No, that's not right. As a matter of fact this is this first problem I've had with any brand new RC tank, HL or otherwise. For the record... I even asked Blitz for help since he's worked on quite a few of my tanks with upgrades/mods and the like, his response was that there are just too many things that could be causing that kind of problem, and he recommended I send it back to Mato, which I did. If Blitz wouldn't even recommend it, there's no way in the world I'm going to attempt it, but thanks for the encouragement, I do try to do as much on my own as possible, within my capabilities of course.