YAMAHA Complaints

YAMAHA MAJESTY YP400 SCOOTER: LOW-SPEED STALLING. MY SCOOTER NOW HAS 800 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS STALLED SEVEN TIMES AT LOW SPEEDS. TYPICAL EVENT LEADING UP TO FAILURE: NOTHING SPECIAL EXCEPT THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT VERY LOW SPEED, IE UNDER 10 MPH. A MAJESTY USER'S WEB SITE (WWW.MAJESTYUSA.COM) INDICATES VIA POLL THAT 65% OF USERS HAVE THE LOW-SPEED STALLING PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS AS THE SCOOTER STALLS AT LOW SPEED, AS WHEN SLOWING AT A RED LIGHT AND THEN RE-ACCELERATING TO PROCEED. THE STALL LEAVES THE DRIVER WITHOUT POWER IN TRAFFIC. YAMAHA HASN'T ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM. *NM

AT LOW THROTTLE POSITION, MY BIKE WILL BREAK UP AND CUT OUT, WHEN I COME TO A STOP IT WILL STALL, OR WHEN I AM MOVING LIKE ON THE HIGHWAY IT WILL STALL. IF I TURN THE KEY OFF THEN ON IT WILL RESET AND GO FOR A LITTLE BIT TILL IT STARTS DOING IT AGAIN. *JB

WHAT HAPPENED WAS, I WAS TRAVELING ON I-84W AT ABOUT 60-70 MPH AT 6TH GEAR WHEN MY MOTORCYCLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. A 18-WHEELER TRUCK WAS DIRECTLY BEHIND ME WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND ALMOST RAN ME OVER SINCE I SUDDENLY SLOWED. THERE WAS ONE EVENT PRECEDING THIS WHERE MY BIKE WAS WARMING UP AND STALLED. I THOUGHT I RAN OUT OF GAS, BUT AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE VERY COMMON TO YAMAHA R1'S. HERE IS A 60+ PAGE THREAD OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS: HTTP://WWW.R1-FORUM.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?THREADID=98831&PERPAGE=20&PAGENUMBER=1. YAMAHA REFUSES TO ISSUE A TPS RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT HAS CAUSED MULTIPLE CRASHES AND ALMOST KILLED PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF. *JB

MY PARTNER DROVE A V STAR 1100 2004. SHE HAD COMPLAINED OF THE BACK TIRE LOCKING UP, BUT UPON SERVICE, NOTHING WAS FOUND. SHE HAD HAD A PROBLEM WITH METAL FLECKS IN THE OIL. ON SEPT 16, 2005, WHILE DRIVING NORTH BOUND ON I-15 NEAR HESPERIA, CA MOTORCYCLE WAS REAR ENDED CAUSING BACK TIRE TO LOCK UP AND THROW THE DRIVER OVER THE HANDLE BARS. DRIVER TOOK OFF AND HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. MY PARTNER WAS KILLED ALMOST INSTANTLY. MY CONCERN IS WHETHER HER BACK TIRE LOCKED UP BEFORE SHE WAS HIT. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A CLEAR ANSWER ON THIS. THE CHP WERE NOT ABLE TO GET AND EYE WITNESS TO THE WHOLE EVENT TO SAY WHICH HAPPENED FIRST. I HAVE PICTURE OF THE DAMAGED MOTORCYCLE THAT I TOOK AT THE SCRAP YARD. I DO KNOW THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER HAD TO ROCK THE BIKE TO GET THE BACK TIRE LOOSE TO MOVE IT. I CAN'T BRING MY PARTNER BACK. BUT I CAN TRY TO MAKE SURE NOT ONE ELSE ENCOUNTERS THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR V STAR. THANKS FOR LISTENING. *NM

2001 YAMAHA R6, HESITATION IN SECOND GEAR. HAPPENED AT HIGHER RPM'S, AS IT GOT WORSE IT HAPPENED THROUGH ALL OF SECOND GEAR ALMOST CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL. I HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION, 2ND, 6TH GEAR AND SHIFT FORK. 99-02 R6'S HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. MANY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, AND YAMAHA WON'T FIX. GO TO THIS WEBSITE: WWW.R6MESSAGENET.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=1512 - 72K - *NM

WHEN STARTING THE MOTORCYCLE THE ENGINE COUGHED (BACKFIRED THROUGH THE CARBURETOR). SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TO START THE ENGINE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THE STARTER WOULD NO LONGER ENGAGE. THIS LEFT ME STRANDED AND WAS FORCE TO FIND ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION HOME IN ORDER TO PICK UP MY TRUCK & TRAILER TO GO BACK AND PICK UP THE MOTORCYCLE. SERVICE MANAGER AT THE YAMAHA DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY SEE THIS PROBLEM QUITE OFTEN. THE REPAIR CONSISTS OF APPLYING LOCKTITE TO A STARTER BOLT AND RE-TORQUEING THE BOLT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE LEFT AND RIGHT AXLE BLOCKS FOR THE CHAIN STAYS ARE MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM. WHEN THE CHAIN IS TIGHTENED, THE BLOCKS WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

2005 YAMAHA YZF R1 MOTORCYCLE STALLED WHILE RIDING CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUES AS HUNDREDS OF OTHER R1 OWNERS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM YET YAMAHA REFUSES TO ISSUE A FIX OR RECALL. THIS NEED TO BE FIX BEFORE PEOPLE DIE. OF COURSE THE DEAD CAN'T TALK. THIS PROBLEM CAN BE SEEN ON WEB LOGS HERE: HTTP://WWW.R1-FORUM.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=&THREADID=98831. *JB

YAMAHA R1 MOTORCYCLE STALLED...CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASHING. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AS THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNERS ON WEB LOGS WITH THIS PROBLEM. YAMAHA HAS DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS. THIS WEBSITE, DEDICATED TO THIS MOTORCYCLE, WILL SHOW HOW MANY OTHERS ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THIS POTENTIAL DEADLY PROBLEM: HTTP://WWW.R1-FORUM.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=&THREADID=9883. *JB

VEHICLE: 2004 YAMAHA FZ6 MOTORCYCLE, PURCHASE NEW 12/93. INTERMITTENTLY, THE ENGINE SURGES, CUTS OUT, LUGS, STALLS/QUITS AT VARYING TIMES AND SPEEDS/RIDING SITUATIONS. STOPPING THE BIKE, TURNING IGNITION OFF AND ON TEMPORARILY CORRECTS PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEM ALWAYS RECURS. DIFFERENT WEATHER TEMPERATURES AND FUEL GRADES HAVE NO POSITIVE EFFECT. BIKE MAY STALL AT AN INTERSECTION STOP, AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING, ON STRAIGHT OR CORNERS, WHICH CAN BE TERRIFYING--NOT TO MENTION POTENTIALLY FATAL. NOTE: DATE LISTED BELOW IS ONLY THE MOST RECENT--PROBLEM OCCURS ON ALMOST EVERY RIDE. *JB