honda, Ask about the Manual shift having problems. Also get to Know the Honda sales people a bit before you buy. I just think Honda has gone down hill a bit!

  I have a 2005 Honda Rancher 350 4x4 that I purchased new.  Like with all Honda products I have had excellent luck with this machine.  It is easy to operate and always starts really easy no matter how long is has sat or what the temperature is. 

In the summer time I use it weekly to pull a 5' wide Swisher brand finish mower to mow my lawn which is about 4 acres.  I use it a lot just around the house for fencing and yard work.  I have took it out four wheeling a few times although I did avoid some of the very worst terrain as I bought this four wheeler more for utility use than four wheeling.  If I were going to ride it in the mud very much I would get some better tires that were made for mud use put on it.  The stock tires are not that good in the mud. 

About the only thing I have changed on it is adding a twist throttle instead of the thumb control.  I have always been used to riding motorcycles and prefer the twist throttle greatly.  After mowing for 2-3 hours my thumb would hurt until the next day after using the thumb control throttle.

If you want a four wheeler for utility purposes like mowing or general farm/lawn work then this four wheeler is perfect.  If you are a beginner and are going "mudding" with others who can winch you out of the worst areas then this would be a good machine.  If you are looking for something that will go really fast then get a four-wheeler made for racing, not a utility model such as this one.

My husband has done all the maintenance so far on this machine himself.  We did follow the manual and do the break in procedure since this was a new vehicle.  After that there have just been a few oil changes and cleaning of the air filter.  These are very low maintenance machines and if you do run into something serious Honda parts and service are easy to find. In my opinion this is one of the best all around use four wheelers available.

ihave 3500 mi. on my 02 rancher and it hasn't missed a beat. it is even a electric shift. i use this rig like i stole it. this is a great machine!!!!

I have a 2004 and have had no problems with it at all. I ride it almost every weekend and during the week somtimes to riding for long periods at a time. I used to ride dirt bikes and was used to going way faster but it I still enjoy flying down the trails with it and beet my buddies 400ex and banchee (just because i can ride better though but still) and when i bought it they made fun of me for getting a uttity. After rideing two stokes for so long i just like the dependableity and enjoy this quad alot. Hope this helps somebody.

My uncle has two of these and they are good ATV's, they beat on them and they still run great.  They are fun little ATV's.  He's never had any problems with them.

I Loved Honda, I loved my 05 Rancher AT, until it started have shift issues. I have put 428 miles on my unit and it has been at the dealership 5 times for angle sensor issues within the last 6 months. I'm tired of getting stranded on the trail, or having to limp back in 5th gear. Even when is operating fine, the tranny won't allow for torque. The fourwheeler is very weak to be a 400. I wish honda would produce an atomatic that wasn't so complicated, maybe a belt drive with out the ESP crap. It couldn't be any more unreliable... If your in the market for Atomatic atv, I would recommend something other than Honda...especially the Rancher AT.

I own a 2003 honda 350 ES with 12,000 kms on it and not one problem with it i do alot of riding all over and go through alot of stuff and this atv hasnt let me down yet and i dont think it ever will. this atv can pull alot i pulled a 3000 pound trailer way over of what the quad is supposed to haul
sure it had to work but it did it

i would recomend this quad anyone who want a reliable atv

2006 Rancher AT- 150 miles on it and something in the motor rattles terrible at speeds above roughly 40 MPH. The selling dealer and his "district sales manager" claim the noise is normal. Bull $hit. Its too bad, I like the machine other than that.

Bad costumer service, Honda knows of speedometer problems and won't do anything about them or tell anyone about them.
Don't buy

i bought my 2003 rancher brand new (in 2003). the first three years it ran fine except for all the brakes going bad within a few months. in may 2006, the rear end went out. it is a good short time atv!

Howdy there y'all back in 2002 i bought my son and daughter a honda rancher. We brought it home and it didn't even start to get out of the back of my pickup. After honda got it started for me it couldn't even keep up with my neighbors 1987 moto 4 yamaha 350, that 20 year old yamaha 4x4 beats my honda rancher 350 4x4 in repeated races, climbs, mud boggs, and trail ridin i do not recommend this hunk of junk on anyone

You are all a bunch of Butt Pirates that think this is a bad bike. I have had this bike for 4 years and had nothing but great rides after great rides. I killed it in a creek under water and pulled it out the other side and it didnt get a drop of water in the oil. If you shade tree grease monkeys knew what you were doing you wouldnt have so many problems. You cant get drunk and run an atv through every single mudd hole you see and expect it to last. Get help and get a life! 02 RANCHER 4X4 RULES!!

You are all a bunch of Butt Pirates that think this is a bad bike. I have had this bike for 4 years and had nothing but great rides after great rides. I killed it in a creek under water and pulled it out the other side and it didnt get a drop of water in the oil. If you shade tree grease monkeys knew what you were doing you wouldnt have so many problems. You cant get drunk and run an atv through every single mudd hole you see and expect it to last. Get help and get a life! 02 RANCHER 4X4 RULES!!

honda is junk and this is the worst honda

worst weakest and slowest bike ever

junk

The honda rancher is a piece of junk. My friend has a 2002 rancher 350 and my 1986 yamaha moto 4 225 will do circles around that piece of junk in everything. Plus it always breaks and i fix atvs so i always have to fix it.

2003 Honda Rancher 4x4 350cc purchased new in 2002. I find this vehicle inferior our my old Suzuki 230. The older Suzuki did not need parts until 5 -6 years, just pm maintenance. So far on the Rancher I have replaced a starter and muffler at almost 3 years old. Squeeks occur in body movement which requires constant lubracation. The rancher is kept inside and driven daily along with my other machine. I was suprised to see at almost three years old that the Honda Rancher needed so much up keep. I currently have owned three machines in the last 14 years due to my rural location. I would NOT recommend a Honda ATV for my next purchase. Hope this helps.

The rancher is a great atv it handles well in all situations. It has ample power to accomplish any task. I believe it is one of the best middle sized utility atvs.

It has been in and out of the shop.Warranty is no good.It is a $6000.00 ripoff.It has had four motor rebuilt on it .Every time I got it back it would not even make it through the second tank of gas.I am very disapointed in it.It is sitting on my front porch in boxes.I wish you would have financed it because you would be eating that $6000.00 dollars

The rancher is a good all around machine. It has enough power to do work around the farm and you go for a cruz on the trail and have fun. It will do anything that most riders want a machine to do.