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"At 13 months old (45 hours), the mower deck spindles exploded. The upper and lower bearings sealed so lube at the fitting just produced hydraulic pressure. At 55 hours, the bearings failed in three deck pulleys. At 90 hours, the bearings failed in the clutch that engages the blades. In the above two items you must replace the complete assemblies as the bearings are not serviceable. At 150 hours, the transaxle failed. I had to replace the steering gears three times. In 200 hours, I have replaced the three deck pulleys twice to current hours. The tractor still looks like new (washed after every cut and stored inside) but it will be my last John Deere. I was an extremely costly mistake!"
"My LA145 ran great until the warranty was up. I always changed the oil more often than required but didn't use synthetic. It started smoking a lot when it first started up. The whole back yard was smoked out. Usually, it would stop after a while. Sometimes it wouldn't smoke at all. The dealer didn't find anything wrong so I traded it for an X360. No problem with it."
"I bought this one off a preacher that was getting a zero-turn. I picked it up for $1,200 with 80 hours on it. I have had it for years now. It always starts and runs strong. I had one of the pulleys changed out on the deck at around 500 hours and as of today broke my first belt at about 1200 hours. I have just been doing seasonal maintenance on it like oil changes, blade sharpening and not being stupid with it.. I'll probably never have to buy another mower."
"Every year since I have owned this mower, I noticed it seems to take me longer to mow my 1-acre lawn. Last fall I noticed that going up an incline on lawn that it would slow to a crawl. This spring it would not even crawl, just make a whining noise from the transmission. I inquired at the John Deere store ( I bought it at a big box lumber yard) about this, He said these are not made like the ones he sells and that right around 250-hours he sees a lot of people having the same problem. Mine had 249 hours. I ordered one online ( cheaper than what he was asking) and installed a new one and it is running like new again. I did notice my steering gears are really getting worn, so that will probably be the next thing needing replacing."
"My La145 has 400 hours and still runs like the day I bought it. It climbs hills like a boss. No major problems other than replaced the governor at 375 hours, it is old so something had to eventually go. "
"This is my 5th year with this mower and so far I've had no major problems. Gives a reasonably even cut and I can mow 1.6 acres in 1 hour. On the down side: The start key is a piece of junk; the metal is way too soft. Bought a replacement key and it is already starting to twist. Mulching is a waste of time because it leaves long rows of "mulched" grass. Occasionally it is difficult to start; don't know what is in the gas here in NJ. "
"Good mower. Steering problems. I've had to replace the steering bushings 3 times. The last set only lasted 5 months. Cutting the grass once a week or less."
"Bought this after 7 years of using a Murray of same size thinking John Deere can't go wrong. Wrong at 188 hours in 4 years the steering gear and it's parts have been replaced 3 times. Outrageous that they put there name on this junk at there prices. I'm not a lawn guy this was using it and maintaining it by the book, now its lawn art. Check the availability of steering gear replacement parts, they are everywhere Why...because they know you will be replacing them."
"Tractor does a great job cutting the 3 acres that we have."
"Great tractor/mower. However, the stupid safety stuff to protect the dummies is a real pita. Also rather hard starting on the new 10% ethanol gas. I change my own oil and sharpen the blades. It just keeps running."