YAMAHA Complaints

PURCHASED NEW 2006 YAMAHA V STAR 1100 IN MARCH OF 2008. AS OF JULY 2011 HAS 4400 MILES. STARTED MAKING STRANGE NOISE WHILE RIDING IT. PUT ON JACK COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG. CRANKED BIKE, PUT IN GEAR WHILE STILL ON JACK, MAKING CLICKING NOISE AND REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP. PULLED COVER OFF SPEED SENSOR AREA, THEN PULLED SPEED SENSOR OUT AND SAW NUT LIEING BETWEEN U-JOINT NUTS YOKES. BIKE IS STILL LOCKED UP, I HAVE NOT REMOVED ANY FURTHER PARTS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS. IT IS A SAFETY HAZZARD. I NEED MY MOTORCYCLE REPAIRED BY THE COMPANY. I CHECKED WITH THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT FROM AND WAS TOLD NO RECALL NOTICES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU *TR

MOTORCYCLE PERIODICALLY STALLS WHEN STOPPING. RPM DROPS OFF, DOES NOT COME BACK UP AND BIKE STALLS. SOMETIMES WILL RESTART IMMEDIATELY. OTHER TIMES IT IS NECESSARY TO TURN KEY OFF AND BACK ON. STALLING INCIDENTS ARE SPORATIC AND IT MAY GO MONTHS WITHOUT RECURRING, OR IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN IMMEDIATELY. ON WEB FORUM, MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME OCCURANCES WITH NO ONE CONSISTANT AND TRACKABLE CAUSE. MY LATEST OCCURANCE WAS 7/9/11. *TT

2004 YAMAHA V-STAR 650 MOTORCYCLE, RIDING AT 55 MPH WHEN GAS CAP FELL APART AND THE TOP OF THE CAP FLEW UP AND STRUCK RIDER IN THE CHEST. MILAGE ON THE MOTORCYCLE IS 5328 MILES. HAVE REMOVE PARTS FROM INTERIOR OF GAS TANK AND AM TRYING TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. LIGHT TRAFFIC, RIDER WAS VERY STARTLED, CAUSED BIKE TO SWERVE. *TT

I HAVE A 2006 V- STAR SILVERADO 1100. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ON MY WAY TO A MOTORCYCLE CONVENTION. I STARTED TO HEAR A NOISE WHEN I ACCELERATED ON THE HIGHWAY. FOUND A DEALERSHIP OPEN, WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT THEY TOLD ME MY DRIVE SHAFT WAS BROKEN. I AM A WOMEN AND THE MILEAGE ON THE BIKE IS 42,979. I BOUGHT IT USED AT 1900 MILES. I DON'T MISTREAT THE BIKE. THE YAMAHA CORPORATION STATED I DIDN'T HAVE A WARRANTY SO THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS IS A PART ON THE MOTORCYCLE THAT ISN'T SUPPOSE TO BREAK RIGHT OFF. PART OF THE SHAFT WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE GEARS. MY OPINION IS THEY WONT RECALL THIS PART UNTIL SOMEONE DIES., THE COST WILL BE 2250. TO REPLACE THE SHAFT AND ALL THE PARTS. *TR

2001 YAMAHA VSTAR MIDDLE DRIVE SHAFT UBOLT SNAPPED. THE MIDDLE GEAR LOCKED CAUSING THE REAR TIRE TO LOCK WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. AFTER INSPECTION FROM MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE U JOINT BOLT SNAPPED APPARENTLY MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM. SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURY. CALLED YAMAHA AND NOT RECALLS. *TR

