Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2003 record →
RECALL# 03V309000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE.. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER IN JANUARY 2004. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO STATED THE MANUFACTURER WILL SEND THE PARTS AT THE END OF MARCH 2004, AND CONSUMER MUST GO ON A WAITING LIST. CONSUMER CONTACTED SEVERAL OTHER DEALERS WHO ALSO DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS. *AK
CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED OF RECALL 03V309000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HOWEVER, PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY. *AK
BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURE OF YAMAHA ARE NOT SURE WHEN THE PARTS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE TRANSMISSION RECALL. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN A MONTH AND THEY ARE SAYING IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER MONTH AND ADVISED THE CONSUMER NOT TO DRIVE THE MOTORCYCLE. NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 03V309000 TRANSMISSION; REAR WHEEL LOCK-UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH MOTORCYCLE'S FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS FELL OFF. AS A RESULT, DRIVER LOSTS ALL BRAKING ABILITY. *AK
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 03V309000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THE PARTS THAT WERE NEEDED TO REPAIR THE MOTORCYCLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND IT COULD BE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. *AK THE RECALL WAS DATED FOR 01/09/2004 AND THE RECALL PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. *SC *JB
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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