2006 YAMAHA FJR1300A Problems & Recalls

HAD THE RECALL DONE ON THIS BIKE PER THE RECALL LETTER. ON OCT 18 2012 LOST ALL LIGHTS...WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GET BIKE HOME FOUND A GROUND CONNECTOR HAD MELTED. THE FIX BY YAMAHA DO NOT (THE BIKE NEEDS A NEW WIRE HARNESS NOT A JUMPER. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

AUG. 3RD 2010 WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON CA 101 AT ABOUT 4:00 PM IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC , THE ENGINE STOPPED DEAD. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. IT WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST YAMAHA SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE A BAD GROUND CONNECTION(SPYDER). THE CONNECTOR WAS REMOV...

Mileage: 78,000

TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL WITH FAILURE OF THE MOTORCYCLE GROUNDING HARNESS SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 41,300

MY MOTORCYCLE STOPPED RUNNING TWICE WHILE RIDING DOWN A LOCAL HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE BRIEFLY SHUT OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE STARTING BACK UP AND RUNNING NORMALLY. WHEN IT DID SO A NUMBER OF LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASH WHILE THE ENGINE WAS OFF, INCLUDING HIGH-BEAM INDICATOR, EMERGENCY FLASHERS, AND THE...

Mileage: 89,460

ELECTRICAL POWER CUTOUT. NO POWER TO STARTER, MULTIPLE DASH LIGHTS ON, FLASHING FUEL METER INDICATOR, TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS, ETC. NOT A BURNED OUT FUSE BUT RATHER A FRIED GROUND POINT ON THE WIRING HARNESS. THIS IS BEING REPORTED VERY OFTEN ON THE FJR FORUM. MY SHOP TOOK PIX AND SENT TO YAMAHA T...

Mileage: 37,500

AFTER STARTING MY MOTORCYCLE FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT DAY, MY WIFE AND I RODE IT .9 MILES WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. I WAS MIDWAY THROUGH A STEEP, DOWNHILL LEFT TURN WHEN I LOST POWER. I STOPPED THE BIKE USING A COMBINATION OF FRONT AND REAR BRAKES, STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE H...

Mileage: 24,340

SITTING ON MOTORCYCLE, STARTED MOTOR, BACKED OUT OF GARAGE, PUT KICKSTAND UP AND MOTOR DIED. TRIED TO RESTART, BUT NOTHING WORKED; NO LIGHTS, NO HORN, NO INFORMATION SHOWING IN DISPLAY, NO FLASHER LIGHTS OR TURN SIGNALS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED. TOOK TO LOCAL MOTORCYCLE DEA...

Mileage: 31,094

INVESTIGATION OF KNOWN ISSUE WITH OTHER YAMAHA FJR1300S. SPIDER GROUND #4, "S4" SHOWED SIGNS OF A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR IN THE WIRING HARNESS DUE TO OVERHEATING. CONNECTOR IS MELTED AND CORROSION IS PRESENT. FINDING THIS MELTED CONNECTOR BEFORE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE PRE...

Mileage: 50,500

GROUND SPIDER FAILURE. 2006 FJR1300 WITH 30,880 MILES ON THE CLOCK, BOUGHT IT USED FROM A LOCAL HONDA DEALER ON 4/8/10. STARTED NOTICING WEIRD HICCUPS LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I FIRST STARTED TO NOTICE PROBLEMS ON THE WAY HOME FROM DEALS GAP, NC WHILE SITTING IN 98 DEGREE RUSH HOUR L...

Mileage: 30,800

THIS FAILURE OCCURRED ON A 2006 YAMAHA FJR1300A MODEL. AFTER RIDING MOTORCYCLE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS I STOPPED FOR A MEAL BREAK. WHEN I TRIED TO START MOTORCYCLE IT WOULD NOT RESTART. INSTRUMENTS WERE FLASHING INDICATING AN ELECTRICAL ERROR. MOTORCYCLE NEEDED TO BE TRAILER HOME. UPON INSPECTION...

Mileage: 23,321

YAMAHA FJR MOTORCYCLE. MOTORCYCLE ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK OR START. PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE A DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL GROUND SPLICE LOCATED NEAR THE LEFT FRONT UPPER CORNER OF THE ENGINE. INSPECTION REVEALED THE ELECTRICAL GROUND, GROUP SPLICE HAD OVERHEATED AND BURNT WITH ASSOCIATED BURNT WIRES. THIS MO...

