Consumer Complaint Detail

YAMAHA / YAMAHA / 2001

Recalls
2 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000231979 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: COLLBRAN Consumer's State: CO
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Model Name: YAMAHA Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 2
Vehicle's VIN#: 9999 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 12 2003 Complaint Type: CON
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: Ltr fm john and lori redmond (co) request help in getting yamaha motor corp to recall the defective transmission on their road star motorcycles. *mr other vehicles include road stars, silverados, midnight stars, wild stars, warrior, and v-star. the consumer felt that yamaha was involved in a cover up. they were not consistent with dealing with their customer. the transmission locked up, the back tire locked up, the bike had gone into the air and hit hard on the left side. there was also a whining and or grinding sound, and a loose ball bearings. *scc