2006 YAMAHA FJR1300A Complaints

1) WHAT YEAR FJR? 2006 FJR1300AE WITH 16,500 MILES, PURCHASED NEW 3/2007 2) FAILED WHILE RUNNING? OR WHILE TURNING IGNITION? OR WHATEVER? TUESDAY NIGHT (11/06/07) AFTER PUMPING GAS I TURNED ON MY KEY AND WATCHED THE GAUGES FIRE UP FOR ABOUT HALF A SECOND, THEN EVERYTHING WENT DEAD. I FIDDLED WITH THE KEY A BIT AND GOT IT STARTED. I MESSED WITH THE IGNITION A BIT MORE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WEDNESDAY MORNING I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ONCE I GOT IT STARTED, I COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AGAIN. I CALLED YAMAHA WHEN I GOT TO WORK AND GAVE THEM THE FJRF003 INFO, AND TRIED TO GET ADVICE. YAMAHA SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO A DEALER TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM COULD BE DUPLICATED. I AM THINKING THIS SUCKS SINCE I CANNOT MAKE IT HAPPEN ON COMMAND. WHEN I LEFT WORK WEDNESDAY I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT I LEARNED I COULD MAKE IT HAPPEN MORE OFTEN WITH THE HANDLEBARS IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS. ON MY RIDE HOME AT ABOUT 75MPH THE FJR POWERED DOWN AS THE IGNITION FAILED. 3) HOW MANY DAYS WAS THE BIKE AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE? 13 DAYS. SIERRA YAMAHA IS LOCATED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT AND HAD TO WAIT THREE DAYS FOR A LOCKSMITH TO RE-KEY THE IGNITION BEFORE. IF THE IGNITION WAS NOT RE-KEYED I WOULD HAVE HAD THE BIKE IN 10 DAYS. 4) PAID FOR BY YAMAHA OR NOT? YES, IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. 5) BRIEFLY, HOW BADLY WERE YOU INCONVENIENCED BY THIS IGNITION FAILURE? THE COST TO ME FOR THE FAILURE IS ABOUT $130. THE COST IS RELATED TO FUEL TO DRIVE MY TRUCK INSTEAD OF MY FJR. THERE WAS SOME WORRY ON MY PART WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON AN AE MODEL IF THE IGNITION FAILED WHILE IN MOTION. I AM PLEASE TO ANNOUNCE THE AE DOES NOT LOCK THE REAR WHEEL UNTIL THE BIKE STOPS MOVING. HOWEVER, IF I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD I WOULD HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AT NIGHT WITH NO TAIL LIGHTS AND UNABLE TO MOVE THE MOTORCYCLE. IT APPEARS THIS MIGHT BECOME A LARGER ISSUE. SEE LINK FOR OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME. HTTP://WWW.FJRFORUM.COM/FORUM//INDEX.PHP?SHOWTOPIC=26098 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 YAMAHA MIDNIGHT VENTURE 1300 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL SPILLING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE OIL SEAL FAILED AND MADE REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 12,000.

NO SPECIAL EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE OF MY IGNITION SWITCH. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER ON THE MOTORCYCLE. I BELIEVE THERE IS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOSS OF LIFE WITH THIS PROBLEM. WILL TALK TO THE DEALER ABOUT A FIX. *TR

MY MOTORCYCLE(2006 YAMAHA FJR 1300) JUST HAD A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHILE TAKING A SLOW RIGHT TURN. TURNS OUT THE WIRING WAS PULLED SO TIGHT TO THE IGNITION THE WIRE COMING OFF THE BATTERY WAS PULLED LOOSE FROM THE IGNITON. ON THE FJR OWNERS WEBSITE OTHERS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AS WELL.

WHEN OPERATING THIS VEHICLE AT ALTITUDES ABOVE APPROXIMATELY 5,000 FEET THE THROTTLE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE. ENGINE POWER BECOMES UNPREDICTABLE AS SLIGHT THROTTLE INPUTS GENERATE LESS POWER. WHEN THROTTLE INPUT IS FURTHER INCREASED, POWER IS DELIVERED ABRUPTLY LEADING TO A LOSS OF CONTROL. AS YET, I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A CRASH DUE TO THIS CONDITION BUT CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED AND OPERATION HAS BEEN UNSAFE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *TR

LOSS OF POWER AND ENGINE STUTTERING DURING NORMAL USE OPERATION. ENGINE STALLS AT IDLE. *TR

CURRENT METZLER Z6 TIRES THAT CAME STOCK ON A 2006 YAMAHA FJR 1300A SHOWED RUBBER CRACKING ALL AROUND THE EDGE OF BOTH SIDEWALLS. THIS WAS A ONE YEAR OLD TIRE WITH 5000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN STORED INSIDE. BEING A FRONT TIRE, IF IT WAS TO FAIL, TREAD SEPARATION, THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DEADLY. METZLER DID NOT PROVIDE SATISFACTORY HELP OVER THE TELEPHONE. I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THIS TIRE ON MY OWN TERMS. THIS WA S A DANGEROUS PRODUCT AND IT WAS NOT BEING DEALT WITH. *AK

2006 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE. SUDDEN COMPLETE SHUT DOWN OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PROBLEM CAUSED BY WIRES DETACHING FROM IGNITION SWITCH. WIRES TOO TIGHT FROM FACTORY AND WERE COLD SOLDERED WITH VERY WEAK CONNECTION. CAN YOU IMAGINE POWERING UP TO OVERTAKE A VEHICLE AND YOU HAVE A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER,A VERY DANGEROUS SENARIO

STOPPED FOR FUEL AND STOPPED ENGINE, AFTER FUELING TURNED IGNITION SWITCH TO ON POSITION, DASN LIGHTS AND DISPLAY DID NOT COME ON, STARTER MOTOR WOULD NOT WORK.

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE ON 2006 YAMAHA MOTORCYCLE MODEL NUMBER FJR 1300A RESULTED IN SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER IN A CORNER AND STRANDED IN DEATH VALLEY, NEVADA. FOUR WIRES ENTER THE SWITCH HOUSING. ONE OF THE TWO LARGE WIRES PULLED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE SWITCH, WITH THE BRASS SWITCH CONTACT STILL SOLDERED/CRIMPED ON THE END. THIS FAILURE *APPEARS* TO BE THE RESULT OF THE WIRING HARNESS BEING STRETCHED TOO TIGHT DURING THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS. THE WIRES GOING INTO THE SWITCH HAVE NO SLACK, THEY ARE 'BANJO STRING TIGHT'.