Yep - almost certainly a system scale issue.Check your system units in Customise > Units Setup > System Unit Setup and compare that to the actual size of your object. If they are wildly different you will see that kind of problem (and others). Also make sure your scene is centered on the origin.
Max 2016 (SP1/EXT1)
Win7Pro x64 (SP1). i5-3570K @ 4.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX11.
nVidia GTX760 (2GB) (Driver 430.86).