NHTSA Complaint #10062103 — 2003 YAMAHA ROAD STAR

IN 01/09/2004 I RECEIVED A RECALL ON MY MOTORCYCLE FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.I CALLED MY DEALER AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE RECALL ,THEY TOLD ME TO CALL BACK IN A WEEK AND THEY WOULD SCHEDULE ME IN TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.I CALLED BACK AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DONT KNOW WHEN PARTS WILL BE IN AND THAT THEY WOULD CALL ME. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 3 MONTHS AND ICALLED THEM TODAY AND WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD BE POSSIBLY 3 MORE MONTHS BEFORE I GET MY BIKE IN TO GET IT FIXED.I CANNOT RIDE MY BIKE FOR 6 MONTHS YET AM STILL PAYING FOR IT.THIS ISNT RIGHT AND TO TOP IT OFF PEOPLE WERE TELLING YAMAHA ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND NOTHING WAS DONE.I FEEL I SHOULDNT HAVE TO WAIT 6 MONTHS TO POSSIBLY GET MY BIKE FIXED.I FEEL YAMAHA HAS AND IS DOING A VERY POOR JOB TO ME AND ITS CUSTOMERS.FOR THE YEAR AND A HALF THAT I KNOW OF ,THAT PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET YAMAHA'S ATTENTION AND THEY DID NOTHING WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND NOW THEY ARE SCREWING US AGAIN BY TAKING 6 MONTHS TO REPAIR OUR BIKES.THIS IS SOME OF OUR PRIMARY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE HAVE WARNED US NOT TO RIDE OUR BIKES UNTILL THE BIKES ARE FIXED.THAT IS SO WRONG TO TAKE THAT LONG!!!!*AK