YAMAHA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 YAMAHA YZFR1. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND HE HEARD A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER HE OPERATED THE VEHICLE SO IT WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT WAS A KNOWN FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 600. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

ELECTRICAL POWER CUTOUT. NO POWER TO STARTER, MULTIPLE DASH LIGHTS ON, FLASHING FUEL METER INDICATOR, TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS, ETC. NOT A BURNED OUT FUSE BUT RATHER A FRIED GROUND POINT ON THE WIRING HARNESS. THIS IS BEING REPORTED VERY OFTEN ON THE FJR FORUM. MY SHOP TOOK PIX AND SENT TO YAMAHA TO SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO ABOUT IT. GROUND POINT CONNECTOR GETS CORRODED, LOSES GROUND, OVERHEATS AND FRIES CIRCUITS. IF THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE RIDING, YOU WILL LOSE ALL POWER AND THE ENGINE WILL DIE. *TR

2007 YAMAHA MOTOR CYCLE MODEL # FJR1300A. ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT RESTART. FAULTY GROUND WIRING HARNESS SPYDER CONNECTIONS. *TR

THE VEHICLE, A 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE, INSTANTLY LOST ALL POWER, THE ENGINE QUIT AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WENT DEAD, LEAVING ME WITH NO WAY TO SIGNAL MY NEED TO MOVE OFF OF THE ROADWAY IMMEDIATELY. WITHIN THE FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED TWICE, MOMENTARILY. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A CORRODED ELECTRICAL CONNECTION UNDER THE FRONT LEFT OF THE FUEL TANK AND WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HELP FROM POSTS ON FJRFORUM.COM CONTAINING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. *TR

NEARLY CRASHED MOTORCYCLE DUE TO BIKE ENGINE CUTTING OUT. THE CARBURETOR IS FAULTY AND CAUSES THE ENGINE TO FLOOD COMPLETELY, THE ENGINE FLOODED SO BAD THAT PETROL HAD FILLED THE OIL SUMP TO THE BRIM. NEW CARBURETOR(WITH LUCK ITS NOT FAULTY, YAMAHA HAVE MADE ALOT OF THESE THAT ARE FAULTY.) PLEASE NOTE:THIS BIKE IS A YAMAHA XT 125 X 2008(NOT XT 250). *TR

CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING SERVICE FOR HIS RECALLED 2000 YAMAHA ROAD STAR MM LIMITED EDITION MOTORCYCLE REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE CONTACTED THE ONLY DEALER IN HIS AREA AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER OVER A DOZEN TIMES. *JB

YAMAHA ZUMA FUEL PUMP FAILURE. NOTE YAMAHA ZUMA IS NOT AN OPTION FOR VEHICLE INFORMATION/DESCRIPTION CHOICE. JUST CHOSE 125CC BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T LET ME GO FORWARD WITH COMPLAINT. 1. AT APPROX 500 MILES ON ODOMETER WHEN ENGINE HOT OR AFTER USE WILL NOT RESTART UNTIL ENGINE COOLED DOWN. 2. AT APPROX 600 MILES ON ODOMETER WILL NOT START AT ALL. CURRENTLY AT 1200 MILES ON ODOMETER AND EXPERIENCING SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS ALL OVER AGAIN. 3. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP. 1ST ONE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANT.... :-( *TR

AFTER STARTING MY MOTORCYCLE FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT DAY, MY WIFE AND I RODE IT .9 MILES WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. I WAS MIDWAY THROUGH A STEEP, DOWNHILL LEFT TURN WHEN I LOST POWER. I STOPPED THE BIKE USING A COMBINATION OF FRONT AND REAR BRAKES, STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. SEVERAL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WERE ILLUMINATED. BOTH TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE LIT WITHOUT FLASHING. THE LCD FUEL GAUGE WAS FLASHING. THE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE BIKE'S HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE HORN DID NOT WORK. THESE SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BEFORE ON FJRFORUM.COM AS I WAS 150 MILES FROM HOME, I MADE A PHONE CALL TO A FRIEND AND ASKED HIM TO GO ON FJRFORUM.COM AND FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. FOLLOWING THE DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTOS OFFERED ON THE FORUM, I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A MELTED CONNECTOR. IT IS KNOWN AS A "GROUND SPIDER". AFTER REMOVING THE GROUND SPIDER, CLEANING IT AND REINSTALLING IT, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE BIKE RUNNING. THE BIKE RAN NORMALLY FOR 4 OR 5 MILES BEFORE THE SAME PROBLEM RETURNED. KNOWING WHAT TO LOOK FOR, I AGAIN PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLED THE BIKE TO AGAIN HAVE ACCESS TO THE GROUND SPIDER. THIS TIME, I CUT THE MELTED PLASTIC OFF THE LUGS, EXPOSING THEM AND USED UTILITY WIRE TO BIND THEM TOGETHER. THE BIKE RAN NORMALLY AFTER THAT. I WAS ABLE TO RIDE THE BIKE HOME. I WOULD LIKE YAMAHA TO CORRECT THIS DESIGN FLAW. THE PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED. SOME VERY INTELLIGENT FJR OWNERS HAVE TRIED TO MAKE THE BEST OF THIS SITUATION. YAMAHA COULD EASILY USE THE INFORMATION GENEROUSLY SHARED ON FJRFORUM.COM TO CORRECT THEIR PROBLEMATIC WIRING HARNESS. *TR

1. DROVE TO DOLLAR GENERAL STORE 1/2 MILE ...TEMP IN THE HIGH 80'S. 2. DID MY SHOPPING CAME OUT AND YAMAHA ZUMA 2009 WOULDN'T START. NO FUEL PUMP SOUND. 3. HAD TO CALL YAMAHA TO GET DEALERSHIP STARTED ON FIX. 4. YAMAHA CALLED DEALER TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP. 5. LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON "ZUMAFORUMS.NET. 6. NO OFFICIAL RECALL. MAYBE IS NEEDED! *TR

MOTORCYCLE STALLS OUT AFTER WARMING UP, WHEN CLUTCH IS PULLED IN OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. WITH THE THROTTLE BEING HELD, KEEPING THE RPMS HIGHER, IT WON'T STALL BUT THE THROTTLE RESPONSE HAS A BAD LAG AND THE ENGINE HESITATES AS IF ITS NOT GETTING ANY GAS OR AT LEAST INTERMITTENTLY NOT GETTING GAS. THERE ARE NO FAULT CODES THAT APPEAR AND AFTER TURNING THE MOTORCYCLE OFF AND BACK ON HELPS FIX THE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT WHILE. *TR