YAMAHA Complaints

VEHICLE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES AT ANY SPEED, AND AT ANY TIME. TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, CANNOT REMEDY.*AK CONSUMER HAD ONLY OWNED THE MOTORCYCLE LESS THAN ONE WEEK WHEN IT BEGAN STALLING, SOMETIMES IT WOULD START RIGHT AWAY, OTHER TIMES CONSUMER WOULD HAV ETO WAIT FIVE TO TEN MINUTES TO HEAR THE FUEL PUMP START AND THEN IT WOULD START, ON ONE OCCASION THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED AT THE LEFT FRONT FENDER OF A SMALL SEMI TRAILER, CONSUMER COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AND THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A MULTI CAR PILE UP, DEALER REPEATEDLY CAN NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, ON ANOTHER OCCASION, VEHICLE STALLED WHILE CONSUMER AND HIS WIFE WERE RIDING UPHILL, THE BIKE STALLED, ROLLED BACKWARD, AND THREW BOTH OF THEM OFF BIKE, BIKE WAS DAMAGED, DEALER HAS NOT GIVEN CONSUMER ANY SATISFACTORY SOLUTIONS, CONSUMER HAS LEFT THE BIKE AT THE DEALER UNTIL SOME SATIFACTORY RESOLUTION IS BROUGHT UP. ENGINE BACKFIRES SO LOUDLY ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, CONSUMER COULD HARDLY RIDE IT IN THE BEGINNING. *SLC

VEHICLE STALLS AT AROUND 55 MPH, CARBURETOR LOADS UP WITH FUEL, WHEN ACCELERATING IT POPS. DEALER HAS ADMITTED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH CARBURETOR, BUT NO REMEDY AT THIS TIME. *AK *SLC

RECALL 01V094000, MUFFLER BRACKET, CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER ON 27MAR2001. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO SAID PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE YET. THEY WOULD CONTACT CONSUMER WHEN PARTS CAME IN. AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS AND VISITS TO DEALER, CALLED TO YAMAHA, CONSUMER WAS ONLY TOLD NOT TO RIDE VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR PARTS. *AK

THE REAR RIM IS CRACKED IN OVER THREE PLACES, NEAR THE CENTER OF THE HUB, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE THE CRACKS BEFORE ANYTHING SERIOUS HAPPENED, I'VE HEARD OF OTHER SUTUATIONS WHERE YAMAHA RIMS HAVE FAILED, AND PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN INJURED, I FEEL THIS CONCERN NEED TO BE ADDRESS WITH YAMAHA AND THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH A NEW SET OF RIMS!*AK (DOT NUMBER: YES TIRESIZE: 180/55/17)

YAMAHA HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL. PLEASE MAKE THEM FIX THIS AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE ROADSTAR BEFORE WE HAVE TO FILE A LEMON LAW SUIT AGAINST THEM. *AK

SEVERE ENGINE KNOCKING NOISE AFTER HEAT UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE. SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE. NOISE AMPLIFIED DEPENDING ON OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE.

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE KEPT POPPING OUT OF FIRST GEAR INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER . *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 80 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, BUT THERE WAS COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATION.*AK

FRONT TIRE WAS PLACED ON MOTOR CYCLE BACKWARDS. ARROW INDICATED DIRECTION TIRE SHOULD BE. TIRE HAD A KNOT IN IT. STEERING WOULD SHAKE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC IT WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A CRACK IN THE REAR FENDER, THE DEALER ORDERED A NEW FENDER WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE IN ONE WEEK BUT IT HAS BEEN 5 WEEKS AND THE FENDER HAS NOT ARRIVED YET. NLM