2006 YAMAHA FJR1300A Complaints

I WENT TO START MY MOTORCYCLE IN THE GARAGE AND IT HAD NO POWER. I AM AN ASE CERTIFIED MASTER TECHNICIAN. I TRACED THE PROBLEM TO A FAILURE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. I DISASSEMBLED THE SWITCH AND FOUND THAT THE SOLDER JOINT ON ONE OF THE POWER WIRES HAD MELTED, AND THERE WAS HEAT DAMAGE TO THE CONTACTS INSIDE THE SWITCH. I RE-SOLDERED THE WIRES, CLEANED THE CONTACTS, AND REASSEMBLED THE SWITCH. I AM STILL USING THIS SWITCH, BUT I SUSPECT IT MAY FAIL AGAIN DUE TO THE NUMBER OF OTHER FAILURES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING LATELY, AS LISTED ON FJRFORUM.COM. *TR

2006 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE. 11300 MILES ON IT. TRAVELING ON ROAD AT 50 MPH. ABRUPTLY THERE WAS A TOTAL SHUT DOWN OF MOTOR AND ELECTRICS. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED FAILURE PUBLISHED ON THE FJR FORUM. THE SOLDER JOINT HOLDING THE BROWN IGNITION WIRE TO THE BOARD IN THE SWITCH COMES FREE AND IT IS SAME AS TURNING THE SWITCH OFF. THIS WOULD BE AND MAYBE HAS BEEN A DEADLY SITUATION IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC. WITH THE SURPRISE WHEN IT HAPPENS AND THE DEAD MOTOR CAUSING THE BIKE TO SLOW VERY QUICKLY COULD CAUSE A REAR END COLLISION. ON A MOTORCYCLE THAT ANT GOOD. A FACTORY RECALL IS URGENTLY NEEDED TO REPLACE THESE SWITCHES WITH A UPDATED ONE. A NEW SWITCH WILL BE ORDERED BY DEALER BUT WILL IT DO THE SAME THING? WILL I BE THIS LUCKY AGAIN? *TR

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED WHEN IN MOTION. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND CAUSES THE MOTORCYCLE TO LOSE ALL POWER. DEALER REPLACED SWITCH. I'M REPORTING THIS SO THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON YAMAHA TO REPLACE ALL SWITCHES. *TR

WHILE GAINING SPEED UP ON RAMP TO THE FREEWAY ALL POWER SHUT DOWN ON THE BIKE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND CYCLED THE IGNITION SWITCH. I THEN WIGGLED WIRES BELOW THE SWITCH AND WAS ABLE TO START THE BIKE. IT DIED THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE I REACHED HOME. EACH TIME MOVING THE WIRES WOULD ALLOW POWER TO RETURN. *TR

06 YAMAHA FJR 1300 IGNITION FAILURE, WHILE PARKED,NO ACCIDENT . THEN BIKE STARTED. HAS REPEATED FAILURE SEVERAL TIMES OVER LAST FEW DAYS.. BIKE IN YAMAHA SHOP NOW BEING CHECKED. BIKE HAS APPOX.16,800 MILES ON IT. *TR

2006 YAMAHA FJRA. TURNED KEY ON, NOTHING. AFTER READING THE COMMENTS ON IGNITION FAILURE, CALLED AAA TO HAVE MY '06FJRA TOWED TO THE YAMAHA DEALER. THE YAMAHA DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER CHECKED ON IGNITION AND WAS TOLD "THERE'S NONE IN THE COUNTRY". HE HAD NO IDEA HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THE PART. INDICATED THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH ALL YEARS OF THE FJR. *TR

LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE MOTORCYCLE AS I WAS ACCELERATING UP A HILL WITH A CAR DIRECTLY BEHIND ME CAUSING AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE SITUATION. PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE BY NORTH COUNTRY POWERSPORTS IN RANGELY MAINE. *TR

WHILE PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT OF WORK 2006 YAMAHA FJR1300AE JUST DIED. ALL POWER WAS LOST AND MOTOR JUST STOPPED. THE BIKE WAS COMPLETELY DEAD AND THE FAILURE WAS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. IT TOOK OVER 2 WEEKS TO HAVE THE SWITCH REPLACED. *TR

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED, WHICH STRANDED MY WIFE AND I 20 MILES NORTH OF LEAKY TEXAS ON RD 336, WHICH IS AN OPEN CATTLE RANGE AREA WHERE CELL PHONE'S DON'T HAVE COVERAGE, IN THE MIDDLE OF A 100 DEGREE DAY ON 9 AUGUST 2008. HAD STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET A BOTTLE OF WATER OUT OF THE SADDLE BAG, WHEN IGNITION SWITCH TURNED BACK TO "ON" POSITION, NOTHING HAPPENED. HAD ALREADY LEARNED FROM THIS SITE THAT YAMAHA FJR'S HAVE A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH IGNITION SWITCH FAILURES. CUT INTO THE WIRE HARNESS COMING FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH, CUT THE BROWN AND RED WIRES, AND SPLICED IN A 30 AMP TOGGLE SWITCH, WHICH BYPASSED MY IGNITION SWITCH AND RESTORED POWER. LEARNED ABOUT THE NEED TO CARRY PARTS TO BYPASS THE SWITCH DUE TO ALL THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILURES REPORTED ON THIS SITE. *TR

1.DURING A CROSS COUNTRY ROAD TRIP, IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AFTER REFUELING MOTORCYCLE. 2.FIRST TIME, STRANDED 1200 MILES FROM HOME. 3.BIKE TOWED BY TOWING SERVICE TO DEALER 50 MILES AWAY. BY PASSED SWITCH, INSTALLED TOGGLE SWITCHES, TOGGLE SWITCH FAILED ON LAST DAY OF TRIP WHILE TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. REMOVE SWITCH, TWISTED WIRES TOGETHER AND CAME ON HOME. *TR