YAMAHA Complaints

ON THE WAY BACK FROM STURGIS, SD MY TRANSMISSION ON MY 2001 YAMAHA ROAD STAR 1600 LOCKED UP WITH MY WIFE AND I ON THE BIKE. IT LOCKED UP THE REAR TIRE. THE BIKE WOULD NOT MOVE. MY WIFE AND I WERE 12 HOURS FROM HOME AND HAD TO RENT A UHAUL TO GET THE BIKE HOME. MY EXTENTED WARRANTY PAID FOR ALL OF THE REAPIRS BUT THE CLUTCH. I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST A FREAK THING AND DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT UNTIL 13 OTHERS THAT I KNOW OF LOCKED UP CAUSE ONE PERSON TO GET HURT REAL BAD. I KNOW MINE WAS REAPIRED RIGHT BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE RIDING A ROAD STAR IN THE WORLD. THANK JESUS THAT MY WIFE AND I WERE NOT HURT IN THE TRANNY LOCK UP. YAMAHA NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. CAN YOU HELP WITH A RECALL OR SOMETHING? THANKS. *AK

I OWN A 2001 YAMAHA ROAD STAR MOTORCYCLE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A RATHER HIGH INCEDENCE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES WHICH CAUSES THE REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP. THIS CAN CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T HAD THE LOCK UP, I'VE BECOME AFRAID TO RIDE THIS BIKE. THERE IS NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER WHEN THE LOCK OCCURS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN UP TO 15 KNOWN FAILURES FROM INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE ROAD STAR RIDERS INTERNET FORUM. SINCE I HAVEN'T HAD THE FAILURE, I HAVEN'T REPORTED TO YAMAHA MOTOR CO. OR THE SELLING DEALER. BUT I FEEL THAT SENDING THIS COMPLAINT TO YOU IS NECESSARY BECAUSE MY MOTORCYCLE IS IN THE DANGER ZONE. *AK

YAMAHA XV1600 MOTORCYCLE TRANSMISSION IS BREAKING AND LOCKING UP. THIS LOCKS THE REAR WHEEL AT SPEEDS OF 30 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR. WITH THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED THERE IS NO WAY TO CONTROL THE MOTORCYCLE AND IT GOES INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE SKID. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE MILEAGE DEPENDANT AND PRELIMINARY RESEARCH MAY INDICATE A PARTICULAR MANUFACTURING DATE. BUT SINCE IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT 10,000 TO 15,000 MILES NO ONE IS SURE YET IF THE NEWER MODELS WILL BE AFFECTED ALSO.*AK

CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MY TRANSMISSION LOCKING UP AND CAUSING MYSELF AND/OR MY WIFE HARM. I'VE HEARD OF MANY INCIDENTS ON INTERNET FORUMS FOR TH ROADSTAR.I CURRENTLY OWN A 2001 SILVERADO AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE YEARS IN QUESTION.*AK

CONCERNED MY TRANSMISSION MIGHT FAIL AS ONE THAT WAS MANUFACTURED ONE NUMBER FROM ME FAILED. ALSO CONCERN OVER NUMBER OF TRANNY FAILURES CURRENTLY SURFACING. *AK

I'M CONCERNED THAT MY 2001 YAMAHA MIDNIGHT ROADSTAR MAY HAVE BEEN DEALT A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THAT LEADS TO CATASROPHIC FAILURE AND LOCK UP UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. NO INCIDENT AS OF YET BUT THERE HAVE BEEN 12 CONFIRMED INSTANCES WITH ROADSTARS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 3/2000 AND 8/2001 ON THE DELPHIFORUMS ROADSTAR RIDERS DISCUSSION GOURP ALONE. I WILL USE TODAYS DATE FOR THIS FORM BUT I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED FAILURE YET.*AK

PURCHASED 2001 YAMAHA ROAD STAR SILVERADO MODEL #XV16ATN-B VIN #[XXX] FROM MAXEY'S CYCLE INC. 4112 NW 39TH EXP. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73112 ON 5/10/2001. HAVE HAD LOUD CONSISTENT KNOCK IN ENGINE AFTER WARM UP THAT YAMAHA SAYS IS NORMAL. I AM EVEN MORE CONCERNED WITH THE REPORTED TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON THIS MOTORCYCLE.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

FEAR OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE FROM KNOWLEDGE OF MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CRASHES DUE TO TRANSMISSION LOCKUP.*AK

I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT MY 2001 YAMAHA ROADSTAR AND THE POSSIBLE EVENT OF A CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAVE SOME KNOCKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA, AND MY BUILD DATE FOR THE BIKE FALLS WITHIN THE RANGE OF OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD A TRANSMISSION FAIL. NO FAILURE HAS OCCURED AS OF TODAY ON MY MOTORCYCLE.*AK

CONCERN OVER POTENTIAL FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON MY 2002 YAMAHA ROADSTAR MOTORCYCLE. SEVERAL RIDERS HAVE REPORTED TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THIS MODEL ROADSTAR THAT LED TO CRASHES.*AK