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John Deere 3038E

2008–202336 HPdieselfarm
A+
Excellent
Score: 95.0/100
Recalls
322
Found
Known Issues
10
3 high severity
Auction Records
3
Avg €23,874
Reliability
A+
95/100

Specifications

Engine Power36 HP
Engine (kW)27 kW
Fuel Typediesel
Transmissionhydrostatic
Categoryfarm
Production Years2008–2023
Variants2 found

Safety Recalls

322 found
Safety recall — John Deere JD-8R370 (Japanese market, reference 1241810)

Japanese manufacturer safety recall affecting the lighting. Declared production window: 2021–2022.

LightingJP
On certain side-by-side UTVs, the owner's manual is missing information for how a person can contact Transport Canada to report a safety concern.

On certain side-by-side UTVs, the owner's manual is missing information for how a person can contact Transport Canada to report a safety concern. Canadian regulations require all companies to provide this information in the owner's manual.

OtherCA
On certain side-by-side UTVs, the owner's manual is missing information for how a person can contact Transport Canada to report a safety concern.

On certain side-by-side UTVs, the owner's manual is missing information for how a person can contact Transport Canada to report a safety concern. Canadian regulations require all companies to provide this information in the owner's manual.

OtherCA
On certain side-by-side UTVs, the owner's manual is missing information for how a person can contact Transport Canada to report a safety concern.

On certain side-by-side UTVs, the owner's manual is missing information for how a person can contact Transport Canada to report a safety concern. Canadian regulations require all companies to provide this information in the owner's manual.

OtherCA
Safety recall — John Deere JD-7R310 (Japanese market, reference 1241260)

Japanese manufacturer safety recall affecting the electronic control. Declared production window: 2020–2024.

Electronic controlJP
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Known Issues

10 reported
3 high5 low2 medium
Crankcase overpressure after head gasket replacement
high

After head gasket replacement, oil flows out of dipstick hole and excessive crankcase pressure develops. Oil is pushed from timing case toward turbo drain instead of flowing normally. Likely compression leak into oil galleries from head gasket installation error or defective gasket.

engine
CA: John Deere Review by Tony from Morgantown, KY (2/5 stars) I’ve had my
high

I’ve had my 3038E a lil over a year. These are my issues. First, the brake sensor broke. Not a big deal. Second, it would overheat every time I mowed the 7acre field. Only took a few min to spray it clean. Third, the hydraulics would start to get more and more slack. Forth, the seat sensor would shut the tractor down at the worst and most dangerous times... And the final last straw is when my rock

engine
2010 JD 3038E starting issue - no click, no crank
high

I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this but here goes.. I have an early model 3038 that won't start recently. I do not get an audible click from the fuel solenoid and it won't crank either. I have tested seat switch and neutral switch, both appear to be working properly testing continuity. PTO switch is down. I have tested all fuses. Battery is charged and appears to be good. I don't believe it is the fuel solenoid because I replaced that last year, when it failed the engine would still crank but not fire, obviously. When testing fuses I noticed three relays and wasn't sure the best way to test them. One is for the fuel shutoff solenoid. This is my best guess of the issue so far. I've done some research on other forums and the only other similar issue I have found was that the instrument cluster needed to be replaced because of a thermistor that failed. But this was on a newer model with common rail and no fuel shutoff solenoid. Not sure if that applies to me but it's probably the next thing I will look at if a relay doesn't solve it. Am I on the right track with the Relay? Any other possible causes? Thanks

Engine
Transmission heater on JD3038e?
low

I bought a used 3038e tractor 2018. I'm going to put an engine heater kit on it, and saw that there's also a transmission heater kit, what's the purpose of that, is it useful? I'd use a 3ph snow blower in winter - I'm in Canada. Just asking because I had a b2601 kubota but only had the engine block heater as an option...

Engine
John Deere 3038E | Bush Hogging Didn't Go As Planned | Overheating Issue
low

John Deere 3038E | Bush Hogging Didn't Go As Planned | Overheating Issue

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Market Value

Average
€23,874
Median
€24,772
Range:€18,950 €27,900
Avg Hours:760 hrs
Records:3 sales
Recent Sales
2021 · mascus-marketplace€18,950
1,340 hours
2018 · mascus-marketplace€24,772
935 hours
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Hours Benchmark

Class: Compact (040 HP)
Average hours at sale for this model
0Avg: 760 hrs6,000
Low use150 /year
Typical300 /year
High use500 /year
Typical lifetime6,000 hours
Expected life15 years

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