Consumer Complaint Detail

YAMAHA / YAMAHA / 1997

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999054782 Incident Date: Jun, 30 1999
Consumer's City: COON RAPIDS Consumer's State: MN
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Model Name: YAMAHA Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:switch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JYA4YEE01VA Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 04 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Motorcyle loses all power radomly at various speeds. extremely dangerous when in a passing situation. appears to be a short in the ignition switch since you can reach down and slightly touch the key to make the motorcyle restart while trraveling at various speeds. the dealer replaced one ignition switch which yamaha paid for. however, there have been reports of replacements switches also failing.