HELLO, MY NAME IS [XXX] AND I LIVE IN ROMANIA. I OWN A YAMAHA FZ6S MADE IN 2004, VIN [XXX], 72 KW. ON THE 2010/07/24 I HAD A CRASH BECAUSE THE ENGINE OG THE BIKE STALLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. I HAD NO MAJOR WOUND, BUT I SCRATCHED THE BIKE. LOOKIN OVER THE INTERNET TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, I HAVE DISCOVERED THE TPS PROBLEM (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V371000) AND THE SERVICE RECALL BULLETIN FROM YAMAHA MOTOR CORP. I WENT TO THE YAMAHA DEALER IN BUCHAREST, THEY HAVE CHECKED THE BIKE AND THEY ADMITTED THAT THE TAPS SENSOR IS FAULTY. BUT THE SURPRISE COMES NOW: THEY REFUSE THE CHANGE THE PART (WHICH WAS NEVER CHANGED, BY THE WAY), UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. I AM REALLY FRUSTRATED ABOUT THIS. I WAS TRYING TO GET AN OFFICIAL YAMAHA EMAIL TO WRITE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND SUCH AN EMAIL ADDRESS ON THE OFFICIAL YAMAHA WEBSITE, SO I AM WRITING TO YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME WITH SOME CONTACTS (EMAIL OR PHONE) OF YAMAHA MOTOR CORP. (HEADQUARTERS OF USA AND/OR EUROPE) IN ORDER TO WRITE TO THEM OR CALL THEM TO SEE IF THIS IS THE WAY THEY TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS. YOU CAN FIND ME AT: [XXX]THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP! [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
2004 Yamaha FZS6
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the vehicle speed control. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsVehicle Speed ControlCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 30, 201000
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2008Reading 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.