YAMAHA Complaints

FUEL PUMP WORKS INCONSISTENTLY WHEN HOT AS DESCRIBED IN OTHER COMPLAINTS. REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN SUMMER 2010. PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. IT HAS NOW LEFT ME STRANDED FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES, TWO OF WHICH WERE ON THE SIDE OF A BUSY STREET. *TR

FUEL PUMP DOESN'T ENGAGE. SCOOTER WON'T START. AFTER LETTING IT SET FOR AN HOUR OR TWO IT WILL START AGAIN. *TR

I AM SUBMITTING AN INCIDENT REPORT FOR A HEAT-RELATED FAILURE OF THE FUEL PUMP THAT CAUSES AN ENGINE STALLING CONDITION AND A FAILURE TO RE-START. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION SINCE MY MOTORCYCLE QUIT WHILE RIDING ON THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT RE-START UNTIL THE MOTORCYCLE COOLED. IN TRAFFIC THIS WOULD BE A CERTAIN SAFETY HAZARD. THIS IS A WIDELY KNOWN PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL MOTORCYCLE AND ITS 'SISTER' MODEL, THE WR250X (GOOGLE SEARCH WILL LEAD TO MANY REPORTS AND INFORMATION.) YAMAHA JAPAN HAS ISSUED A RECALL (HTTP://WWW.YAMAHA-MOTOR.CO.JP/RECALL/MC/CAMPAIGN/2009-05/FUEL-PUMP/INDEX.HTML) BUT HAS NOT DONE SO IN THE US. PLEASE INVESTIGATE BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED. *TR

I DROVE THE YW125 ABOUT 5 MILES ON A 90 DEGREE DAY AND PARKED AT A STORE. I CAME OUT WITH MY WIFE AS WE BOTH HAVE ZUMA 125S AND HERS STARTED AND MINE DIDN'T. MY NORMAL FUEL PUMP SOUND WAS NOT HAPPENING SO I KNEW IT WAS NOT WORKING. I LET IT ST FOR 40 MINUTES IN THE SHADE AND IT STARTED BACK UP. I GOT IT HOME AND SHUT IT OFF. I TURNED THE KEY ON AND THE PUMP TOOK 2 SECONDS TO START RUNNING. I TESTED MY WIFE'S AND HER PUMP STARTS AS SOON AS YOU TURN THE KEY. AGAIN HERS IS THE EXACT SAME ZUMA 125 SAME YEAR. IT APPEARS HEAT IS A FACTOR ON MY FUEL PUMP. *TR

I BEGAN TO NOTICE A WHINING FROM THE TRANSMISSION IN THIRD GEAR. MINOR AT FIRST BUT HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY LOUDER OVER THE LAST MONTH. LOOKED THE PROBLEM UP ON SEVERAL YAMAHA ROADLINER / STRATOLINER FORUMS AND FOUND OUT THAT MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME AND WORSE PROBLEMS INCLUDING LOOSING THIRD GEAR. I HAVE READ THAT SOME HAVE TRIED TO GET YAMAHA TO RECALL THESE BUT NO RECALL TO DATE AS OF YET. I WILL HAVE TO STOP RIDING MY BIKE AS I DON'T WANT TO LOOSE THIRD OUT ON A TRIP. I HAVE ALSO RED THAT YAMAHA HAS COME UP WITH A REPLACEMENT GEAR THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM BUT AS OF NOW BIG MONEY IS REQUIRED TO REPAIR THIS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR 2 YEARS ALREADY AND EVERYTIME I TAKE IT TO GET IT FIXED THEY SAY THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE BIKE IS. BUT EVERY SUMMER I RIDE THE BIKE AND ITS HOT IT JUST SHUTS DOWN AND WHEN I GO TO RESTART IT POURS GAS ALL OVER THE PIPES AND WONT START. I HAVE HAD TO TOW IT SEVERAL TIMES. IT WONT DO IT IN THE SPRING BUT WHEN TEMPS GET 80 AND ABOVE IT WILL DIE OUT. *TR

KNOWN ISSUE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. MOST, IF NOT ALL CHINESE MADE FUEL PUMPS ON 2009 YAMAHA ZUMA 125'S HAVE FAILED OR WILL FAIL. YAMAHA, SO FAR, REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, AND REFUSE TO FIX THE ISSUE. OR EVEN REPLACE THE PART. *TT

LOUD WHINE AND GRINDING SOUND IN 3RD GEAR. GEAR FEELS MUSHY AND NOT ENGAGING PROPERLY. OTHERS HAVE SAME COMPLAINT. WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL. *JB

WHILE RIDING AT 55 MPH THE MOTORCYCLE REAR TIRE LOCKED UP AND CAUSED THE BACK TO SKID OUT OF CONTROL. AFTER TAKING THE MOTORCYCLE HOME AND INSPECTING THE FAILURE I FOUND THE MID DRIVE SHAFT WAS BROKEN AT THE NUT. I INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM AND HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF YAMAHA 1100 V STAR MOTORCYCLES HAVE HAD THIS FAILURE. IT APPEARS THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT NUT STARTS BACKING OFF AND EVENTUALLY CAUSES THE DRIVE SHAFT TO BREAK. THE MESSAGE BOARDS INDICATE THAT YAMAHA HAS BEEN CONTACTED MANY TIMES ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I HAVE HAD MY MOTORCYCLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES AND WAS NOT WARNED ABOUT THIS DEFECT. I WAS LUCKY, BUT IF A MOTORCYCLE'S REAR TIRE WHERE TO LOCK UP WHILE ON A WINDING ROAD OR PASSING THIS FAILURE MOST CERTAINLY COULD LEAD TO SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH IF IT HASN'T ALREADY. *TR

WELL I WAS DRIVING IN MY MOTORCYCLE RIGHT BEHIND MY PARENTS ON JUNE 10, 2012 WHEN I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE SPEEDING, I BROUGHT IT TO THERE ATTENTION, MY SPEEDOMETER SAID THEY WERE GOING 80, BUT MY PARENTS STATED THEY WERE GOING 75 MPH. SO WE WENT FOR A TEST DRIVE WHEN WE GOT HOME I STATED TO HIM DRIVE 55 MPH FOR ABOUT TWO MILES AND I WILL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU SURE ENOUGH MY SPEEDOMETER SAID I WAS GOING 60 BUT HE WAS GOING 55. THEN I TESTED IT WITH A GPS DEVICE AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. ON MONDAY JUNE 11, 2012 I CALLED YAMAHA AND ASKED THEM ABOUT THIS, THEY STATED THAT THERE IS AN ALLOWABLE DIFFERENCE WHICH IS 10 PERCENT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE STATEMENT TO ME IS VALID. ONE OF THE REASONS I AM CONCERNED IS THE SLOWEST POSSIBLE LIMIT ON A FREEWAY IS 45 MPH HERE IN CA. WHAT IF I AM GOING 46, AND A POLICE OFFICER PULLS ME OVER FOR GOING 40...WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITATION? *TR