NHTSA Complaint #10231299 — 1999 YAMAHA ROAD STAR

I LEARNED OF THE YAMAHA 1999 ROADSTAR RECALL AND TOOK MY BIKE IN TO A YAMAHA DEALER TO BE FIXED. MY BIKE HAD BEEN RUNNING GREAT WITH NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER. THE DEALER HAS HAD THE BIKE NOW FOR 8 WEEKS. THEY GOT THE BIKE BACK TOGETHER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND IT FIRED UP. I WENT TO RIDE IT HOME AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COUGH AND BLOW BLACK SMOKE, BUT TO KEEP ON RIDING IT. IT DIED OUT ON ME AFTER ABOUT 20 MILES AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER HAS GIVEN US THE RUN AROUND THE ENTIRE TIME THEY HAVE HAD THE BIKE. NOW, IT WILL NOT RUN AT ALL AND THEY ARE SUGGESTING THAT I SPEND OVER 1000.00 JUST IN PARTS TO REPLACE PARTS THAT WERE NOT BAD IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEY DID SOMETHING WRONG TO IT DURING THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE RECALLED PARTS AND NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKES. THEY DISTURBED THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND SHORTED OUT MODULE AND POSSIBLY THE COMPUTER. THEY ARE BLAMING ME FOR THE YEAR OF THE BIKE BEING 9 YEARS OLD. WELL, THE BIKE ONLY HAS 20,000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS NEVER HAD A PROBLEM NEVER. MY HUSBAND CALLED THE YAMAHA CUSTOMER SERVICE TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AS WELL. YAMAHA TOLD US THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM THAT IT WAS BETWEEN US AND THE DEALER. WHAT CAN WE DO TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM? I NOW HAVE A BIKE THAT IS NOT IN RUNNING CONDITION AT ALL AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIX THE BIKE. PLEASE HELP US. *TR