YAMAHA Complaints

SINCE MY 2005 YAMAHA ROAD STAR HAD 3000-3500 MILES ON IT, IT HAS DEVELOPED A SEVERE LOSS OF COMPRESSION IN IT'S REAR CYLINDER. THIS CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD BY NOT PRODUCING THE APPROPRIATE ACCELERATION OF SPEED IN CRUCIAL SITUATIONS. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE WHILE ACCELERATING WHEN MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY. THE MOTORCYCLE OFTENTIMES CANNOT PRODUCE THE SPEED REQUIRED TO SAFELY ENTER INTO A MOVING TRAFFIC LANE. I FEAR BEING HIT OR KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT, POSSIBLY NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY ENOUGH OUT OF ANOTHER MOTORIST'S WAY. THIS PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY 'STICKY' VALVES/EXCESSIVE CARBON BUILD-UP IN THE REAR CYLINDER AND VALVES. NOTE; BECAUSE MY MODEL IS NOT LISTED AMONG THE YAMAHA MOTORCYCLE MODEL'S LISTED IN THE DROP-DOWN MENU IN THIS COMPLAINT, I SELECTED 'WARRIOR' AS IT IS CLOSELY RELATED. THIS HAS CAUSED ME PROBLEM'S WELL IN EXCESS OF 300 TIMES, AS I HAVE NUMBERED IN THE 'FAILURES' BOX BELOW. ALSO, THE DEFECTIVE COMPONENT IS UNKNOWN TO ME. IN THIS COMPLAINT I WAS ASKED TO SELECT A DEFECTIVE COMPONENT AND IN ORDER TO CONTINUE, I CHOOSE AN ARBITRARY ONE, FOR THE SAKE OF COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT ONLY. ONE WAS REQUIRED TO CONTINUE, OTHERWISE I COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH COMPLETING THE COMPLAINT. *NM

1) CODE 11, CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. MOTORCYCLE LOSES ALL POWER AT ANY SPEED. MOTORCYCLE INOPERATIVE. NO PRIOR INDICATION OR WARNING. 2) THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ONCE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS EXCEEDING 70 MPH. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A FATALITY AND NEEDS TO BE DEEMED AS A "RECALL". 3) YAMAHA DEALERSHIP REPAIRED WITH NEW PART. PERSONAL COST IN EXCESS OF $400.00. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH., THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT RECALL INFORMATION HOWEVER, NO RECALL INFORMATION WAS ON RECORD FOR THE VIN NUMBER GIVEN. THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WAS INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT WHO DISCOVERED THE 4TH GEAR PINION CLIP AND TEETH WERE FRACTURED. THE MODEL OF THE MOTORCYCLE WAS MODEL # XV16ATNB.

PURCHASED A NEW 2006 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE. THE THROTTLE ACTION IS EXTREMELY QUICK AND STIFF, SO MUCH SO THAT APPLYING THROTTLE IN TURNS CAN CAUSE OVER ACCELERATION AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL. IT IS ALSO A PROBLEM IN TRAFFIC AND STARTING OUT, BUT TURNS PRESENT THE LARGEST DANGER. YAMAHA STATES IN THEIR ADS THAT THEY "IMPROVED THE THROTTLE ACTION" IN 2006 BUT THEY HAVE MADE IT VERY DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE AND PARTICULARLY A NEW RIDER WHO MAY NOT BE AS SMOOTH. I HAVE OWNED 12 MOTORCYCLES AND HAVE BEEN RIDING FOR 30 YEARS. I FEEL THIS IS A GROSS OVERSIGHT ON YAMAHA'S PART. *NM

I HAVE A '05 MIDNIGHT JUST HIT 8200 MILES ON IT. YESTERDAY I WAS ON MY WAY HOME CRUISING AT ABOUT 80 MPH /3K ON THE TACH. I EXPERIENCED A COUPLE OF HESITATIONS AND THE TACH WOULD JUMP UP IN RPM. I SLOWED DOWN A BIT AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. THIS MORNING COMING INTO WORK I WAS CRUISING DOWN THE FREEWAY AGAIN AT 80 WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, THIS TIME, I THOUGH IT WAS POPPING, HESITATING THE TACH WAS JUMPING AROUND AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON AND OFF. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW TO 70 /2500 RPM AND IT WENT AWAY. BUT AS SOON AS I WOULD TAKE IT BACK UP TO 80 IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. *JB

