Consumer Complaint Detail

YAMAHA / FZ6 / 2004

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006080628 Incident Date: Sep, 09 2006
Consumer's City: GREENDALE Consumer's State: WI
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Model Name: FZ6 Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: JYARJ08E64A Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 30 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 18 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Yamaha 2004 fz6 bike runs good for a while, and all the sudden the engine loses 90 % of its power, i have to turn the key off, then back on to regain power while in traffic, one time this happen i gave it to much gas to get out of traffic ,and i flipped the bike over in the middle of the street. it was my lucky day nobody ran over me. looking at this web site , there is a lot of other fz6 riders with the same problem, i have asked 4 yamaha dealers if anyone else is having this problem and they all said no? well they sure do by looking on this web,i have the exact same problems as though others on this site, and a factory recall is needed! someone going to die if not already that we know of because of this problem. *nm