YAMAHA Complaints

FINAL DRIVE ASSEMBLY OF YAMAHA VSTAR TAKES ON WATER WHEN RIDING IN RAIN, OIL DEGRADES AND RESULTS IN INTERIOR BEARING ASSEMBLY FAILURE. METAL SHAVINGS CAN BE FOUND INSIDE FINAL DRIVE UNIT. OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED OF POSSIBLE BEARINGS BREAKING FREE AND RESULTING IN SPLINE LOCKUP... RENDERING A REAR TIRE LOCKUP AT ANY SPEED. METAL SHAVINGS CAUSE OIL SEALS TO FAIL RESULTING IN OIL BEING SPLATTERED ONTO REAR TIRE AND RESULTS IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT COULD RENDER THE OPERATOR WITHOUT TRACTION OF REAR TIRE ON CORNERING LEFT OR BRAKING DUE TO OIL ON TIRE. ON DISASSEMBLE OF THE FINAL DRIVE, BEARING BALLS WERE ALMOST BROKEN FREE AT 25,000 MILES OF SERVICE. IF BALL BEARINGS HAD BROKEN FREE, LOCKUP OF SPLINE COULD HAVE OCCURRED AS OTHERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED. MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO REPAIR. IN ORDER FOR CONSUMER TO TRANSPORT MOTORCYCLE SAFELY AFTER OIL SEAL FAILURE AND OIL ON TIRE, A TOW IS REQUIRED AND ABOUT 200 DOLLARS IN PARTS TO REPAIR. *TR

REAR BRAKE FAILURE AND TOTAL DESTRUCTION FROM A SINGLE MISSING BOLT. REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY LOST BOTTOM BOLT, ON BRAKING THIS RESULTED IN THE ENTIRE DRUM SPINNING AND BREAKING CONTROL ARM FROM DRUM AND WRAPPING LINKAGE ARM AROUND BRAKE DRUM. COMPLETE LOSS OF REAR BRAKES. *TR

1. RIDING MOTORCYCLE FOR ABOUT 50 MINUTES, OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE 80 DEGREES. PARKED MOTORCYCLE AND RETURNED TO IT 15 MINUTES LATER. 2. UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE, STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE, SMALL AMOUNT OF GASOLINE COMING FROM BOTTOM OF VENT TUBE. GENERALLY OCCURS WHEN ENGINE IS VERY HOT. 3. LET ENGINE COOL 10-20 MINUTES, WAITED FOR GAS SMELL TO DISSIPATE, ABLE TO RESTART. NO PARTS REPLACED. *TR

I OWN A 2003 YAMAHA ROAD STAR AND THE RECALL WAS DONE ON TRANS. BUT 3 WEEKS A GO IT LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS RIDING IT. THE SHOP TELLS ME IT WAS SECOND GEAR THAT BROKE, HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHY. IT ONLY HAS 18000 MILES AND ITS IN MINT SHAPE. NEVER BEEN TREATED ROUGH, DON'T THINK I COULD EVER RIDE IT AGAIN AND FEEL SAFE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ALONG THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY MY FJR1300A STALLED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. BOTH TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WERE ON SOLID, THE HI-BEAMS LIGHT WAS ON, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT SET TO THE "HI" POSITION, THE HORN DID NOT WORK, THE GLOVE BOX WOULD NOT OPEN, AND THE STARTER WOULD NOT ENGAGE. FORTUNATELY I WAS TRAVELING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC JUST BEFORE GETTING ONTO THE THROGS NECK BRIDGE. HAD THIS HAPPENED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, THINGS WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT VERY DIFFERENTLY. BASED ON THE RESEARCH DONE, THIS HAS ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF AN ISSUE ALREADY REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES REGARDING SOME GROUND CONNECTIONS. THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE IS IDENTICAL TO THE IGNITION SWITCH ISSUE THAT A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR, AND THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ACCORDINGLY BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES AS A RESULT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 YAMAHA ROADSTAR MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE ENGAGED THE THROTTLE, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED WHEN IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER NEVER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, INSTEAD THEY JUST INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS RIDING IT INCORRECTLY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 06V371000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000. UPDATED 11/05/10. *LJ UPDATED 12/15/10 *LJ UPDATED 12/27/10

BIKE JERKED VIOLENTLY DURING A TURN CAUSING A LOSE OF CONTROL BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE THE BIKE WANTED TO BUMP ME OFF AND ALMOST END IN A CRASH. *TR

VERY LOUD WHINING ON DECELERATION VIBRATION AT TAKEOFF GRINDING NOISE FREEWHEELING DRIVE TRAIN. *TR

I AM AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH FUEL PUMP FAILURE AND CONSEQUENT ENGINE STALLING IN YAMAHA MOTORCYCLE MODEL WR250R AND WR250X, MODEL YEAR 2008. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BY A RECALL IN JAPAN ON THIS MODEL (AS WELL AS OTHER MODELS USING THIS PUMP ASSEMBLY). AT THIS TIME, I SEE NO COMPLAINTS LISTED ON YOUR WEBSITE. AS THIS CONSTITUTES A SAFETY ISSUE, I THINK THAT A RECALL IN THE USA SHOULD BE REQUIRED. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED ON AT LEAST 3 POPULAR ENTHUSIAST WEB SITES. IF YOU CAN PROVIDE A SPECIFIC E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM TO REPORT TO, I CAN POST THIS INFORMATION ON THE APPROPRIATE FORUMS. FURTHER IN THIS FORM I CHECKED MODEL "CP250" BECAUSE THE PROPER MODEL WAS NOT LISTED AS A CHOICE. *TR

2006 STRATOLINER "S" HAS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH SPEEDOMETER LIGHT GLARE REFLECTING OFF OF THE FACTORY WINDSHIELD. THE GLARING LIGHT WHICH REFLECT IS SO BAD, I NEARLY CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE LATE AT NIGHT. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP TO MY DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT YAMAHA FAILS TO LISTEN AND CREATE A SPEEDOMETER GLARE SHIELD TO PREVENT THE BRIGHT SPEEDOMETER LIGHT FROM REFLECTING ONTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE PROBLEM IS SO SEVERE THAT ALL STRATOLINER OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS IN ALL ONLINE YAMAHA FORUMS. WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?! THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA BEFORE! DOES ONE OF US, STRATOLINER OWNERS, HAVE TO DIE??