YAMAHA Complaints

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. SERVICE MANAGER VICTOR . *AK

FRONT/REAR BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE EVERY 4,000 MILE. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM ONCE, BUT THE CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *AK .. ..*AK

WHILE RIDING AT 70 MPH MOTORCYCLE LOST CONSIDERABLE POWER AND STARTED TICKING LOUDLY. CONSUMER EXAMINED THE MOTORCYCLE BUT COULD FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE ENGINE BLEW OUT. THEN, CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT BEFORE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS BOUGHT MOTOR BLEW OUT ONCE, AND WAS REPLACED. *AK

ON JANUARY 22, 2004 CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING TRANSMISSION. DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO CONDUCT RECALL REPAIRS. *AK *MR

4TH PINION GEAR EXCHANGE KIT.*MR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 03V-309000. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RIDE THE VEHICLE FOR 90 DAYS BECAUSE THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *NM

CONSUMER PLACED KEY IN THE IGNITION OF MOTORCYCLE TO START IT. WHEN CONSUMER REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION MOTORCYCLE WOULD STILL BE RUNNING. CONSUMER DROVE THE MOTORCYCLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT MOTORCYCLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. *AK

FIVE MONTHS AGO THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING TRANSMISSION. DEALERSHIP STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO CONDUCT RECALL REPAIRS. *AK

CONSUMER STATES HE WAS JUST IN A ACCIDENT WITH HIS MOTORCYCLE, WHERE THE KICK STAND SCREW CAME OUT. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE MOTORCYCLE LIKE HIS. THE RECALL STATED THAT THE SIDE STAND SWITCH SCREW COULD LOOSEN DUE TO ENGINE HEAT AND NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND SUBSEQUENTLY WAS INJURED. *JB

THE VEHICLE IS AN 850# TOURING MOTORCYCLE WITH AIR ASSISTED SUSPENSION SYSTEM. MOTORCYCLE'S REAR AIR-SHOCK SEAL FAILED. DAMPENING OIL LEAKED OUT (ONTO GARAGE FLOOR). MOTORCYCLE'S DRIVEABLITY AND HANDLING WAS AFFECTED AND THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY UNSTABLE ON BUMPS AND IN TURNS. I NEARLY LOST CONTROL WHEN DRIVING THE BIKE TO DEALER TO HAVE THE SHOCK REPLACED. I BELIEVE THE POOR DESIGN OF THE SHOCK HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED, AS MANY OWNERS HAVE HAD THEM FAIL AND REPLACED 2 OR 3 TIMES (AS IS DOCUMENTED IN A YAMAHA VENTURE OWNER'S ORGANIZATION). THE FAILURE OF THE REAR SHOCK IS AN EPIDEMIC AMONGST 1999 ~ 2004 YAMAHA ROYAL STAR VENTURE'S. IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED. THE MOTORCYCLE'S SHOCK ABLSORBER ASSEMBLY CONTAINS THE REAR SPRING AND IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SUSPENSION. THE MODEL OF MOTORCYCLE IS NOT LISTED IN THE NHTSA DATABASE. IT IS A 2002 XVZ13 YAMAHA ROYAL STAR VENTURE. *AK

2002 YAMAHA ROYAL STAR VENTURE REAR SHOCK ABSORBER (AIR ADJUSTABLE) FAILED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL 1999 TO PRESENT.*AK