YAMAHA Complaints

INTERMITTENT STALLING AND ERRATIC,RANDOM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO A NO RUN CONDITION. WITH INFORMATION LEARNED FROM OTHER MOTORCYCLE OWNERS OF THIS SAME MAKE AND MODEL MOTORCYCLE WHO HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM,DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED BURNED WIRING HARNESS GROUND SPIDER CONNECTION. BURNED SECTION CUT OFF AND DISCARDED. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2006 YAMAHA STRATOLINER HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS, THE GAUGES STOP WORKING ON A REGULAR BASIS BUT NOW THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STARTED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. I HAVE FOUND NO RECALL BUT EVERY ROADLINER/STRATOLINER OWNER I HAVE TALKED TO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 YAMAHA YZFR1 MOTORCYCLE. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION THERE WAS A LOUD TICKING AND KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED DURING THE TRAVEL. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE ENGINE FAILURE SINCE THE PURCHASE DATE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 12/27/10

THE VEHICLE IS A 2002 YAMAHA V STAR 1100 CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE WITH APPROX. 74,000 MILES.THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE INCIDENT WERE JUST NORMAL RIDING CONDITIONS FOR THIS MOTORCYCLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED OFF WITH THE NUT THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WITH THIS PARTICULAR MOTORCYCLE, WITH ALL OF THE BREAKAGE OCCURRING IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT. THIS DEFECT COULD LEAD TO THE DRIVE SHAFT JAMMING UP AND CAUSING SERIOUS HARM AND QUITE POSSIBLY DEATH FROM AN ACCIDENT. THUS FAR YAMAHA HAS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE. IT IS A VERY COSTLY AND EXPENSIVE REPAIR INVOLVING BASICALLY DISASSEMBLING THE BIKE TO GET AT THE BROKEN PART. THE COMPLETE REPAIR WOULD COST AROUND $2000.00. AND IF THEY ARE REPLACING WITH THE SAME YAMAHA OEM PARTS I WOULD IMAGINE THE RISK IS THERE FOR THE FAILURE TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AND ADDRESSED BY YAMAHA. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 YAMAHA YZFR1 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL TICKING COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT STATED THE NOISE PROGRESSED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY BACKFIRE WITH LIMITED POWER AND PRESSURE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE TO BE CAUSED BY THE VALVE STEM WHICH WAS PLACED INCORRECTLY AND COULD POTENTIALLY BREAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE CONTACT WAS NO LONGER DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000.

MIDDLE DRIVEN SHAFT RETAINING BOLT SHEARED OFF WHILE RIDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. *TR

VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AND VEHICLE STALLED AS IT WAS BEING PARKED. WOULD NOT RESTART. SEVERAL INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE LIT ON THE DASHBOARD SIMULTANEOUSLY. SUSPECTED A DEAD SHORT IN ELECTRIC SYSTEM. SEVEN KNOWN GROUND BLOCKS IN THE WIRING HARNESS WERE EXAMINED AND DETECTED SHORT CIRCUIT AND OVERHEATED TERMINALS IN S4 GROUND BLOCK. ATTEMPTED TO JUMPER THE BLOCK TO A FRAME GROUND POINT AND THAT RESULTED IN A SUCCESSFUL RESTART OF THE ENGINE, HOWEVER THE JUMPER WAS ONLY TEMPORARY COULD NOT BE PERMANENTLY ATTACHED, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. HAD GROUND BLOCK FAILED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE CRASHED. *TR

WHILE WAITING AT A RED LIGHT MY SCOOTER JUST STALLED OUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. IT WAS A HOT DAY AND AFTER LETTING MY SCOOTER COOL FOR AN HOUR OR SO IT STARTED BACK UP. SEEMS EVERY TIME IT IS 90+ DEGREES OUT THE SCOOTERS FUEL PUMP WILL FAIL AND STRAND ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. AS OF THIS WRITING, YAMAHA HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A PROBLEM EXISTS EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN HEARING OF NUMEROUS REPORTS ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM FROM OTHER ZUMA 125 RIDERS. *TR

MY ZUMA 125 SCOOTER WITH AROUND 800 MILES STALLED WHILE I WAS IDLING IN A FAST FOOD DRIVE-THRU ON A DAY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 90 F AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER LETTING THE SCOOTER COOL DOWN FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN THE SHADE. THIS SAME ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN ON ANOTHER HOT DAY AROUND 95 F WHILE I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT ON A BUSY ROAD. AFTER PUSHING MY SCOOTER TO A NEARBY GAS STATION I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER COOLING DOWN THE SCOOTER FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN THE SHADE. I AM NOW UNABLE TO START OR KEEP MY SCOOTER RUNNING WHEN IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT ON A HOT DAY AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS ON COOLER DAYS OR IN THE EVENING. I HAVE CALLED LOCAL YAMAHA DEALERS AND THEIR PRIMARY CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO KNOWN ISSUES. AFTER CHECKING ONLINE FORUMS I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE FUEL PUMP, WHICH YAMAHA HAS SINCE REDESIGNED, YET STILL DOES NOT RECOGNIZE AS THE SAFETY ISSUE THAT IT IS. MY FUEL PUMP ISSUE STILL EXISTS AND I AM UNABLE TO RIDE MY SCOOTER DURING THE DAY. THE FUEL PUMPS ARE ALSO CURRENTLY ON BACKORDER DUE TO THE COMMON FAILURES. *TR

WHENEVER THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS OVER 80 DEGREES, MY BIKE DOES NOT START EVERY TIME. EVEN IF IT SIT AT IDLE, IT MAY CUT OUT, AND WHEN I STOP THE ENGINE AND IT WILL TAKE A SEVERAL TRY TO GET IT STARTED IF AT ALL. *TR