YAMAHA Complaints

BATTERY IS LEAKING ACID ONTO MOTORCYCLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRANSMISSION CLUNKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE AND VISA-VERSA, AND MISSES SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND, WITHOUT REPAIR OF THIS PROBLEM THE TRANSMISSION WILL EVENTUALLY LOCKUP WHILE IN MOTION CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH--DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION GEARS

CLUTCH LEVER DEPRESSED AND ENGAGED THROTTLE SUDDENLY WENT UP IN AIR AND RIDER WAS THROWN FROM VEHICLE. CLUTCH CABLE HAD SNAPPED. YAMAHA COMPANY STATED UNLESS CONSUMER AGREED THAT THIS HAPPENED DUE TO RIDER INEXPERIENCE THEY WOULD NOT HONOR WARRANTY. REPORTED BY MIKE JONES. *AK CONSUMER STATED AFTER FAXING A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INCIDENT, THE MANUFACTURER AGREED TO REPAIR THE BIKE AS A GOOD WILL.*JB *SCC

THE BATTERIES ON THE YAMAHA R6 LEAK AFTER APPROX. 6 MONTHS. I AM ON A MESSAGE BOARD AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HERE IS A LINK TO THE SECTION OF THE BOARD THAT CONTAINS INFO ON THIS --> HTTP://PUB114.EZBOARD.COM/FYAMAHAR6MESSAGENETYAMAHAR6TECHQUESTIONS HERE IS A LINK TO THE THREAD -- > HTTP://PUB114.EZBOARD.COM/FYAMAHAR6MESSAGENETYAMAHAR6TECHQUESTIONS.SHOWMESSAGE?TOPICID=2622.TOPIC PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM.*AK

HANDLE BAR IS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CAN BE TURNED TO EITHER SIDE, ENOUGH TO TOUCH FUEL TANK. FUEL TANK WAS DENTED DUE TO THIS. DEALER TOOK VEHICLE BACK.*AK IF GONE UNNOTICED, THE FUEL TANK COULD HAVE LEAKED GASOLINE ON HOT MOTOR CAUSING A FIRE OR EXPLOSION. *TT

MOTORCYCLE HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURETHER INFORMATION.*AK

MOTORCYCLE MODEL 650V-STAR; WHILE DRIVING MORTORCYCLE, A CLICKING OR RATTLLING SOUND WOULD COME FROM REAR END. THIS OCCURRED WITH PREVIOUS MOTORCYCLE WHICH WAS EXCHANGED FOR THE PRESENT ONE. WAS URGED BY DEALERSHIP NOT TO RIDE MOTORCYCLE UNTIL IT WAS REPAIRED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE RIDING IN SAND, THE TRANSMISSION, WITHOUT WARNING, EXPLODED CAUSING ME TO FLY OVER THE HANDLE BARS AND BE THROWN TO THE GROUND. THE DAMAGE TO THE ATV WAS EXTENSIVE AND WAS DISCOVERED TO BE CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVELY DESIGNED AND/OR MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE YAMAHA RAPTOR, ESPECIALLY THE 2001 MODEL. I AM ALSO AWARE THAT THE 2002 RAPTOR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH YAMAHA MADE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE TRANSMISSION. YAMAHA RESPONDS BY SAYING THAT THE RIDER CAUSES THE PROBLEMS BY IMPROPERLY SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION. THAT IS NOT TRUE! YAMAHA JUST DOES NOT WANT TO PAY THE $2000 PLUS EACH TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MIND YOU, THE ENGINE YAMAHA ELECTED TO PUT IN THE RAPTOR IS AN OLD ENGINE DESIGN THAT THEY PULLED FROM A ROAD MOTORCYCLE. *AK

HI, I DONT KNOW IF THIS AFFECTS R1S IN YOUR COUNTRY BUT WE WERE TOLD ABOUT IT HERE ,THE CLIP ON THE COOLANT HOSE UNDER THE TANK IS NOT TIGHT ENOUGH FROM THE FACTORY AND THE HOSE COULD POSSIBLY DETACH....NOT MUCH OF A PROBLEM WITH A CAR BUT A PROBLEM ON A BIKE ,HOT COOLANT SUDDENLY WHERE YOU LEAST WANT IT=LOTS OF PAIN!

DESIGN OF WALL THAT HOLDS THROTTLE CABLE IS PLASTIC AND CAN BREAK EASILY WHEN HITTING BUMPS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK THE RUBBER WELL NUT THAT HOLDS THE THROTTLE CABLE STUCK DURING A MOTOR BIKE RACE MAKING BRAKING IMPOSSIBLE AND CAUSING THE CONSUMERS SON TO FALL OFF SUFFERING MINOR INJURIES. *YH