NHTSA Complaint #10239060 — 2007 YAMAHA FJR13 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Complaint Details

ODI Number	10239060
Vehicle	2007 YAMAHA FJR13
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident	August 11, 2008
Date Filed	August 20, 2008
Mileage	12,533 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	TN

Consumer Description

IGNITION SWITCH AND POWER TO BIKE BECAME ERRATIC WHEN TURNING KEY ON. FIRST FAILURE APPEARED TO BE CLEARED UPON REPETITIVE CYCLING OF THE IGNITION WITH KEY. FINAL OCCURRENCE RESULTED WITH BIKE FAILING TO POWER UP AT ALL ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS LATER. PER INFORMATION OBTAINED ON THE INTERNET AT FJRFORUM.COM TITLED "FJRF003: IGNITION FAILURES ON FJRS", I DISASSEMBLED IGNITION SWITCH. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BROWN WIRE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD DETACHED ITSELF FROM THE SOLDER CONNECTION WITH THE MATING RED WIRE PARTIALLY LIFTED FROM ITS SOLDER CONNECTION. SOLDER CONNECTIONS CLEANED AND RESOLDERED. BIKE APPEARS TO BE OKAY TO DATE. *TR

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