NHTSA Complaint #10347411 — 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10347411
Vehicle	2007 YAMAHA FJR1300
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident	August 1, 2010
Date Filed	August 5, 2010
Mileage	38,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	PA

Consumer Description

VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AND VEHICLE STALLED AS IT WAS BEING PARKED. WOULD NOT RESTART. SEVERAL INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE LIT ON THE DASHBOARD SIMULTANEOUSLY. SUSPECTED A DEAD SHORT IN ELECTRIC SYSTEM. SEVEN KNOWN GROUND BLOCKS IN THE WIRING HARNESS WERE EXAMINED AND DETECTED SHORT CIRCUIT AND OVERHEATED TERMINALS IN S4 GROUND BLOCK. ATTEMPTED TO JUMPER THE BLOCK TO A FRAME GROUND POINT AND THAT RESULTED IN A SUCCESSFUL RESTART OF THE ENGINE, HOWEVER THE JUMPER WAS ONLY TEMPORARY COULD NOT BE PERMANENTLY ATTACHED, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. HAD GROUND BLOCK FAILED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE CRASHED. *TR

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