YAMAHA Complaints

DIFFICULTY GETTING YAMAHA TO PERFORM RECALL PERTAINING TO CERTAIN TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS THAT MAY NOT MEET QUALITY CONTROL STANDARDS. *PH THE TRANSMISSION COULD ALLOW ABNORMAL WEAR THAT EVENTUALLY RESULTS IN A BROKEN RETAINING CIRCLIP. CONSUMER'S MOTORCYCLE ONLY HAS 1,300 MILES ON IT. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH BOTH FRONTAL DOOR AIR BAGS WENT OFF INADVERTENTLY. DRIVER WAS NOT HURT, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THIS WAS AN INSURANCE CLAIM ISSUE. AT THIS TIME DEALERSHIP COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

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

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

RECALL 03V309000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REPLACEMENT PARTS HAD NOT BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ALMOST 3 MONTHS. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 03V30900 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 11, 2004, AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND HE HAD NO PROJECTED DATE AS TO WHEN PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. ALSO, DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT IF HE DID NOT PURCHASE THE MOTORCYCLE FROM THIS DEALER HE WILL NOT SERVICE HIM ONCE THE PARTS DO COME IN. *AK *JB

TWO MONTHS AGO THE CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA'S RECALL LETTER 03V309000 REGARDING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE TO CONDUCT RECALL REPAIRS. *AK *SC *JB

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

IMEDIATELY UPON OPENING THE GAS CAP AFTER HAVING RODE THE MOTORCYCLE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES, SO MUCH PRESSURE HAD BUILT UP IN THE TANK THAT RAW GAS SHOT OUT OF THE TANK. IT WENT AT LEAST 10 FEET HIGH AND COVERED MY BIKE AND THE VEHILE NEXT TO ME WITH RAW FUEL. APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 GALLONS OF GAS WHERE RELEASED IN LESS THAN 2 SECONDS. ALTHOUGH IT SCARED ME, WE WERE LUCKY AND NO IGNITION OCCURED. UPON TALKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MODEL OF MOTORCYCLES, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE VENT NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND HAS HAPPENED TO LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.THIS WAS A 2004 YAMAHA FJR1300 WITH APPOXIMATELY 6,000 MILES AND IN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT CONDITION.*AK

MY 2003 YAMAHA ROAD STAR LIMITED IS UNDER THE YAMAHA TRANSMISSION RECALL NOTICE AND HAS BEEN IN MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP SHOP (RAINIER YAMAHA HONDA, TACOMA, WA) IN EXCESS OF 60 DAYS WAITING FOR THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR KIT. THE BIKE HAS ABOUT 3,500 MILES ON IT. NO ONE CAN TELL ME FOR SURE WHEN THE KIT WILL ARRIVE SO MY BIKE CAN BE REPAIRED. I WROTE YAMAHA IN CALIFORNIA EARLY ON ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO RESPOND TO MY LETTER. *JB