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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003243801 | Incident Date: Sep, 12 2003 |
| Consumer's City: CLINTON | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA |
| Model Name: YAMAHA | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JY4AM01311C | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 29 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 14 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 1 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My 2001 yamaha raptor 660 experienced a complete failure of 2nd gear while in the middle of the woods. the machine was not abused or used improperly and had under 200 hours on it. i called yamaha about getting it fixed and the politely told me that they were not aware of any problem, did not have any bulletins or recalls on the 2001 raptor and that they did not intend on doing anything about it. after researching i found that there are numerous complaints about failures with the 2001 machines and that yamaha re-designed the gears for 2002. the following link is from a website where many people have expressed their complaints. http://www.bluetraxx.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1034 the failure is often a total lock-up of the transmission. it should be recalled for defect and safety reasons. the cost to repair my transmission will be in excess of $1,000.00. *la |
