YAMAHA Complaints

ENGINE SHUTS OFF OR EXHIBITS HIGH UNCONTROLLED RPM OR IDLE WHILE STATIONARY OR IN MOTION.

2006 VSTAR WITH 15,750 MILES. WHILE SLOWING DOWN AT APPX 45 MPH, METALLIC WHINING FROM TRANSMISSION STARTED. HAD NEVER HEARD THIS NOISE BEFORE. AFTER INITIAL INCIDENT, ANY TIME I DECELERATED OR DOWNSHIFTED, SAME NOISE WAS MADE. AS LONG AS I WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR, SEEMED RUN FINE. AS SOON AS I LET OFF THE GAS, GRINDING/WHINING STARTED. SPOKE WITH A DEALER, HAD NO CLUE WHAT I WAS DESCRIBING. SHOWED THEM A PAGE FROM THIS WEBSITE, SUDDENLY "HAD HEARD OF" BUT WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM. DECIDED THEY WOULD NEED TO TEAR DOWN TRANS TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. WANTED $1,100 JUST TO DIAGNOSE. SAID IT MAY BE A $100 FIX OR $3K. SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO MIDDLE GEAR SHAFT NUT THAT HAS LOOSENED, BUT NOT BROKEN OFF YET.

VEHICLE INTERMITTANTLY WILL NOT IDLE, STALLS OUT WHEN DECELERATING TO A STOP, WHEN IN BETWEEN GEARS, WHEN RESTARTED, WILL IDLE BELOW 700 RPM AND STALLS REPEATEDLY. AT OTHER TIMES, IT WILL IDLE AT 3000 RPMS, SOMETIMES BACK FIRING, WHEN CLUTCH IS PULLED IN THE RPMS WILL DROP BUT MOST TIMES, IT'S A ROUGH IDLE, BOUNCING BETWEEN 700 AND 1300 RPM'S. WHEN IT IS COLD, IT OFTEN IDLES FINE UNTIL IT GETS WARM... THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE NEW. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM...

INTERMITTENTLAY THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN IDLING, IT ALSO CAN RISE TO 3500RPM WITHOUT ANY USER INPUT. THIS LEADS TO DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR WHEN APPROACHING OR DEPARTING AN INTERSECTION.

2012 YAMAHA XT1200Z SUPER TENERE. AT LEAST THREE TIMES A MONTH INTERMITTENTLY WHEN STARTING ENGINE IT WILL INSISTENTLY RAMP UP TO 3000 RPM. I NEED TO SHUT IT OFF AND RECYCLE THE KEY TWO TO THREE TIMES BEFORE IT STARTS AND SUSTAINS AT NORMAL 1100RPM, MY FEAR IT WILL DAMAGE THE ENGINE AT SOME POINT. THE DANGER TO RIDER LIVES ISSUE IS: AT LEAST THREE TIMES A MONTH AGAIN INTERMITTENT WHILE SITTING STATIONARY AT A LIGHT THE RPM WILL SIMPLY DROP OFF AND DIE AND WILL NOT START AND WHEN IT DOES THE RPM WILL JUMP AGAIN TO 3000RPM, MORE THAN ONCE THIS CAUSED ME TO DROP MY BIKE TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION OR HAVE A CLOSE REAR END COLLISION WITH A VEHICLE BEHIND ME AS WHEN I STARTED MOVING THEN IT DIED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID COLLISION. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH MY LOCAL YAMAHA DEALER IN SANTA FE, NM AND REFUSED TO LOOK INTO IT AS THEY HAVE NEVER WORKED ON THIS MODEL. I AM NOT THE ONLY OWNER THAT HAS HAD THE SAME ENGINE FAILURE AND HIGH RPM START UP ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL AS WELL AS THE 2011 AND 2013 MODELS. I FEEL THIS IS TRULY A LIFE THREATENING SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY YAMAHA FOR A SAFETY RECALL ON ALL EARLY MODEL XT1200 SUPER TENERE FROM 2010 TO 2013. I FEEL ONE SHOULD NOT PAY $14,000 FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT CORRECT FROM THE FACTORY DUE TO WIRING HARNESS ELECTRICAL ISSUES. MODELS 2014 TO PRESENT DOESN'T HAVE THIS ISSUE LEAVING ME TO BELIEVE YAMAHA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAVE CORRECTED IT BUT KEPT SILENT AS SOME EARLY MODEL OWNERS WIRING HARNESSES HAVE BEEN REPLACE FREE BY YAMAHA AND HAVE HAD NO ISSUES SINCE. I FEEL AS MANY OTHER OWNERS THAT IT IS AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ISSUE. LINK TO SOME OWNERS MANY CONCERNED HTTP://WWW.YAMAHASUPERTENERE.COM/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=17994.0 YAMAHA CAN CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS SINCERELY [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 YAMAHA FZ09. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR FELT CLUNKY WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,800.

THERE IS A CRACK IN THE HEADLIGHT AND THE BIKE HAS 1800 MILES ON IT. ITS ONLY 2 MONTHS OLD. THERE IS NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF IMPACT. MANY OTHER FZ-10 OWNERS ARE NOTICING THIS TOO.

CLUTCH BASKET CUSH BUMPERS PREMATURELY WEARING OUT, CAUSING FREEPLAY BETWEEN RING GEAR AND BASKET. ANY PLAY WHATSOEVER IS ABNORMAL AND WILL CAUSE EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS. VIBRATIONS WITHIN THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WILL CAUSE PLATES TO BREAK POTENTIALLY CAUSING A CRASH.

COOLANT (AND OIL?) LEAK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE, PROBABLY DUE TO A FAILING SEAL. THIS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED SEVERAL TIMES IN FORUMS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS ISSUE. MY BIKE IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD WITH 3K MILES AND THIS STARTED AT ABOUT 1K MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 YAMAHA XV16APP-W ROAD STAR SILVERADO. WHEN DRIVING LONG DISTANCES, THE VEHICLE WOULD LEAK FUEL FROM THE CARBURETOR OVERFLOW TUBING ONTO THE ENGINE FROM THE INTAKE INSIDE OF THE CARBURETOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT AN APPROPRIATE REPAIR COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,091.