THIS IS A FOLLOW UP COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA. TO REITERATE THAT COMPLAINT SEE COMPLAINT ID: 10396064 SINCE FILING THAT COMPLAINT I HAVE HAD THE BIKE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR MORE ADJUSTMENTS AND CHECKING WHICH AT FIRST SEEM TO WORK BUT WITHIN A FEW DAYS THE PROBLEM RETURNS. I JUST RETURNED FROM A 6700 MILE TRIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND MY BIKE HAD BEEN RUNNING WELL WITH NO STALLING SINCE THE LAST ADJUSTMENT A COUPLE WEEKS EARLIER. FOUR DAYS INTO THE TRIP I WAS DOWN IN LOUISIANA WHEN IT DIED SEVERAL TIMES OVER A FEW HOURS TIME. ONE OF THE WAYS TO SEEMINGLY STOP THE BIKE FROM QUITTING LIKE IT DOES IS TO DISCONNECT THE CLUTCH LEVER SAFETY INTERLOCK SWITCH. THIS SWITCH KEEPS THE BIKE FROM BEING STARTED WHEN THE BIKE IS IN GEAR BUT WILL ALLOW IT TO START IF THE CLUTCH LEVER IS PULLED IN. WHEN THE SWITCH IS DISCONNECTED YOU MUST MAKE SURE THE BIKE IS IN NEUTRAL TO START IT BUT IT HAS KEPT THE BIKE FROM DYING WHEN COMING TO A STOP....UNTIL I WAS ON MY TRIP. AFTER DISCONNECTING THE SWITCH AS I AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THE BIKE DIED FOR THE FIRST TIME JUST AS IF IT WAS STILL CONNECTED. WHEN YOUR SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION OR AT A FREEWAY OFF RAMP WAITING FOR A LIGHT TO CHANGE AND THE BIKE DIES LIKE IT DOES YOU MUST SHUT THE BIKE OFF COMPLETELY AND THEN TURN THE KEY BACK ON AND LET THE BIKE GO THROUGH IT'S STARTUP DIAGNOSTICS WHICH TAKE ABOUT A MINUTE OR LONGER. OTHER CARS COMING OFF FREEWAYS DON'T KNOW YOUR DEAD ON THE ROAD AND A FEW OF US HAVE COME CLOSE TO BEING RUN OVER. I'VE PERSONALLY HAD TWO CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH ONE SQUEALING TIRES RIGHT UP TO WITHIN 5 FEET OF ME WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED. YAMAHA HAS DENIED THERE IS A PROBLEM EVEN AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS BY MANY FELLOW OWNERS OF THIS MODEL BIKE INCLUDING MYSELF. I'M STILL TRYING TO WORK WITH YAMAHA BUT THE NHTSA NEEDS TO APPLY SOME PRESSURE TO THEM TO DO SOME TYPE OF INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM AND STOP DENYING IT DOESN'T EXIST BEFORE A RIDER ENDS UP SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 YAMAHA XV1700. THE CONTACT STATED DURING WARM WEATHER CONDITIONS FUEL WOULD LEAK OUT OF THE CARBURETOR ONTO THE EXHAUST AND THE MOTOR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MORE FREQUENT AFTER FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED SINCE THE FUEL LEAK WAS A MAJOR CONCERN, A FIRE HAZARD, AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

MOTORCYCLE STARTED MAKING NOISE WHEN LETTING OFF THE GAS. REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP JUST AS I GOT HOME. END OF MIDDLE SHAFT BROKEN OFF AND NUT JAMMED IN U-JOINT. *TR

WAS DRIVING 35 WHEN WINNING HEARD TOOK 1100 VSTAR TO SHOP TOLD MIDDLESHAFT BOLT BROKE UNSAFE TO DRIVE DRIVESHAFT COULD HIT PAYMENT YAMAHA HAS SINCE UP DATED NEW BOLT WAS CAUSE BECAUSE DID NOT HAVE NUT PUNCHED WHEN ASSEMBLE. *TR

THIS IS A 400CC MOTOR SCOOTER BEING RIDDEN DURING AN 85 DEGREE DAY. THE VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED AFTER ENTERING A BUSY INTERSECTION AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. AFTER PUSHING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE INTERSECTION, ATTEMPTS TO RESTART FOR OVER AN HOUR FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TRAILERED HOME. THIS SCENARIO WAS ( HOT TEMPERATURE STALL AND FAILED RESTART) WAS REPEATED AT MY RESIDENCE ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE YAMAHA DEALERSHIP, DIAGNOSED WITH A FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY FAILURE, AND CONFIRMED REPAIR UPON PUMP REPLACEMENT. IT CAN BE CALCULATED FOR APPROXIMATE PUMP LIFE TO BE 80 TO 120 HOURS OF OPERATION (AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH) FOR THE LIMITED 2360 MILES ACCUMULATED. THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE COMPONENT LIFE FOR A FUEL INJECTION VEHICLE AND INDICATIVE OF A MANUFACTURING QUALITY PROBLEM THAT COULD RESULT IN POTENTIALLY FATAL ACCIDENT SHOULD PUMP FAILURE OCCUR IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. I INQUIRED ABOUT WHETHER THIS PUMP FAILURE COULD BE CUSTOMER INDUCED AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE UNAWARE THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO CAUSE THIS IN-FUEL TANK PUMP TO BE ABUSED BY CUSTOMERS.