YAMAHA Complaints

I HAVE THE 2001 YAMAHA R6 WITH 3600 MILES ON IT AND THE BATTERY HAS LEAKED ALL OVER THE BACK OF MY BIKE CAUSING MY SWING ARM,CHAIN,SHOCK TO GET ACID ALL OVER THEM.

NHTSA RECALL 03-V-309-000: IN THE TRANSMISSION ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE SECOND/THIRD PINION GEAR MAY BE INCORRECTLY MACHINED WHICH COULD CAUSE ABNORMAL WEAR THAT EVENTUALLY RESULTS IN A BROKEN RETAINER CLIP. DEALER WILL KEEP MOTORCYCLES FOR TWO WEEKS DIDN'T HAVE PARTS.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON MY 2001 YAMAHA ROAD STAR. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE THIS MAKE AND MODEL BUT MY VIN FALLS OUTSIDE OF THE RECALL VIN RANGE. MY TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND I AM SEEKING HELP IN GETTING IT RECALLED ALSO.*JB

I HAVE A 2001 YAMAHA V-STAR 650 CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE. OVER TIME I BEGAN TO HEAR A "MAJOR" HOWL COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. YAMAHA CLAIMED THEY HAD NO INFO. ON ANY HOWL PROBLEM!! LATER, ON THE YAMAHA V-STAR FORUM, I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A BATCH OF 5TH GEARS FOR THE TRANSMISSION, THAT WERE NOT HEAT TREATED CORRECTLY. AS THE GEARS GOT OLDER... THE HOWL BEGAN. MANY FOLKS WERE FORCED TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MFG. DEFECT!!! AFTER THE DEFECT WAS UNCOVERED... YAMAHA STILL WOULD ONLY PAY FOR THE "PARTS" !! PARTS ARE WORTH MAYBE $100... COMPARED TO THE TOTAL BILL OF $1,500 OR MORE. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT, SO PLEASE ADD ME TO YOUR LIST OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM. THE SAD PART IS THAT YAMAHA STILL REFUSES TO ADMIT ANYTHING!!! MANY PEOPLE ARE PAYING LARGE REPAIR BILLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER. WAYNE CORNELL. *JB

MY '01 YAMAHA R6 HAS A BATTERY LEAK. RUINED MY SWINGARM AND CHAIN. STAINED IT WHITE.*AK

PURCHASED YAMAHA MIDNIGHT ROADSTAR, LEARNED THROUGH INTERNET SITES OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS (LOCK UPS RESULTING IN REAR TIRE LOCK UPS AND CRASHING - PEOPLE BEING INJURED ETC.) SPOKE WITH YAMAHA DEALERS WHO "KNEW OF NO SUCH PROBLEM" - RESULTING IN FEAR OF RIDING SAID VEHICLE (WHICH WE HAD HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS INVOLVED IN UPGRADES AND ACCESSORIES) RESULTING IN TRADING IN ON NEW VICTORY MOTORCYCLE TO ALIEVE THE FEAR (RESULTING IN LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS). RIDING TWO UP AND WITH OUR KNOWLEDGE UNABLE TO GET ANY RECOGNITION FROM DEALERS OF PROBLEMS WE SADLY GAVE IN AND TRADED OFF AT MAXEYS YAMAHA DEALER IN OKLAHOMA CITY (ALSO CLAIMING NO KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEM. WE FELT VERY INSECURE RIDING THIS VEHICLE VIN # WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF VEHICLES REPORTING PROBLEMS ON INTERNET CHAT TYPE SITES (ONE IN PARTICULAR BEING YAMAHA STAR TOURING AND RIDING ORGANIZATION). BASICALLY WE LOST LOTS OF MONEY AND DOWN TIME(NO RIDING) (NO FUN) AGONIZING FEAR WHEN ON THE BIKE. RIDING AT LOW SPEEDS IN CASE OF MALFUNCTION OCCURRENCE. IT WAS QUITE A BEAUTIFUL BIKE WITH ALL THAT HAD BEEN DONE TO IT.*AK

THE C-CLIP INSIDE TRANSMISSION WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED AND IT BROKE, WHICH SHEARED THE FOURTH GEAR. *AK

I'M AN OWNER OF A YAMAHA YZF-R6 SPORTSBIKE. THE BATTERY STARTED LEAKING THE NIGHT OF THE 28TH OF AUGUST 2003. ON THE MORNING OF THE 29TH THE REAR SHOCK RESEVOIR, REAR SWINGARM AND CHAIN HAD NOTICABLE AMOUNTS OF ACID ON THEM. *AK SINCE I WAS OUT OF TOWN AT THE TIME I NEEDED TO GET THIS ISSUE SOLVED IMMEDIATLY SO I WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE I WAS (WHICH IS NAMED RAY WILT MOTORCYCLE - ATV SUPERSTORE IN HANOVER, PA) TO HAVE A NEW BATTERY PUT IN, WHICH I WAS CHARGED IN FULL FOR. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER (WHICH IS ACTION YAMAHA IN METUCHEN, NJ) TO SEE ABOUT HAVING THIS ISSUE TAKEN CARE OF. I WAS TOLD THAT MY BIKE WAS OUT OF WARRENTY AND THAT THIS BATTERY LEAK WAS CAUSED DUE TO USER ERROR SINCE I "LEFT THE BATTERY IN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME". NO WHERE IN THE USER MANUAL DOES IT STATE THAT THE BATTERY NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BIKE OVER THE WINTER MONTHS. I THEN CONTACTED THE YAMAHA CUSTOMER RELATIONS CORPORATE OFFICE AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE I NO LONGER HAVE THE ORIGINAL BATTERY THERE IS NO PROOF OF ANY DEFECTIVE PART AND MY BIKE IS OUT OF WARRENTY ANYWAY SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY STARTED MAKING LOUD SCRAPING NOISES

I'M A 2ND OWNER OF A 2002 YAMAHA R6. THE BATTERY LEAKED ONTO THE SWINGARM, ETC. WARRANTY IS OVER, YAMAHA WOULD NOT HELP!!! NEXT BIKE WILL NOT BE AN YAMAHA!*AK