YAMAHA Complaints

BATTERY FROM MY 02 YAMAHA R6 LEAKED. IM ORIGINAL OWNER AND THE BIKE HAS 6,000 MILES ON IT. THE ACID LEAKED ALL OVER REAR SHOCK EATING AWAY THE METAL NOW THE SHOCK IS RUINED. LUCKILY I NOTICED BEFORE RIDING OR POSIBLY COULD OF HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE ACID ALSO LEAKED ONTO THE SWING ARM AND ATE THREW THE FINISH ON THAT ALSO. *AK

MY 2001 YAMAHA MOTORCYCLE HAS PREMATURE WEAR ON THE 2ND AND 6TH GEAR DOG EARS OF THE TRANSMISSION.. NUMERIOUS OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH 99 - 02 MODELS OF THIS MOTORCYCLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, I HAVE FOUND OUT.. THE PROBLEM IS YAMAHA IS DOING NOTHING TO COVER THE PROBLEM SAYING IT IS EITHER RIDER ABUSE OR NORMAL WEAR. WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING TO RESPONSIBLE RIDING ADULTS, THEY CANNOT MAKE THAT CLAIM. THEY ALSO CHANGED THE 03 MODEL OF THE BIKE TO PUT EXTRA DOG EARS ON THE 2ND AND 6TH GEAR ONLY.. THEY SAY THIS WAS JUST A ROUTEIN CHANGE, BUT I BET NOT MANY COMPLAINTS COME IN ABOUT 03 R6S.

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY YAMAHA ROAD STAR 1600 [2002] GETS STUCK BETWEEN GEARS. NOT ALL THE TIME BUT ENOUGH TO CUASE ME SOME CONCERN.SOMTIMES IT GETS LOCKED UP IN BETWEEN GEARS AND IT TAKES A BIT TO GET IT UNSTUCK.IT SEEMS ODD AS THIS IS A BRAND NEW MOTORCYCLE WITH LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND MILES ON IT.I HOPE IT DOESN'T LOCK UP WHILE I'M GOING DOWN THE ROAD.I HEARD SOME OF THEM DO THAT.

INTERMITENT OCCURENCES OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEM OCCURING WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR,EVEN UNDER ACCELERATION THE GEAR WILL SLIP INTO NEUTREL.

YAMAHA INSTALLED IMPROPERLY HEAT TREATED 5TH GEARS IN THE 1999/2000 YAMAHA VSTAR MOTORCYCLES. THESE GEARS PREMATURELY WEAR DOWN AND CAN CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO LOCK UP AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

BATTERY IS LEAKING BATTERY ACID AND HAS DAMAGED THE SWING ARM, SHOCKS, AND THE REAR WHEEL. *AK

YAMAHA YZF R6 2002 BATTERY IS LEAKING. CAUSING DAMAGE TO SWINGARM,SHOCK,CHAIN,REARSET,SHIFTLEVER,SHIFT ROD,ETC.*AK

THE BATTERY ON MY 2002 YAMAHA YZFR6 HAS LEAKED BATTERY ACID ON SEVERAL PARTS OF THE MOTORCYCLE. MOTORCYCLE HAS ONLY 1700 MILES ON IT. THE ACID HAS DAMAGED MANY PARTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO; SWINGARM, SHOCK, CHAIN, SHIFT ROD. BIKE IS UNDER WARRANTY UNTIL 8/26/2003. DEALER IS BEING CONTACTED BUT HAS NOT RESPONDED THUS FAR. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURED ON HUNDREDS OF R6 MOTORCYCLES.*AK

SECOND GEAR SLIPS UNDER ACCELERATION, BATTERY LEAKED ACID ON REAR ASSEMBLY OF MOTORCYCLE, COOLING FAN NO LONGER OPERATES, MOTORCYCLE OVERHEATS OVERHEATS IN TRAFFIC. *AK

I OWN A 2002 YAMAHA YZF R6, IT HAS A GS BATTERY IN IT MODEL GT9B-4 RECENTLY AFTER RIDING THE BATTERY LEAKED ACID ALLOVER THE MOTORCYCLE SHOCK, SWING ARM, CHAIN, SPROCKET AND OTHER ASSORTED PARTS. I PROCEEDED TO CALL THE BATTERY MANUFACURER GS ABOUT THE BATTERY AND THEY STATED THAT THE BATTERY MADE FROM 1999-2002 WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT YAMAHA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I SPOKE WITH YAMAHA AND THEY DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE INCIDENT, I SPOKE TO THE GS BATTERY PEOPLE AGAIN AND THEN CALLED YAMAHA AGAIN AND FINALLY GOT SOMEONE TO ADMIT THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND THAT THEY HAVE HEARD OF THE BATTERIES LEAKING BEFORE MY MOTORCYCLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND CURRENTLY AT THE SHOP BEING EVALUATED TO SEE IF THEY WILL REPLACE THE PARTS FOR FREE. MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM IF THE BATTERY MANUFACTURER ADMITS IT IS A DEFECTIVE BATTERY WHY DOES YAMAHA NOT RECALL THE MOTORCYCLES AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PARTS? I AM WAITING NOW TO SEE WHAT THERE DECISION WILL BE. *AK