Mileage: 40,000

MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN ON MY 2006 YAMAHA FJR -1300A AND THE BIKE DIED WHILE IN MID TURN. THE START BUTTON WOULD NOT WORK, THE LIGHTS WERE ON, EVEN THOUGH THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS TURNED ON, THE GAUGES WERE ERRATIC. I TOOK THE BIKE APART ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO TRY A...

Mileage: 63,115

FAILURE OF GROUNDING COUPLER (SPIDER) CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER WHILE MOTORCYCLE IS IN MOTION. FAILURE CAUSED BY ENVIRONMENTAL (RAIN, DIRT, ETC) FACTORS ENTERING THE COUPLER AND CAUSING CORROSION AND FAILURE TO CONDUCT ELECTRICAL GROUND. MOTORCYCLE IS DISABLED UNTIL COUPLER IS REPAIRED OR WIRING H...

Mileage: 24,000

2006 YAMAHA FJR 1300 A. WIRE CONNECTION NEAR FUEL TANK CORRODED AND WAS MELTING. HEADLAMPS QUIT, ALONG WITH HORN, TURN SIGNALS. ENGINE WOULD MISS WITH THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IN THE LEFT OR RIGHT POSITION. I WAS IN THE DARK, WHEN THE LIGHTS QUIT. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER FJR 1300 OWNERS WITH THE SAME P...

Mileage: 29,457

STARTED MOTORCYCLE. WIFE AND I EXITED OUR DRIVEWAY ONTO ROAD. TRAVELED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET DOWN THE ROAD. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WHILE UNDERWAY DUE TO AN IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. LUCKILY NO INJURIES. TEMPORARILY BYPASSED (HOT WIRED) IGNITION SWITCH. *TR

Mileage: 10,812

RIDING ON HWY WHEN ALL POWER LOST LEAVING ME IN THE DARK (2 DIFFERENT TIMES). ALMOST RAN OFF ROAD DUE TO INSTANT DARKNESS IN RURAL AREAS. 2 TIMES SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED, WAITING TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN IS VERY DISHEARTENING. *TR

Mileage: 22,000

SUDDEN FAILURE OF IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED MOTORCYCLE TO STOP RUNNING. THE FAILURE KILLS ALL ELECTRICAL ASPECTS OF BIKE. HAVE TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 11,500

1. 2006 YAMAHA FJR1300A, WHILE RIDING THE BIKE TURNED OFF COMPLETELY AS IF THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED, BIKE STALLED AND FELL OVER. 2.OCCURRED ONCE, BIKE WOULD NOT RESTART, HAD TO GET TRUCK AND TRAILER TO PICK ME UP AND TOOK TO DEALER. 3.NEW IGNITION SWITCH AND HARNESS WAS PUT ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 6,500

THE IGNITION SWITCH ON MY 2006 FJR1300 IS DEFECTIVE. IT WILL PERIDODICALLY NOT TURN ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO START THE MOTORCYCLE. MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE FJR FORUM. *TR

Mileage: 22,000

I WENT TO START MY MOTORCYCLE IN THE GARAGE AND IT HAD NO POWER. I AM AN ASE CERTIFIED MASTER TECHNICIAN. I TRACED THE PROBLEM TO A FAILURE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. I DISASSEMBLED THE SWITCH AND FOUND THAT THE SOLDER JOINT ON ONE OF THE POWER WIRES HAD MELTED, AND THERE WAS HEAT DAMAGE TO THE CONTACT...

Mileage: 16,300

2006 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE. 11300 MILES ON IT. TRAVELING ON ROAD AT 50 MPH. ABRUPTLY THERE WAS A TOTAL SHUT DOWN OF MOTOR AND ELECTRICS. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED FAILURE PUBLISHED ON THE FJR FORUM. THE SOLDER JOINT HOLDING THE BROWN IGNITION WIRE TO THE BOARD IN THE SWITCH COMES FR...

Mileage: 11,801

WHILE GAINING SPEED UP ON RAMP TO THE FREEWAY ALL POWER SHUT DOWN ON THE BIKE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND CYCLED THE IGNITION SWITCH. I THEN WIGGLED WIRES BELOW THE SWITCH AND WAS ABLE TO START THE BIKE. IT DIED THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE I REACHED HOME. EACH TIME MOVING THE WIRES WOULD ALLOW POWER T...

