2003 Yamaha Yzfr6

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › manual transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Manual Transmission1
000
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Aug 11, 201113,500 milesFM

2003 YAMAHA YZF R6 SHUTS DOWN DURING RIDE OR AT A STOP. WAS RIDING MY BIKE FROM MY STORAGE TO THE HOUSE WHEN IT JUST STARTED IDLING LOW AND SHUTTING OFF. I'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN 09 WITH ONLY 4K MILES ON IT. SOMETIMES IF BULKS AND LOOSES POWER AND IT JUST SHUTS OFF...SO FAR IF I SHUT OFF THE BKE AND WAIT ACOUPLE OF MINUTES IF STARTS RIGHT UP AS IF IT JUST NEEDS TO BE RESET BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT HAPPENING AS I'M GOING AROUND A CURVE OR IN HIGH TRAFFIC OR SPEEDS. I'VE HAD YAMAHA DEALERS AND PERFORMANCE TECH DO DIAGNOSTICS ON IT AND THEY SAY ITS ELECTRICAL BUT CANT SAY WHICH PART EXACTLY. I'VE REPLACED FUSES, THE TPS, AND THE COIL WITH NO RESULTS. *TR

Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Jun 4, 20068,500 milesNH

I AM POSTING THIS COMPLAINT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER POSTED ABOUT THE YAMAHA R6 MOTORCYCLE. MINE WAS A 2003 AND I BELIEVE MOST OF THE ISSUES ARE WITH THIS YEAR. THE BIKE SHUT OFF WHILE RIDING WHEN PULLING IN THE CLUTCH OR LETTING THE RPM'S DIP LOW WHEN COMING TO A STOP - BELOW ABOUT 2500. BIKE SHOULD HAVE IDLED EASILY AROUND 1500. IT WAS IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES AND NO DEALER COULD FIGURE IT OUT. WE CALLED YAMAHA AND THEY SAID THEY'D NEVER HEARD OF IT . NOT TRUE. PLEASE SEE THIS WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.R6MESSAGENET.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=30990&HIGHLIGHT=NHTSA AND HTTP://WWW.R6MESSAGENET.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=1513&HIGHLIGHT=NHTSA FOR DETAILS ON MANY OTHER RIDERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM - AND YAMAHA DENIES THEY EVER HEARD OF IT. MANY OTHERS HAVE CALLED THEM WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET KILLED. I FINALLY TRADED IT IN BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE. IT HAD HAPPENED TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE LAST DATE REPORTED WAS THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER (APPROXIMATE DATE). *JB

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20141100Routine
20131100Routine
20120100Routine
20110100Routine
20100200Routine
20091200Routine
20080200Routine
20073100Routine
20065310Routine
20052200Routine
20042000Routine
2003 — this page2000Routine
20023000Routine
200128000Routine
20001100Routine
19993100Routine

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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.