His local dealership has tried to help, but is also struggling to get answers.įarmers bought the John Deere equipment in good faith that it would last many years and they deserved better treatment, he added. Mr Smith said John Deere had offered to buy back his SF 3000 receiver, but it does not go anywhere near meeting the cost of upgrading to a new SF 6000 receiver. This causes the tractor to lose its autosteer ability. “I ran the GPS system on this tractor for seven years, but after February, it packed up,” said Mr Smith.Īlthough he can sometimes receive a GPS signal of 100%, the accuracy can vary from between 0-80% within a 30min period.
GPS downĪ fortnight later, Mr Smith took his JD 6190, equipped with the receiver, into a field to apply fertiliser on the 243ha farm, but he found the GPS technology no longer worked.
#John deere igrade problems upgrade#
Robert Smith, a farm manager based near Bampton, Oxfordshire, said John Deere representatives visited his farm on 27 February and told him an upgrade needed to be carried out on his SF 3000 receiver as it was losing connection with the satellites. Instead, a company spokesman said newly introduced 4G mobile phone network frequencies are behind the issues (see “John Deere UK & IE company response”, below). See also: Buyers guide: Retrofit entry-level auto-steer systems
Rumours that the problems are connected to signal interference with the rollout of 5G technology in the countryside are false, according to John Deere UK & IE. Several farmers have contacted Farmers Weekly to report technical issues with SF 3000 domes and early iterations of the current SF 6000 receivers. Farmers have asked John Deere to provide urgent solutions following reports of signal problems with Starfire (SF) GPS satellite receivers.
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