MY 1999 YAMAHA V STAR 1100 CC MOTORCYCLE HAS A STARTER PROBLEM,WHEN YOU TRY TO START THE ENGINE THE ENGINE KICKS BACK WHICH IN TURNS TWISTS THE STARTER BOLTS.I HAD BIKE IN SHOP @ DOHM'S CYCLE SHOP IN CHARLESTON WV.THEY WORKED ON IT AND SAID THE BOLTS WAS TWISTED AND THEY NEEDED REPLACED.I INSTRUCTED THEM THAT IT WOULDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEM.AFTER THEM HAVING MY BIKE FOR APPROX 23 DAYS THEY CALLED AND SAID IT WAS FIXED.I WENT TO PICK IT UP AND AS SOON AS I STARTED IT I KNEW IT WASN'T FIXED.I PAID THEM APPROX $131.00.RODE ABOUT 1 MILE AND STOPPED TO GET GAS AND WHEN I RESTARTED IT THE BOLTS TWISTED AGAIN..I CALLED THEM ON MONDAY AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIX THE BIKE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING PROBLEM.I HAD ALREADY FAXED THEM 10-15 PAGES ON THIS ISSUSE CONCERNING TWISTED STARTER BOLTS THAT I RESEARCHED ON INTERNET,DESCRIBING IN DETAIL WHAT THE STARTERS WAS DOING AND WHAT CAUSED IT.EVERYONE ON THE FORUM WAS COMPLAINING SAYING THAT YAMAHA HAD A PROBLEM AND WOULDN'T STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT.I WAS REIMBURSED FOR THE LABOR AND TO THIS DAY THE BOLTS ARE STILL TWISTED AND IT'S NOT FIXED.
1999 Yamaha XVS1100
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › starter assembly. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System › Starter Assembly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsElectrical System › Starter Assembly
Filed May 16, 20057,000 milesWV
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.