NHTSA Complaint #10162180 — 2004 YAMAHA YZF-R1

MY 2004 YAMAHA R1 TPS SENSORS WENT BAD. 1.) AT ABOUT 10K MILES, IT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON: (THE FOLLOWING IS A LINK) HTTP://WWW.R1-FORUM.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=091BBE4CDE9A70B4FD9AA3194BDEEEDE&THREADID=98831&HIGHLIGHT=ENGINE+DIES THIS KNOWN PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO YAMAHA MANY TIMES. IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR THEY REFUSE TO DO A RECALL. MY BIKE CUT OUT NUMEROUS TIMES ON THE FREEWAY. BEFORE KNOWING ABOUT THE LINK MENTIONED ABOVE, I WENT TO A AUTHORIZED MECHANIC IN WHERE THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, AS A BAD TPS SENSOR IS INTERMITTENT. I DID NOT FIND THE WEBSITE UNTIL LATER. 2.) AT 10K MILES MY TPS STOPPED WORKING, AND THE BIKE FAILED TO OPERATE CORRECTLY. IT WOULD LUNGE FORWARD, STOP ALL TOGETHER, AND DIE IN TRAFFIC. 3.) AFTER THE DEALER FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM, I WENT ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED FORUM TO FIND OUT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHERE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. I ORDERED MY OWN REPLACEMENT SENSOR (FROM YAMAHA IN SEATTLE) THAT IS MARKED "200" ( A REVISION THAT YAMAHA DID SINCE ALL EARLY 2004 MODELS HAVE THIS PROBLEM) VS THE TPS "100" PART NUMBER. AFTER THIS THE BIKE WORKED PERFECT. I WAS SO DISGUSTED BY YAMAHA, I SOLD MY BIKE. I HAVE RECEIPTS TO PROVE I BOUGHT THE NEW SENSORS, AND WITNESSES THAT SAW ME INSTALL THEM AND RUN THE BIKE AFTERWARD WITH NO PROBLEM. *JB