2005 YAMAHA FJR1300 Problems & Recalls

About a month ago I purchased a 2005 Yamaha fjr1300. After purchasing I was out riding when the bike suddenly stalled. Upon reengaging the clutch, the back tire kicked out very hard and caused me to wreck the bike. I sent the bike to Guntersville Power Sports to have the bike fixed. Upon examination...

About a month ago I purchased a 2005 Yamaha fjr1300. After purchasing I was out riding when the bike suddenly stalled. Upon reengaging the clutch, the back tire kicked out very hard and caused me to wreck the bike. I sent the bike to Guntersville Power Sports to have the bike fixed. Upon examination...

About a month ago I purchased a 2005 Yamaha fjr1300. After purchasing I was out riding when the bike suddenly stalled. Upon reengaging the clutch, the back tire kicked out very hard and caused me to wreck the bike. I sent the bike to Guntersville Power Sports to have the bike fixed. Upon examination...

IGNITION SWITCH IS INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES AFTER TURNING SWITCH TO OFF POSITION THEN BACK TO THE ON POSITION, MOTORCYCLE WILL NOT START AND GAGE HAVE NO POWER. SOMETIME I MAY HAVE TO TURN KEY ON AND OFF FIFTY OR MORE TIMES AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T WORK. MOTORCYCLE HAS LESS THAN 17,000 MILES ON IT ...

Mileage: 15,000

IGNITION SWITCH IS INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES AFTER TURNING SWITCH TO OFF POSITION THEN BACK TO THE ON POSITION, MOTORCYCLE WILL NOT START AND GAGE HAVE NO POWER. SOMETIME I MAY HAVE TO TURN KEY ON AND OFF FIFTY OR MORE TIMES AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T WORK. MOTORCYCLE HAS LESS THAN 17,000 MILES ON IT ...

Mileage: 15,000

IGNITION SWITCH IS INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES AFTER TURNING SWITCH TO OFF POSITION THEN BACK TO THE ON POSITION, MOTORCYCLE WILL NOT START AND GAGE HAVE NO POWER. SOMETIME I MAY HAVE TO TURN KEY ON AND OFF FIFTY OR MORE TIMES AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T WORK. MOTORCYCLE HAS LESS THAN 17,000 MILES ON IT ...

Mileage: 15,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 YAMAHA FJR1300A. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A FAILED SOLDER CONNECTING WIRE FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 36,500

REAR ANTI LOCK BRAKES HAVE STOPPED WORKING. YAMAHA SAYS THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX. THE MOTORCYCLE OBVIOUSLY IS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT IS NO LONGER AS SAFE AS IT ONCE WAS. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

NOTICED DELAMINATION OF TIRE TREAD OF FRONT TIRE. TWO LARGE BLISTERS NEAR THE MIDDLE OF TREAD. ONE ABOUT 1" DIA., THE OTHER ABOUT 3" LONG. TIRE MILEAGE WAS 6,129. TIRE TYPE IS SHINKO R011 SIZE 120/70/ZR17. DATE CODE IS 3012. TIRE COULD HAVE CATASTROPHICALLY DEFLATED. VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT. ...

Mileage: 58,800

NOTICED DELAMINATION OF TIRE TREAD OF FRONT TIRE. TWO LARGE BLISTERS NEAR THE MIDDLE OF TREAD. ONE ABOUT 1" DIA., THE OTHER ABOUT 3" LONG. TIRE MILEAGE WAS 6,129. TIRE TYPE IS SHINKO R011 SIZE 120/70/ZR17. DATE CODE IS 3012. TIRE COULD HAVE CATASTROPHICALLY DEFLATED. VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT. ...

Mileage: 58,800

I WAS PULLING UP TO A STOP LIGHT AND LOST ALL POWER. DIAGNOSIS SHOWED A FAILED IGNITION SWITCH. ONLINE INVESTIGATION INDICATES YAMAHA WAS FORCED BY THE NHTSA TO RECALL 2006-09 FJR 1300 MODELS FOR THIS SWITCH FAILURE, AND THERE ARE A HUGE NUMBER OF 2001-05 OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME FAILURE. T...

Mileage: 53,198

I WAS EXITING INTERSTATE 81 NEAR HARRISBURG, PA, WHEN THE OEM ACCESSORY STORAGE TRUNK FELL OFF THE BACK OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THE MOUNTING BRACKET CRACKED, ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN. THANKFULLY, MY PASSENGER DID NOT FALL OFF, AS THE TRUNK DOUBLES AS A BACKREST. ALSO THANKFULLY, THERE WAS NOT A VEHICLE...

Mileage: 22,000

MOTORCYCLE ABRUPTLY SHUT OFF, AFTER DIAGNOSING FOR AN HOUR DETERMINED THAT IT IS WAS THE ELECTRIC IGNITION / SWITCH. EVIDENTLY 2006 MODELS AND UP HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND YAHAMA ISSUED A RECALL, FURTHER RESEARCH SHOW PREVIOUS MODELS HAVE AND ARE BEING AFFECTED AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 63,500

ABS FAILED UNDER EMERGENCY BRAKING APPLICATION AND THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL. ROAD TESTING FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT CONFIRMED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. *TR

Mileage: 26,352

THIS REPORT IS IN REGARD TO THE SECOND EVENT REGARDING FUEL GEYSERING OUT OF THE FUEL TANK. DURING A REFUELING STOP IN GUNNISON, COLORADO, I OPENED THE FUEL CAP. THERE WAS A WHOOSHING SOUND AND FUEL LITERALLY SPEWED INTO THE AIR ABOUT 3 FEET, COVERING ME AND MOST OF THE MOTORCYCLE IN GASOLINE. PRIOR...

Mileage: 27,000

IGNITION SWITCH ON MY 2004 YAMAHA FJR1300 FAILED WITHOUT NOTICE WHILE RIDING AT 60 MPH. THE MOTORCYCLE IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL POWER AND HAD TO BE TOWED. *TR

05 YAMAHA FJR 1300 MY MOTORCYCLE JUST STALLED ON THE FREEWAY TWICE ON MY LAST TRIP. USUALLY I DON'T GO VERY FAR BUT ON THIS TRIP WE RODE FOR 5 STRAIGHT HRS AND THIS HAPPENED. THERE IS A THROTTLE SENSOR RECALL ON THIS BIKE. I GAVE THEM MY VIN# AND THEY SAID IT DID NOT PERTAIN TO MY BIKE. I BELIEVE T...

Mileage: 43,000

05 YAMAHA FJR 1300 MY MOTORCYCLE JUST STALLED ON THE FREEWAY TWICE ON MY LAST TRIP. USUALLY I DON'T GO VERY FAR BUT ON THIS TRIP WE RODE FOR 5 STRAIGHT HRS AND THIS HAPPENED. THERE IS A THROTTLE SENSOR RECALL ON THIS BIKE. I GAVE THEM MY VIN# AND THEY SAID IT DID NOT PERTAIN TO MY BIKE. I BELIEVE T...

Mileage: 43,000

AFTER RIDING 600 MILES AFTER THE CRASH ,I STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND THE BIKE DID NOT START . THE SECOND TIME I WAS AT THE BIKE DEALER AND WAS LEAVING LET OUT THE CLUTCH THE BIKE STALLED AND DID NOT START THE NEW IGNITION HAD 600 MILES ON IT. *TR

THE YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS IGNITION SWITCH FAILURES DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET. MY 2005 HAS FAILED TO START ON A FEW OCCASIONS AND TODAY I TOOK THE TIME WITH AN OHMMETER TO VERIFY THAT ONE SWITCH IN THE IGNITION SWITCH IS INTERMITTENT THUS PREVENTING THE BIKE FROM STARTING. *TR

Mileage: 31,000

GAS TANK ON A 2005 YAMAHA FJR1300A ERUPTED IN A GEYSER OF GASOLINE. WHAT HAPPENED?: ON MONDAY 7-16-07 I STOPPED FOR FUEL. IT WAS ABOUT 95 DEGREES, AND THE BIKE WAS HOT. IT WAS NOT OUTSIDE OF NORMAL OPERATING TEMP. - I HAD TWO BARS ON THE TEMP GAUGE. I OPENED THE FUEL CAP/DOOR AND LIQUID GASOLINE SP...

Mileage: 5,799

YAMAHA FJR1300, 2005 MODEL, EXHAUST VALVE NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH FAULTY VALVE GUIDE AND VALVE GUIDE SEAL DESIGN. THE NOISE STARTED AROUND 5000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED TO A LOUD TICKING. YAMAHA DEALER SAYS IT COULD BE A PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MODEL BUT ADVISED I WOULD ...

Mileage: 5,000

I HAVE A MOTORCYCLE AND A GREAT MANY TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS DO NOT ACTIVATE WHEN I AM AT AN INTERSECTION. SENSORS UNDER THE STREET TRIGGER MANY TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THESE SENSORS ARE OFTEN NOT ADJUSTED TO DETECT MOTORCYCLES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. I AM FORCED TO RUN THROUGH RED LIGHTS ALL THE TIME...