YAMAHA Complaints

WAS TRAVELING 10MPH & STARTED TO SLOW DOWN MOTORCYCLE, WHEN REAR WHEEL BRAKES LOCKED UP. MOTORCYCLE FELL TO RIGHT A BIT & THEN SLID UNDER BUMPER OF VEHICLE IN FRONT. HAVE TAKEN MOTORCYCLE TO DEALERSHIP & BRAKES WERE REPAIRED.*AK WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER'S ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS, BRAKES AT THE TIME WORKED OKAY, ABS LIGHT WENT OFF, 80 MILES LATER WHEN APPLYING REAR BRAKE THE REAR WHEEL OF MOTORCYCLE LOCKED UP, ABS DID NOT ENGAGE, DEALER REPLACED THEA BS HYDRAULIC PUMP BECAUSE IT WAS DEFECTIVE, CONSUMER'S RIGHT LEG BECAME TRAPPED UNDER MOTORCYCLE, HOWEVER HE WAS ABLE TO PICK THE MOTORCYCLE UP AND MOVE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *SLC

MODEL X650, SPOKES ON REAR WHEEL WERE COMING OFF. DEALER JUST SAID TO CHECK THEM EVERY TIME CONSUMER RIDES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED COULD PRESS REAR BRAKES AND THEY WILL NOT WORK. REAR TIRES WILL LOCKUP. *AK

FAILED SHAFT THAT DRIVES INTERNAL OIL PUMP CAUSED EXTENSIVE INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE-PURCHASING DEALER MECHANIC SAID O.K. TO RIDE WITH CLANKING NOISE-TOOK TO OTHER YAMAHA DEALER FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION-LED TO FINAL DIAGNOSIS OF NO OIL PRESSURE OR CIRCULATION DUE TO PUMP SHAFT FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT METALLIC FRAGMENTS SCORING ALL MAJOR INTERNAL ENGINE COMPONENTS

THE ENGINE ON THIS MOTORCYCLE STOPED DUE TO IGNITION FAILURE WHILE TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK

WAS RIDING MOTORCYCLE & STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES WHEN A SCRATCHING NOISE COULD BE HEARD. TOOK VEHICLE BACK HOME & NOTICED BRAKE DISC ROTORS WERE WORN OR GROUNDED DOWN. BEEN IN TOUCH WITH DEALER & INFORMED THAT BRAKES & ROTORS NEEDED REPLACING.*AK

THREE OF FOUR TIRES PURCHASED ON 6/26/98 HAD TREAD SEPARATION WITHIN 28 MONTHS OF PURCHASE. THE FOURTH TIRE WAS REPLACED AT THE FIRST FAILURE TO HAVE A BALANCED SET ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THIS OCCURRED IN MARCH, 2000. THE SECOND TIRE FAILED IN AUG 2000 AND THE THIRD FAILED IN OCT. 2000. (DOT NUMBER: CC9L8KL068 TIRESIZE: 205/65R15)

MOTORCYLE LOSES ALL POWER RADOMLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN IN A PASSING SITUATION. APPEARS TO BE A SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH SINCE YOU CAN REACH DOWN AND SLIGHTLY TOUCH THE KEY TO MAKE THE MOTORCYLE RESTART WHILE TRRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALER REPLACED ONE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH YAMAHA PAID FOR. HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF REPLACEMENTS SWITCHES ALSO FAILING.

NO OIL WAS BEING SENT TO THE ENGINE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IF RIDING WHEN INCIDENT OCCURED. MANUFACTURER SAYS THEY WILL NOT REPLACE MOTOR OR MOTORCYCLE. FEEL COMPLETELY UNSAFE RIDING THIS BIKE EVEN AFTER THE MOTOR IS REBUILT. DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A BRAND NEW MOTORCYCLE WOULD HAVE THIS KIND OF FAILURE AND THE MANUFACTURER NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND REPLACE IT.

YAMAHA MODEL #YZFR1M-L; WHEN RIDING TACHOMETER/SPEEDOMETER GO OUT, WHEN THIS HAPPENS MOTORCYCLE DIES. BUT SINCE IT'S ROLLING, ITJUMPS/ STARTS BY ITSELF. IF THIS KEEPS HAPPENING, IT WILL DAMAGE THE BACK WHEEL. IT'S A REOCCURRING PROBLEM BECAUSE, MOTORCYCLE BEEN TO THE SHOP 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY A FLY-WHEEL IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH WAS NOT SCREWED TIGHTLY. WHEN THE FLY-WHEELSPINS, IT CHANGES THE BATTERY. WHEN THE FLY-WHEEL DOES NOT SPIN, THE MOTORCYCLE LOSES ELECTRIC POWER KILLINGS THE MOTOR. *YH