I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.

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• Ars Technica
  I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.

  There is something wrong with the tractor. The water-in-fuel sensor, a small device embedded in the John Deere machine that monitors the integrity of its diesel engine, is disconnected. And I’ve got to fix it. I’m not a mechanic or a farmer. I’m poking at a laptop at John Deere’s corporate office in Santa Clara, California. There’s a cable connecting the computer to a 5130ML tractor sitting on the grass nearby. A bright red notification sits on the screen, telling me something is wrong. I type in a question and the software pulls up instructions and a few images from the user manual that matches the serial number of the machine. Credit: Boone Ashworth Read full article Comments ]]>

  Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:41 GMT

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1. 2026-09-13 11:00Ars Technica — I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.