YAMAHA Complaints

THE OEM LCD SPEEDOMETER BACKLIGHT IS NOT PROPERLY DESIGNED AND UNDER MOST CONDITIONS WHETHER IT BE DURING DAYTIME, NIGHTTIME, SUNLIGHT, CLOUDY SKIES, RAIN, SNOW, TUNNELS, IN A GARAGE, WHATEVER THE CONDITIONS, THE LCD DISPLAY CAN NOT BE SEEN. MOST OWNERS OF THE BIKE KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM, HAVE DISCUSSED IT AMONGST THEMSELVES, SOME HAVE SAID THAT YAMAHA IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE (HEARSAY). I WANTED TO ADD TO THE ONLY THREE COMPLAINTS HERE IN THE NHTSA (SAFECAR.GOV) SITE AND ONLY HOPE THAT ALL OF THE OWNERS FOLLOW SUIT SO THAT YAMAHA CAN TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CORRECT THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION ASAP. THIS IS NOT A, "WE WILL WAIT AND SEE" PROBLEM. IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, ANALYZED BY THE YAMAHA ENGINEERS AND A PERMANENT FIX ISSUED BY YAMAHA. OR, ARE WE WAITING FOR AN ACCIDENT TO OCCUR BEFORE THIS ISSUE IS LOOKED INTO? *TR

YAMAHA ZUMA 125 DIES WHILE IN OPERATION. APPEARS TO RUN OUT OF GAS AND STALLS WHILE IN OPERATION. THIS IS A SCOOTER WITH ONLY 160 MILES ON IT. IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, IT STALLS! VERY UNSAFE! ALMOST GOT HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER! ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE FUEL PUMP IS NOT WORKING. TURN ON THE KEY, NO FUEL PUMP NOISE. THEREFORE, NO GAS! I PURCHASED THIS SCOOTER NEW. I HAD THE ISSUE AT 50 MILES AND IT CONTINUED. ONE YEAR WARRANTY, SO DEALER WON'T ASSIST WITHOUT BILLING ME. THIS SCOOTER HAD A RECALL IN 2009 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. YAMAHA MOST LIKELY PUT THE SAME PARTS ON LATER YEAR MODELS. *TR

YAMAHA USED FORGED STEEL TO MAKE MIDDLE DRIVE GEAR THAT WAS HEAT TREATED AND THE CASTING WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR ITS INTENDED USE. YAMAHA IS AWARE OF THIS AS THEY HAVE CHANGED THE PART OUT WITH A PART THAT IS MUCH STRONGER. THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR REPAIRS ON THIS PARTICULAR PART. HAD I NOT HEARD THE RATTLING OF THE BROKEN NUT THERE IS A MAJOR CHANCE THAT THE LOSE DEFECTED PART COULD HAVE GOTTEN CAUGHT IN THE U-JOINT CAUSING THE BACK TIRE TO LOCK UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING MAJOR INJURY OR DEATH. THE REPLACEMENT PART ALONG WITH LABOR RUNS BETWEEN 2500 AND 3000 DOLLARS. *TR

THE MOTORCYCLE WAS WOBBLY GOING DOWN A STRAIGHT, HARD TO TURN ALSO. FOUND OUT THE RELAY ARMS WERE BENT AND THE CONTROL ARM WERE BEING CHIPPED AT FROM THE BENT RELAY ARMS. DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE AND WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT THE MOTORCYCLE RODE WEIRD ON SEPT 11. THIS IS FROM NORMAL RIDING TO AND FROM WORK. IF THIS IS NOT A MANUFACTURE DEFECT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. *TR

I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST 3 FAILURES OF THE REAR SHOCK LOWER RELAY ARM SCRAPING THE LOWER SHOCK SUPPORTS & BENDING THEN CRACKING. MINE LOOKS LIKE ITS STARTING TO RUB WITH ONLY 700MI ON THE ODOMETER. IF YOU GO ON THE FZ8 FORUM THERE ARE PHOTOS YOU CAN OBSERVE. YAMAHA SHOULD ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