I HAVE AN 2004 YAMAHA R1, AND WHEN I HIT 6K MILES THE BIKE STARTED TO CUT OUT,AND TURN OFF. I TOOK THE BIKE TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADDED COOLANT. THE BIKE RAN FINE WOULD ONLY ACT UP HERE AND THEIR. I NOW HAVE 13500 MILES AND THE BIKE CUTS OUT AND TURNS OFF ALL THE TIME, THE ACTIONS OF THIS PROBLEM HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO CRASH MANY TIMES. I TOOK THE BIKE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAY THEY KNOW NOTHING OF THE PROBLEM, AND SAID IT WAS BAD GAS. I HAVE TRIED OVER 5 DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS AND STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

I WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 395 FROM THE WOODBRIDGE, VA. AREA DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC TIME IN THE MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK. ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM THE EXIT THAT I NORMALLY TAKE FOR WORK MY R1 STARTED TO JERK OR IT SEEMED AS IT WAS NOT GETTING ENOUGH GAS, BUT AS I DOWNSHIFTED THE BIKE DROPPED IT'S RPM REALLY RAPIDLY AND THE BIKE SHUT COMPLETELY OFF, AT THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MPH. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE CLUTCH AND TRIED TO HIT THE IGNITION STARTER SWITCH WHICH SEEMED TO DO NOTHING. SO I THEN TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION AND THEN BACK ON, HIT THE STARTER SWITCH AND THE BIKE STARTED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS DURING HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BIKE AT THIS POINT. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IT WAS OVERHEATING BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY HOT AND HUMID THAT MORNING. BUT IT DID THE SAME THING AS I GOT CLOSER TO MY WORK. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK IT DID THE SAME THING SO AT THIS POINT I KNEW SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT HOME SAFELY, BUT I HAD TO WORRY ABOUT MY BIKE CUTTING OFF AND SLOWING DOWN AND SOMEONE RUNNING INTO THE BACK OF ME BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO BEING THAT MY R1 WOULD JUST SHUT OFF SUDDENLY IF I DID NOT KEEP ON THE THROTTLE. DURING ALL OF THIS THE BIKE WOULD RIDE REALLY ROUGH AND SOUND LIKE A REMOTE CONTROL CAR, IN OTHER WORDS IT DIDN'T SOUND GOOD AT ALL. LUCKILY I MADE IT HOME SAFELY AND HAVE NOT RIDDEN THE BIKE SINCE THEN. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE READ SOME OF THE STORIES AND EVERYTHING I READ SOUNDS JUST LIKE MY PROBLEM SO IT MUST BE THE SAME AS WHAT WAS LISTED HERE ON THIS SITE. THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. *NM UPDATED 03/26/07*JB

AT ABOUT 4 MONTHS/5,000 MILES (NOV 2005) MY ENGINE STARTED TO STUMBLE AT ABOUT 3400 RPM IN 4TH OR 5TH GEAR... HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT WAS INFREQUENT AT FIRST. AS THE TEMPERATE OUTSIDE STARTED TO GET HOTTER, IT BEGAN HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY AND ALSO WHEN I WAS RIDING ON ROUGH PAVEMENT. WHEN THE TEMPS GOT INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS IN MY AREA, THIS PROBLEM MADE ME FEEL UNSAFE ABOUT RIDING MY BIKE. I TOOK THE BIKE (9000 MILES/10 MONTHS) TO THE DEALER (YAMAHA OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA) AND THEY REPLACED THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR (5PX-81670-00-00 PICK UP ASSY) ALSO KNOWN AS THE "PICKUP ROTOR". THIS HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR NOW. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PART REPLACED ONLY TO SEE IT FAIL AGAIN A SHORT TIME LATER.

MY 2004 R1 CUTS OUT WHILE DRIVING AND DIES WHEN YOU PULL THE CLUTCH. I AM A TECH AT A AUTO DEALER AND IT FEELS LIKE THE THROTTLE POSITION LOSES SIGNAL. IF THE PROBLEMS PERSISTS AND THE BIKE DIES WITH THE CLUTCH OUT, THE REAR WHEEL WILL LOCK! THE DEALERS WILL NOT WARRANTY THIS PART. THIS IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM AND IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN. *NM

WHEN RIDING MY 2005 YAMAHA MIDNIGHT WARRIOR, SOMETIMES WHEN I ACCELERATE TO APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH (NOT RED LINING), THE BIKE STALLS FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. NOT TO JUST ME, BUT TO SEVERAL OTHER WARRIOR RIDERS. I WAS TOLD IT'S A CPS FAILURE. CHECK OUT WWW.RSWARRIOR.COM FOR MORE INFO. *NM