2006 YAMAHA 1100 SILVERADO Complaints

RODE BIKE ABOUT 3 HOURS PRIOR WITH NO INDICATION OF PROBLEM. AFTER PARKED THE 3 HOURS I HEARD A LOUD WHINE/HOWL COMING FROM MIDDLE OF BIKE. DEALER MECHANIC DISCOVERED MIDDLE DRIVE YOKE JUST ABOUT SHEARED OFF THE SHAFT. VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWS ABOUT 50% OR MORE SHEARED OFF. FROM THE LIST IT APPEARS TO BE A TREND.

STARTER WHEN TRYING TO START WOULD NOT TURN OVER MOTOR, BUT THE STARTER WOULD TURN OVER. I HAVE FOUND THAT YAMAHA KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE IT HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE THAT OWNS A YAMAHA VSTAR, 650CC AND 1100CC, THE REPAIR BILL COST BETWEEN $900.00 TO $1,200 , AND EVEN AFTER REPAIRS BYE EVEN DEALERS YOU CAN HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE AGAIN. I KNOW ONE MAN THAT HAD IT HAPPEN 3 TIMES,NOW HE IS SELLING THE BIKE AFTER IT'S FIXED AGAIN, HELP US PLEASE. *TR

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

PURCHASED MOTORCYCLE 5/2011 THREE MONTHS LATER IT STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE WHEN DECELERATING. ITS MAKES THIS NOISE WHEN MOTORCYCLE IS MOVING BUT ENGINE IS NOT UNDER LOAD. I TOOK THE BIKE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND BOTH OF THEM SAID IT WAS THE MIDDLE GEAR SET. THE REPAIR COST WAS $2300. THIS IS CRAZY. THREE MONTHS RIDING FOR $2300. I JUST BOUGHT IT. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND OUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.IT SEEMS THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE BIKES BUT NOBODY IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THIS. PLEASE HELP!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 YAMAHA XVS-1100 V-STAR SILVERADO MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN A BOLT FRACTURED FROM THE MIDDLE GEAR DRIVE SHAFT AND BEGAN RATTLING AROUND INSIDE THE YOKE OF THE U-JOINT AS THE BOLT LODGED INSIDE THE YOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED YAMAHA DEALER AND THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE AND THAT THE REPAIRS WERE ENTIRELY TOO COSTLY TO REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE HIMSELF AND REPLACED THE MIDDLE GEAR SHAFT, U-JOINT, YOKE AND CASKETS AT A COST OF $800. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED TO REPORT THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

DRIVING 60 MPH ON HWY18 THE BIKE STARTED VIBRATING AND THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED BOUNCING, PULL THE CLUTCH IN AND ALL PROBLEMS GO AWAY. THE "MIDDLE GEAR" OUT PUT SHAFT OF THE TRANSMISSION SNAPPED OFF INSIDE THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE DRIVE SHAFT JOKE ON. TO REPLACE THE BROKEN OUT PUT SHAFT THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN APART. $2500.00 REPAIR AT THE DEALER. I FOUND A DO IT YOURSELF FIX ONLINE SO I DISASSEMBLED THE BIKE DRILLED AND TAPPED THE END OF THE OUT PUT SHAFT INSTALLED A THINNER NUT AND SCREWED A BOLT INTO THE HOLE IN THE END OF THE SHAFT THAT I DRILLED AND TAPED. IF THE NUT AND BROKEN END OF THE SHAFT WOULD HAVE GOT JAMMED BETWEEN THE U-JOINT YOKES IT WOULD HAVE LOCKED UP THE REAR TIRE. IT DAMAGED BOTH YOKES AND THE U-JOINT BEFORE GETTING THE BIKE STOPPED. SER # [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

AT FIRST I HAD A VERY LOUD WHINING SOUND WHICH CAME ON ALL OF A SUDDEN. I TOOK IT TO THE YAMAHA DEALER WHICH HE HEARD AT FIRST BUT THEN IT WENT AWAY. HE SAID THEY HAD A BULLETIN FROM YAMAHA ABOUT GREASING THE SPLINES IN THE DRIVE TRAIN WHICH HE DID, EVEN THOUGH HE COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE NOISE.I PICKED THE BIKE UP AND AT AROUND 10 MILES LATER THE BIKE STARTED TO HAVE A SLIGHT VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG AND A VERY LOUD RATTLE.THE LOUD RATTLE WAS THE RESULT OF THE THREADED SHAFT AND NUT RATTLING AROUND IN THE DRIVE SHAFT COMPARTMENT. LUCKILY IT DID NOT WEDGE IT SELF IN THE SHAFT DRIVE AND LOCK UP THE REAR WHEEL RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE BIKE. THE BIKE IS NOW IN THE SHOP AND I AM LOOKING AT A 2500 DOLLAR REPAIR BILL. AFTER THIS HAPPENED TO ME I STARTED LOOKING ON LINE AND NOTICED THE EXACT SAME THING HAS OCCURRED WITH OTHERS ON THIS SAME BIKE. *TR

MIDDLE DRIVEN SHAFT RETAINING BOLT SHEARED OFF WHILE RIDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. *TR

2006 V-STAR 1100. SHAFT PROBLEM IT BUSTED IN HALF AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. MOTORCYCLE COMPANY I TOOK IT TO SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. HAD NO WARRANTY AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER. UPDATED IVOQ 08/27/10 *TR

YAMAHA V STAR XVS1100 MIDDLE GEAR SHAFT BREAKS OFF AT NUT SECURING U-JOINT ASSEMBLY TO SHAFT. THE GEAR SHAFT BROKE WITH OUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE BIKE HAS 60K MILES. THE NUT CAN GET LODGED BETWEEN UJOINT AND SWINGARM PIVOT BOLT THIS CAN CAUSE THE DRIVE SHAFT TO LOCK UP, ALSO LOCKING UP THE REAR TIRE, SENDING THE MOTORCYCLE IN TO A UNCONTROLLED SKID. I KNOW OF 4 BROKEN SHAFTS WITHIN LAST 6 MONTHS. OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR