Consumer Complaint Detail

YAMAHA / XV1700 / 2007

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006096465 Incident Date: Dec, 20 2006
Consumer's City: ARLINGTON Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Model Name: XV1700 Model Year: 2007
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JYARN20E47A Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 25 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*- the contact stated that the 2007 yamha yzf r1 motorcycle took approximately 4-9seconds to accelerate when in second gear. this problem generally occurred at 47-49 mph and 5500 rpms. the contact stated once accelerated it lurched more than he would like. the contact first noticed the problem during icy road conditions, contact noticed the acceleration problem occurred during all road conditions, and therewas no particular time of the day when this occurred.. yamaha informed the contact the acceleration problem was due to the way the motorcycle was designed, and there was no way to fix the problem. the motorcycle currently had 1,000 miles.