2003 YAMAHA ROAD STAR Complaints

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 03V309000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE MOTORCYCLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE. IT COULD BE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THEY GET AROUND TO REPAIRING THE MOTORCYCLE. *AK

I HAVE A 2003 YAMAHA ROADSTAR THAT YAMAHA TELLS ME I CAN'T RIDE BECAUSE IT WILL LOCKED UP AND WOULD KILL ME. I HAVE ONLY 2200 MILES ON IT BUT I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AT ANYTIME WHILE RIDDING IT BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION BEING DEFECTIVE..NOW I CAN'T RIDE IT BUT STILL HAVE TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON IT BECAUSE YAMAHA CANT SUPPLY THE PARTS TO FIX IT FOR A WHILE..EVEN WHEN IT'S FIXED THE VALUE WILL NOT BE WHAT I OWE ON IT ....ITS REALLY SAD. *AK

I HAVE A YAMAHA ROAD STAR THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED. I HAVE GOTTEN HORRIBLE SERVIE AND THE MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THREE MONTHS AND SCHEDULED TO BE THERE ANOTHER TWO. YAMAHA IS PROVIDING NO SERVICE AND NO COMPENSATION. THE BIKE WILL BE IN THE SHOP FOR FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AND YAMAHA DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE. IS THERE ANYTHING ESLE I CAN DO??*AK

IN 01/09/2004 I RECEIVED A RECALL ON MY MOTORCYCLE FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.I CALLED MY DEALER AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE RECALL ,THEY TOLD ME TO CALL BACK IN A WEEK AND THEY WOULD SCHEDULE ME IN TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.I CALLED BACK AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DONT KNOW WHEN PARTS WILL BE IN AND THAT THEY WOULD CALL ME. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 3 MONTHS AND ICALLED THEM TODAY AND WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD BE POSSIBLY 3 MORE MONTHS BEFORE I GET MY BIKE IN TO GET IT FIXED.I CANNOT RIDE MY BIKE FOR 6 MONTHS YET AM STILL PAYING FOR IT.THIS ISNT RIGHT AND TO TOP IT OFF PEOPLE WERE TELLING YAMAHA ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND NOTHING WAS DONE.I FEEL I SHOULDNT HAVE TO WAIT 6 MONTHS TO POSSIBLY GET MY BIKE FIXED.I FEEL YAMAHA HAS AND IS DOING A VERY POOR JOB TO ME AND ITS CUSTOMERS.FOR THE YEAR AND A HALF THAT I KNOW OF ,THAT PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET YAMAHA'S ATTENTION AND THEY DID NOTHING WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND NOW THEY ARE SCREWING US AGAIN BY TAKING 6 MONTHS TO REPAIR OUR BIKES.THIS IS SOME OF OUR PRIMARY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE HAVE WARNED US NOT TO RIDE OUR BIKES UNTILL THE BIKES ARE FIXED.THAT IS SO WRONG TO TAKE THAT LONG!!!!*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL# 03V309000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN JANUARY 2004. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE MOTORCYCLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER TO KEEP CHECKING UNTIL PARTS BECAME AVAILABLE. *AK *LA

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 03V 309 000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR MOTORCYCLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND IT COULD TAKE UP TO 3 MONTHS BEFORE PARTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECAL 03V 309 000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR MOTORCYCLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 WEEKS BEFORE THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE. *AK

THE DEALERSHIP IS RECEIVING ONE REPLACEMENT PART PER WEEK TO PERFORM RECALL 03V309000 REPAIRS. DEALERSHIP HAS ONLY RECEIVED SECOND PART AS OF THIS DATE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING SINCE JANUARY 28, 2004.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL# 03V309000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 4/16/2004.*AK

I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT IS TAKING FOR YAMAHA MOTORCYCLE CORP. TO PROVIDE THE PARTS FOR MY MOTORCYCLE TRANSMISSION RECALL (2003 ROAD STAR). IT HAS A TWELVE MONTH UNLIMITED MILEAGE WARRANTY AND THE BIKE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE RIDDEN UNTIL IT IS FIXED. IT IS MY PRIMARY MEANS OF COMMUTE TO AND FROM WORK. CAN SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT THE RECALL PARTS TIME LINE? MY DEALER SUGGESTED IT WAS PROBABLY OK TO CONTINUE RIDING THE BIKE EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL SAID NOT TO. WHAT IS THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS IF I CONTINUE TO RIDE? MY WARRANTY COULD EXPIRE BEFORE THE BIKE IS EVEN FIXED. THE CONSUMER IS GETTING A VERY BAD END OF THE STICK DEAL ON THIS ONE. HOW CAN I FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PRODUCT?*AK