Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2004 Yamaha Yamaha

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition › switch. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Jan 10, 201026,000 milesFL

1. IGNITION SWITCH WOULD SOMETIMES NOT WORK. 2. IF TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND DOWNSHIFTED, VIBRATION WOULD KILL IGNITION SWITCH AND ENGINE WOULD DIE AND CARS BEHIND YOU CAME UP FAST AS THE BIKE WAS SLOWING DOWN. VERY UNSAFE...JIGGLED KEY AND ENGINE STARTED BACK UP.3. CONTACTED YAMAHA SINCE BIKE WAS 6 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE THE SWITCH AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE LABOR TO REPLACE OLD SWITCH. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE SWITCHES ON THE VENTURES... *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2004 — this page1000Routine
200329010Routine
200260010Routine
200132000Routine
200012000Routine
199916000Routine
199810000Routine
19973000Routine
19965010Routine
19951000Routine
19941000Routine
19939000Routine
19911001Fatalities reported

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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.