| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003224728 | Incident Date: Jun, 29 2003 |
| Consumer's City: YUKON | Consumer's State: OK |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA |
| Model Name: YAMAHA | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:starter assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JYAVP11E42A | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 15 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 14 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 2 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I have a 2002 yamaha v-star 1100 that the starter bolts are just starting to twist. apperently this is a common problem with all 1999-2002 yamaha v-star 1100 motorcycles. in model year 2003 yamaha redesigned the starter to prevent kickback from damaging the starter. since the older starters don't have this design, they are damaged every time that the engine kicks back. yamaha claims that the failures are because of operator error in starting the motorcycle, but if that is so, how come the redesign of the starter in 2003. i belong to the international star riders association, www.star-riders.org, and we conducted a poll of current v-star 1100 owners with starter problems. this web address, http://people.delphiforums.com/dadbenny/ documents the problems with these starters. yamaha needs to issue a recall and replace the older style starters with the newly redesigned starters. $319 to replace a starter on a new bike is rather steep. here is a excerpt from one of our members. yamaha says it has a torque limiter built into it and there is a rough diagram of it in the tech bullentin. the outsides were beefed up, but the larger head is necessary to house the torque limiter. bear in mind this doesn't eliminate kickback only helps ease the pain it causes to the one-way starter clutch and starter. the "official" reason from yamaha's rep for the mid-atlantic for the new starter is telling. he claims the original starter is fine. i asked him why, if there is nothing wrong with the original starter and starter clutch did they spend the time and money to redesign it. his reply, and i quote, "customer convenience". *ak |