Mileage: 21,992

06 YAMAHA FJR 1300 IGNITION FAILURE, WHILE PARKED,NO ACCIDENT . THEN BIKE STARTED. HAS REPEATED FAILURE SEVERAL TIMES OVER LAST FEW DAYS.. BIKE IN YAMAHA SHOP NOW BEING CHECKED. BIKE HAS APPOX.16,800 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 16,757

LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE MOTORCYCLE AS I WAS ACCELERATING UP A HILL WITH A CAR DIRECTLY BEHIND ME CAUSING AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE SITUATION. PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE BY NORTH COUNTRY POWERSPORTS IN RANGELY MAINE. *TR

Mileage: 13,500

2006 YAMAHA FJRA. TURNED KEY ON, NOTHING. AFTER READING THE COMMENTS ON IGNITION FAILURE, CALLED AAA TO HAVE MY '06FJRA TOWED TO THE YAMAHA DEALER. THE YAMAHA DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER CHECKED ON IGNITION AND WAS TOLD "THERE'S NONE IN THE COUNTRY". HE HAD NO IDEA HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THE PAR...

Mileage: 43,000

1.DURING A CROSS COUNTRY ROAD TRIP, IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AFTER REFUELING MOTORCYCLE. 2.FIRST TIME, STRANDED 1200 MILES FROM HOME. 3.BIKE TOWED BY TOWING SERVICE TO DEALER 50 MILES AWAY. BY PASSED SWITCH, INSTALLED TOGGLE SWITCHES, TOGGLE SWITCH FAILED ON LAST DAY OF TRIP WHILE TRAVELING DOWN INT...

Mileage: 15,891

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE ON 2006 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE. MINE FAILED WHILE PARKED, BUT OTHERS ON THE FJR FORUM FAILED WHILE RIDING CAUSING IMMEDIATE ENGINE CUT OFF. DEALER REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH AT MY COST. SEE HTTP://WWW.FJRFORUM.COM/FORUM//INDEX.PHP?SHOWTOPIC=26098. *TR

Mileage: 19,500

WHILE ON CROSS COUNTRY MOTORCYCLE TRIP, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE ALL POWER. HAD THIS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC (WHICH IT HAS ON OTHER'S BIKES) IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. IT ONLY FAILED ONCE, AND REMAINED BROKEN. ROADSIDE REPAIR REQUIRED HOT WIRING THE BIKE AND BYPASSING...

Mileage: 12,500

TOTAL FAILURE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH WHILE IN TRAFFIC. HAD JUST TURNED LEFT ONTO A HIGHWAY AND THE BIKE JUST SHUT DOWN. I WAS LUCKY THAT I COULD GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN BAD WITH A DIFFERENT MIX OF TRAFFIC. I HAD NO WARNING AT ALL THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 19,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 YAMAHA FJR 1300. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITH THE MOTORCYCLE. THE IGNITION SWITCH (MAIN SWITCH) BROWN WIRE WAS IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED. THE CONTACT IS A FORMER BIKE MECHANIC AND REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,450 AND CURRENT...

Mileage: 34,450

MY MOTORCYCLE IS A 2006 YAMAHA FJR1300A WITH 19924 MILES AT THE TIME THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED IN ENTERPRISE NEVADA. I TRIED TO START THE BIKE AND NO POWER. FUSES ALL GOOD. NO PRIOR INDICATION OF FAILURE. BY PUTTING THE KEY BETWEEN 'OFF' AND 'ON' I SOMETIMES GOT POWER AND THE BIKE WOULD START. I HA...

Mileage: 19,924

THE IGNITION ON MY 2006 YAMAHA FJR1300 KEEPS FAILING WHEN I TRY TO START IT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THAT THE BATTERY POSTS WERE LOOSE. AFTER GETTING IT BACK THE SAME PROBLEM KEEPS OCCURRING. WHEN I TURN THE KEY THE GAUGES SWEEP AND THERE IS A BRIEF MOMENT WHERE THE GAUGES LIGH...

