Consumer Complaint Detail

YAMAHA / YAMAHA / 9999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000231932 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: COLLBRAN Consumer's State: CO
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP
Model Name: YAMAHA Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 9999 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 06 2003 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: With yamaha motors buying back damaged and totaled motorcycle parts. *mr there were transmission failures that involved road star, silverado, midnight star, wild star, and warrior. (estimated manufacturing dates were march 200, and august 2001) most riders were given no warning signs, some have been seriously injured and the cause for these transmission failures was being researched. yamaha motor corp. usa demanded dealers to return damaged parts back to them or they would not get paid, instead of allowing the owner to have their gears tested for rockwell hardness, magne-fluxing, and x-ray by an independent source. the consumer asked yamaha to fix the engine knock which was not related to the transmission failure and they refused to fix it for one year. yamaha offered to replace the transmission. the consumer felt that yamaha were trying to hide evidence. *scc