2003 YAMAHA ROAD STAR WARRIOR Complaints

RE: 2003 YAMAHA WARRIOR MOTORCYCLE RECALL YAMAHA CORP. ISSUED A RECALL DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH MAY CAUSE THE REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP AND CAUSE DEATH. YAMAHA DEALERS ARE SAYING THAT CORP. IS "...DRAGGING THEIR FEET, NOT ALLOWING US TO STOCK THE PART, CASE BY CASE ONLY, WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS UNTIL REPAIR POSSIBLE..." MEANWHILE, CORP. IS SAYING "...DO NOT USE, DEATH MAY RESULT." IF NHTSA COULD PRESSURE YAMAHA CORP. TO ALLOW THE DEALERS TO STOCK THE PART NECESSARY TO REMEDY THE RECALL, IT WOULD CREATE A SAFER SITUATION. THANK YOU. *JB

YAMAHA ROAD STAR WARRIOR RECALL, THE MOTORCYCLE WILL NOT BE FIXED FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS AND STILL COUNTING BOUGHT NEW IN JULY 2003 AT WILLY WORLD IN JOLIET ILL. FROM WHAT I HAVE GATHERED CAN I HAVE YAMAHA FORCED TO BUY MY BIKE BACK, ACCORDING TO LEMON LAWS, YAMAHA DID NOT LET ME KNOW THIS, AND I CANT RIDE THE BIKE BECAUSE IT STATES IN THE RECALL LETTER I MUST NOT , ITS UNSAFE, NO INFO FROM DEALERSHIP WHEN IT CAN BE FIXED , THEY SAY THEY ARE WAITING ON YAMAHA TO GET OUT PARTS AND WHO KNOWS WHEN THAT WILL BE. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 03V309000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE AND CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE YAMAHA HAD NOT SENT THEM. *AK

I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM YAMAHA CORP. U.S.A. CONCERNING A PROBLEM WITH MY 2002 YAMAHA ROADSTAR WARRIOR MOTORCYCLE. THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH COULD RESULT IF THE BIKE IS OPERATED ACCORDING TO YAMAHA. I CALLED THREE LOCAL YAMAHA DEALERS AND ALL OF THEM INFORMED ME THAT YAMAHA CORPORATION U.S.A. HAD NOT PROVIDED THEM WITH THE PARTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ONE DEALER SAID EXPECT TO WAIT UNTIL ABOUT JUNE OR JULY BECAUSE ONCE THEY GOT THE PARTS THEY COULD FIX ONLY ABOUT TWO OR THREE MOTORCYCLES A WEEK. I FEEL YAMAHA SHOULD BUY THE BIKE BACK OR ISSUE A REFUND. SINCE THEY CANNOT COMPLY AND FIX THE PROBLEM IN A TIMELY MANNER.*AK

CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL 03V309000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. AFTER CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND GOT THAT ISSUE RESOLVED DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO PERFORM REPAIRS. RECALL LETTER INDICATED NOT TO DRIVE THE MOTORCYCLE UNTIL RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED.*AK

REGARDING: YAMAHA WARRIOR CAMPAIGN#03V309000. I LEARNED ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT RECALL STARTED AUG 03, YET I WAS NOTIFIED JAN 04. YAMAHA DEALER SAID PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TILL MARCH. I DO NOT CONSIDER THIS TO BE RECTIFYING A SAFETY PROBLEM "IN A TIMELY FASHION". *AK