| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007100585 | Incident Date: Mar, 29 2007 |
| Consumer's City: JEFFERSON HILLS | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA |
| Model Name: YZFR1 | Model Year: 2007 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JYARN20EX7A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 30 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 28 2007 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I was riding my motorcycle on the highway while i came up behind a car in the right lane. the speed limit is 65 mph and the car was doing 50 mph in 2nd gear. i decided to pass the car in the left lane. i signaled to get into the left lane checked my mirrors and started to move over and at the same time accelerate. for some reason it felt like the motorcycle turned off. there was no acceleration for about 2 seconds. i was lucky that there was no cars in the left lane. after about 2 seconds the bike accelerated as normal. i looked up the information online about this issue and i found out this problem is common for all the 2007 yamaha r1's in the usa. i have already duplicated this problem over 10 times in second gear at 5500 rpm's. *jb |