THE REAR WHEEL OF THE MOTORCYCLE UNEXPECTEDLY LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. I LOST CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND HIT THE CURB. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A BUSY INTERSTATE, I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE REASON THE WHEEL LOCKED UP WAS BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER USED THE WRONG BEARING ON THE DIFFERENTIAL PINION GEAR. THE BEARING WAS NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE THRUST IN THIS TYPE OF APPLICATION. WHEN I PURCHASED THE REPLACEMENT BEARING FROM THE YAMAHA DEALER, IT WAS A BEARING DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE THRUST OF THE PINION GEAR. YAMAHA NEEDS TO INITIATE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE DOES GET KILLED!!

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND STARTING TO DECELERATE THERE WAS A LOUD WHINING/SREECHING SOUND AND A CLATTERING SOUND FROM REAR OF THE MOTORCYCLE. I PULLED OVER AND VISUALLY INSPECTED VEHICLE AND CHECKED FLUID LEVELS.I TRAILERED MOTORCYCLE INTO LOCAL YAMAHA REPAIR SHOP AFTER READING IMFORMATION ON INTERNET ABOUT THIS MODEL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE MIDDLE DRIVE SHAFT SHEARING OFF. AFTER THEY REMOVED ENGINE AND TOOK APART THEY FOUND THAT THE NUT ON THE MIDDLE DRIVESHAFT WHERE THE U-JOIN/YOKE ATTATCHES SHEARED OFF. LUCKILY I HAVE READ THE REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE AND IT CAUSES THE REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP.ALSO SAW A REPORT ON SOMEBODY BEING KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THIS. I CALLED YAMAHA MOTOR COMPANY AND WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR TECHNICAL BULLETINS ON THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF 2400 TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM.IT SOUNDS LIKE THER SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUED BEFORE THERE ARE ANY OR MORE DEATHS.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOTORCYCLE, THERE IS A WELD THAT CONNECTS THE UPPER PART OF THE FRAME TO THE LOWER PART OF THE FRAME. THE WELD IS LOCATED JUST ABOVE THE CLUTCH COVER. THE WELD HAS DEVELOPED A CENTER LINE CRACK. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON A FZ1 FORUM, THIS IS AN ISSUE OTHER WITH THE 2006 AND 2007 FZ1 OWNERS HAVE HAD.

THIS ATV HAS A BROKEN THROTTLE POSITION SENOR, WHICH WAS MADE WITH A BAD DESIGN LETTING WATER INTO THE CONNECTORS. A SMALL SEARCH CAN LINK YOU TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS, LIKE THE ATV RUNNING BADLY AND ALSO NOT STARTING AT ALL. IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE EMISSIONS WARRANTLY, BUT SINCE MOST 2006 AND 2007 RAPTORS THAT WERE AFFECTED ARE PAST THAT WE ARE MADE TO PAY AROUND $300 PARTS AND LABOR, TO GET A BADLY DESIGNED SENSOR FIXED. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE SENSORS BECAUSE THEY STOP WORKING RANDOMLY AND CAN CAUSE THE ATV TO HAVE A ROUGH IDLE AND JERKY MOVEMENTS WHEN ACCELERATING, AND CAN LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. *TR

DEFECTIVE HEAD LIGHT HARNESS. MELTED WIRING TO LAMP CONNECTION CASING LOSS OF HEADLIGHT(JUST ONE THANK GOD) DURING NIGHT TIME DRIVING. APPEARS YAMAHA IS USING DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT LAMP CONNECTORS THAT MELT EVENTUALLY CAUSING LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS. PLEASE SEE THE BELOW THREAD FOR FURTHER INFO: HTTP://WWW.YAMAHASUPERTENERE.COM/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=2707.600 CHECK YOUR CONNECTORS REGULARLY IF YOU HAVE THIS MODEL BIKE! *TR