Man too many rumors going arround on these.... Take it from me.... Yes the production did stop. but it has resumed and 02 Optimax are due to ship starting next week, as far as the problems they were having were with the ECU over fueling causing fouled spark plugs, The new ECU is available now... ( just put one on a boat today) all it is, are recalibrated for the proper fuel curve, Unless you are having performance problems w/ your Opti dont worry about it, there will be no recall, If you are having performance problems take it to a dealer, ( anyone who knows anything about the opti's will know exactally what to look at and do)As far as problems.... they are far and few between... we currently have 20 01MY optis in the field and have only had 1 that has had performance problems.Believe it or not... the biggest problem with the Optimax has been either A. Dealer setup or... B. operator error.