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE (SOLDERED WIRE FELL OFF). HAPPENED IN SLOW SPEED MANEUVER. I CUT THE IGNITION WIRE AND PUT IN A TEMPORARY SWITCH. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY... *TR

Mileage: 22,000

NO SPECIAL EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE OF MY IGNITION SWITCH. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER ON THE MOTORCYCLE. I BELIEVE THERE IS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOSS OF LIFE WITH THIS PROBLEM. WILL TALK TO THE DEALER ABOUT A FIX. *TR

Mileage: 18,500

NO SPECIAL EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE OF MY IGNITION SWITCH. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER ON THE MOTORCYCLE. I BELIEVE THERE IS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOSS OF LIFE WITH THIS PROBLEM. WILL TALK TO THE DEALER ABOUT A FIX. *TR

Mileage: 18,500

MY MOTORCYCLE(2006 YAMAHA FJR 1300) JUST HAD A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHILE TAKING A SLOW RIGHT TURN. TURNS OUT THE WIRING WAS PULLED SO TIGHT TO THE IGNITION THE WIRE COMING OFF THE BATTERY WAS PULLED LOOSE FROM THE IGNITON. ON THE FJR OWNERS WEBSITE OTHERS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AS WELL.

Mileage: 19,896

WHEN OPERATING THIS VEHICLE AT ALTITUDES ABOVE APPROXIMATELY 5,000 FEET THE THROTTLE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE. ENGINE POWER BECOMES UNPREDICTABLE AS SLIGHT THROTTLE INPUTS GENERATE LESS POWER. WHEN THROTTLE INPUT IS FURTHER INCREASED, POWER IS DELIVERED ABRUPTLY LEADING TO A LOSS OF CONTROL. AS YET, I...

Mileage: 1,000

LOSS OF POWER AND ENGINE STUTTERING DURING NORMAL USE OPERATION. ENGINE STALLS AT IDLE. *TR

Mileage: 4,300

CURRENT METZLER Z6 TIRES THAT CAME STOCK ON A 2006 YAMAHA FJR 1300A SHOWED RUBBER CRACKING ALL AROUND THE EDGE OF BOTH SIDEWALLS. THIS WAS A ONE YEAR OLD TIRE WITH 5000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN STORED INSIDE. BEING A FRONT TIRE, IF IT WAS TO FAIL, TREAD SEPARATION, THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE ...

Mileage: 5,000

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE ON 2006 YAMAHA MOTORCYCLE MODEL NUMBER FJR 1300A RESULTED IN SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER IN A CORNER AND STRANDED IN DEATH VALLEY, NEVADA. FOUR WIRES ENTER THE SWITCH HOUSING. ONE OF THE TWO LARGE WIRES PULLED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE SWITCH, WITH THE BRASS SWITCH CONTACT STILL SOLDERE...

Mileage: 14,500

STOPPED FOR FUEL AND STOPPED ENGINE, AFTER FUELING TURNED IGNITION SWITCH TO ON POSITION, DASN LIGHTS AND DISPLAY DID NOT COME ON, STARTER MOTOR WOULD NOT WORK.

Mileage: 23,850

2006 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE. SUDDEN COMPLETE SHUT DOWN OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PROBLEM CAUSED BY WIRES DETACHING FROM IGNITION SWITCH. WIRES TOO TIGHT FROM FACTORY AND WERE COLD SOLDERED WITH VERY WEAK CONNECTION. CAN YOU IMAGINE POWERING UP TO OVERTAKE A VEHICLE AND YOU HAVE A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNI...

Mileage: 8,500

TURNING THE IGNITION KEY FAILED TO TURN ON THE POWER. UNABLE TO START MOTORCYCLE. DUE TO LOCATION AT TIME OF FAILURE (NO CELL OR PUBLIC PHONE READILY AVAILABLE) ALMOST HAD TO LEAVE MOTORCYCLE IN THIS REMOTE LOCATION. WAS ABLE TO 'JIGGLE' THE KEY AND FINALLY GET POWER TO START. CONTINUED TO HOTEL WHE...

Mileage: 15,199

PURCHASED A NEW 2006 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE. THE THROTTLE ACTION IS EXTREMELY QUICK AND STIFF, SO MUCH SO THAT APPLYING THROTTLE IN TURNS CAN CAUSE OVER ACCELERATION AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL. IT IS ALSO A PROBLEM IN TRAFFIC AND STARTING OUT, BUT TURNS PRESENT THE LARGEST DANGER. YAMAHA STA...

Mileage: 1