When I picked up the Gator, the box it came in was half shredded and opened. The worker was very embarrassed about the condition of the box. She asked if I wanted to accept it. I inspected the product which seemed to be in decent condition. All the parts were there. To register the product, you have to have a manufacture date. I am waiting on an email from PegPerego as to where to find the date. After putting the Gator together and giving it to my 4 yr old on Christmas morning, all seemed well. My 2 sons rode the Gator for about 5 hours and the front axle broke. We will see how the company handles the issue when they return my email.

This is an amazing product. It looks like our real john Deere and our grandson calls us john Deere buddies ...it teaches kids direction and also how to reverse!!!! It doesn't go too fast ,so is safe and builds confidence . A great purchase and worth the investment.

Walmart site to store works very well for me. The John Deere Gator was purchased as a birthday present for my 2year old grandson.Once it arrived the assembly was pretty easy even though the instructions are pretty vague at times. Appling all the decals is very time consumming and somewhat frustrating. They have a large backyard so it is mainly used on a grass surface & I noticed that it loses traction fairly easily ( might have to purchase the rubber traction bands for the wheels also, at nearly $400.000 they should be included) The first charge on the battery takes 18hrs so give yourself plently of time before actually putting the John Deere Gator to use. My grandson & friends where very excited and rode it constantly for about 2hrs until the battery needed recharging. In summary it would be nice if you could purchase it ready to ride but it was worth the time invested.

Got this for my grandson for his 6 th birthday. His knees on right up close to steering wheel. I’m not sure about average 7 year old would have any room. The directions are terrible to put it together. ( My husband said). Other than that he loves it for now. Think he will out grow it soon

I must say that I expected a little better quality with the John Deere name and price. Just assembling the product, the pull up piece for the back tray snapped. The product does not drive well on the grass; the wheels spin. This was very disappointing because I bought this little tractor for my new 6 year old girl (she is average) to help her grandmother in the spring and summer with flowers in the yard. I don't think 12 volts is enough voltage either. It seems to move very slow. If I would have seen someone else with this product and saw this I would have bought a different product. Very disappointed for my daughter on her 6th birthday.

My 7 year old son saw this item in the store and wanted it for his birthday. We had all of our friends and family give him gift cards in order to help with the purchase. It was one of the only power wheels that had the age up to 8 years old so we thought he would have no problem fitting in it as he just turned 7 and isn't a big 7 year old. We put it together and he doesn't fit in it at all. He has to sit on the back part of the seat in order to drive it. The reason I gave it a 4 star rating is that he has a younger sibling who is 4 and fits in it just perfectly and has a blast. So, if you have a younger child, this item is great but don't think that because it says up to 8 years old that you child will fit in it.

Bought two for my boys and they look better in person. They love these little trucks. The trucks are sturdy thus far, we've only had em since Christmas. We live in Ohio so the weather has permitted us to use them as much as the boys would like. So far so good though.

I don't like that for reverse you have to hold the lever down bc it's difficult for young children. The wheels spin too much on the street before actually moving. Looks great, putting it together was problematic bc the directions are not great, however, getting them from YouTube rectifies the problem.

My neighbor had one of these for probably 5 years and her 3 sons outgrew it, but not before they drove the HExx out of it. It quit working and she put it out by the street. I rescued it for parts but put a new battery in it and IT WORKS GREAT. My grandsons love it so much I bought a new one to go with it. NO FRILLS - High Speed, Low Speed and Reverse and a gas pedal. That’s it. Doesn’t even have an on/off switch, no radio, no remote. In other words - THERE’S NOTHING TO BREAK! And everything about it is really tough plastic or metal. My wife weighs less than the ‘maximum’ so she tried out the new one and it works great too!

It's adorable and great for the price. We gave it to my grandson in the winter so not sure about the traction on the tires yet, but the only that i can see disappointing is that the rear dumpbox is manual and it's a little difficult to do (especially for a young child). I thought it would be electric. He loved it and I can't wait to see him in it this summer.