YAMAHA Complaints

2006 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE. 11300 MILES ON IT. TRAVELING ON ROAD AT 50 MPH. ABRUPTLY THERE WAS A TOTAL SHUT DOWN OF MOTOR AND ELECTRICS. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED FAILURE PUBLISHED ON THE FJR FORUM. THE SOLDER JOINT HOLDING THE BROWN IGNITION WIRE TO THE BOARD IN THE SWITCH COMES FREE AND IT IS SAME AS TURNING THE SWITCH OFF. THIS WOULD BE AND MAYBE HAS BEEN A DEADLY SITUATION IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC. WITH THE SURPRISE WHEN IT HAPPENS AND THE DEAD MOTOR CAUSING THE BIKE TO SLOW VERY QUICKLY COULD CAUSE A REAR END COLLISION. ON A MOTORCYCLE THAT ANT GOOD. A FACTORY RECALL IS URGENTLY NEEDED TO REPLACE THESE SWITCHES WITH A UPDATED ONE. A NEW SWITCH WILL BE ORDERED BY DEALER BUT WILL IT DO THE SAME THING? WILL I BE THIS LUCKY AGAIN? *TR

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED WHEN IN MOTION. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND CAUSES THE MOTORCYCLE TO LOSE ALL POWER. DEALER REPLACED SWITCH. I'M REPORTING THIS SO THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON YAMAHA TO REPLACE ALL SWITCHES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 YAMAHA FZ6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY FOUR TIMES. THE HEADLIGHT AND STARTER WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES. ON AUGUST 23, 2008, THE BATTERY FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. SHE CHARGED THE BATTERY FOR SEVERAL HOURS, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

WHILE GAINING SPEED UP ON RAMP TO THE FREEWAY ALL POWER SHUT DOWN ON THE BIKE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND CYCLED THE IGNITION SWITCH. I THEN WIGGLED WIRES BELOW THE SWITCH AND WAS ABLE TO START THE BIKE. IT DIED THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE I REACHED HOME. EACH TIME MOVING THE WIRES WOULD ALLOW POWER TO RETURN. *TR

IGNITION SWITCH AND POWER TO BIKE BECAME ERRATIC WHEN TURNING KEY ON. FIRST FAILURE APPEARED TO BE CLEARED UPON REPETITIVE CYCLING OF THE IGNITION WITH KEY. FINAL OCCURRENCE RESULTED WITH BIKE FAILING TO POWER UP AT ALL ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS LATER. PER INFORMATION OBTAINED ON THE INTERNET AT FJRFORUM.COM TITLED "FJRF003: IGNITION FAILURES ON FJRS", I DISASSEMBLED IGNITION SWITCH. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BROWN WIRE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD DETACHED ITSELF FROM THE SOLDER CONNECTION WITH THE MATING RED WIRE PARTIALLY LIFTED FROM ITS SOLDER CONNECTION. SOLDER CONNECTIONS CLEANED AND RESOLDERED. BIKE APPEARS TO BE OKAY TO DATE. *TR

AFTER RIDING 600 MILES AFTER THE CRASH ,I STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND THE BIKE DID NOT START . THE SECOND TIME I WAS AT THE BIKE DEALER AND WAS LEAVING LET OUT THE CLUTCH THE BIKE STALLED AND DID NOT START THE NEW IGNITION HAD 600 MILES ON IT. *TR

JUST LEFT WORK RIDING MY 2002 YAMAHA V-STAR 1100 HEARD A WHINNING NOISE AS I WAS DECELERATING, MADE IT HOME AND DECIDED TO TAKE THE BIKE TO THE SHOP, ON MY WAY TO THE SHOP THE BIKE STARTED SHAKING VERY BADLY HAD TO PULL OVER OR I WAS GOING TO EAT THE PAVEMENT THIS BEING MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION I WAS IN '!@#$% CREEK. FOUND OUT THROUGH A SHOP THAT MY MIDDLE GEAR DRIVE SHAFT HAD SNAPPED AND IS GOING TO COST 2500 DOLLARS NEED HELP COULD GET IT DONE FOR 1200 IF A PRIVATE MECHANIC THAT WORK ON HARLEYS TO DO IT HOW COULD I GET TO WORK WHEN IT'S 45 MILES FROM MY HOME? *TR

I PURCHASES A BRAND NEW 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300 FROM OTD MOTORSPORTS IN MARINA DEL RAY CALIFORNIA. THE MOTORCYCLE HAD 1 MILE ON THE ODOMETER. AFTER RIDING THE BIKE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS A BAD ENGINE SURGE BEGAN TO APPEAR. NOT A NORMAL SLOW METHODICAL BOOST OF ENERGY BUT A SUDDEN ALMOST OVERWHELMING BOOST OF POWER. IT WOULD CONSISTENTLY HAPPEN DURING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION. SEVERAL TIMES WHILE HAVING A PASSENGER ON THE BACK OF THE BIKE, SHE ALMOST FELL OFF DUE TO THIS POWER SURGE. I TOOK IT TO HOUSE OF MOTORCYCLE IN EL CAJON CALIFORNIA TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. SEVERAL TECHNICIANS TOOK THE BIKE FOR A RIDE AND FOUND THE SAME DANGEROUS ISSUE. AFTER TALKING WITH YAMAHA CORPORATION IN CYPRESS CALIFORNIA IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS A "QUIRK" OF THIS MODEL AND YEAR OF BIKE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE FIX WAS SIMPLE, I PURCHASED A DYNOJET POWER COMMANDER AND A G2 THROTTLE TUBE. THE SURGE IS NON EXISTENT WITH THESE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER. IF I BYPASS THE POWER COMMANDER AND USE THE STOCK ECU THE SURGE IS STILL VERY PRONOUNCED. BEFORE I FIXED THE ISSUE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE SURGE, A ALMOST THREW MY MESSENGER FROM THE BIKE AND B ALMOST PUT ME INTO ANOTHER LANE WHILE ACCELERATION AND TURNING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS "QUIRK" AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE YAMAHA CORPORATION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

06 YAMAHA FJR 1300 IGNITION FAILURE, WHILE PARKED,NO ACCIDENT . THEN BIKE STARTED. HAS REPEATED FAILURE SEVERAL TIMES OVER LAST FEW DAYS.. BIKE IN YAMAHA SHOP NOW BEING CHECKED. BIKE HAS APPOX.16,800 MILES ON IT. *TR

2006 YAMAHA FJRA. TURNED KEY ON, NOTHING. AFTER READING THE COMMENTS ON IGNITION FAILURE, CALLED AAA TO HAVE MY '06FJRA TOWED TO THE YAMAHA DEALER. THE YAMAHA DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER CHECKED ON IGNITION AND WAS TOLD "THERE'S NONE IN THE COUNTRY". HE HAD NO IDEA HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THE PART. INDICATED THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH ALL YEARS OF THE FJR. *TR