I was riding the motorcycle during daylight hours, and I noticed some glitchy electrical behavior. The turn signal indicators were dimly lit, turn signals themselves were inoperative, horn inoperative, windshield vertical adjustment inoperative, etc. The important part was that both headlights were inoperative, which would be a huge problem if I was riding during nighttime hours. The engine continued to operate normally and I rode the bike home. The symptoms indicated a failed grounding connector. I removed the left side fairing and located a ground connector under the glove box/storage compartment that had scorch/burn marks on it. I cleaned the connector and applied conductive grease to prevent future corrosion. Problem solved…all electrical components worked normally. There was a previous NHTSA campaign for 2006-2009 FJR1300 models, 11V-338, that addressed a failed grounding connector. This bike is a 2012 model which was not addressed by the earlier campaign, and my failed grounding connector was a different one than was addressed by the campaign. I’ll attach a photo of my failed connector as well as a schematic of the ground connectors. The schematic is not an official Yamaha drawing, but from a group of FJR owners that have been working to solve the grounding problems. The original campaign addressed only the “S4” connector located under the fuel tank near the coolant thermostat on the forward left-hand side of the engine valve cover. My failed component was the “S6” conn
2012 Yamaha FJR1300
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsElectrical System
Filed Nov 26, 2022CA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2007| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2012 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.