NHTSA Complaint #10991165 — 2012 YAMAHA XT1200Z

2012 YAMAHA XT1200Z SUPER TENERE. AT LEAST THREE TIMES A MONTH INTERMITTENTLY WHEN STARTING ENGINE IT WILL INSISTENTLY RAMP UP TO 3000 RPM. I NEED TO SHUT IT OFF AND RECYCLE THE KEY TWO TO THREE TIMES BEFORE IT STARTS AND SUSTAINS AT NORMAL 1100RPM, MY FEAR IT WILL DAMAGE THE ENGINE AT SOME POINT. THE DANGER TO RIDER LIVES ISSUE IS: AT LEAST THREE TIMES A MONTH AGAIN INTERMITTENT WHILE SITTING STATIONARY AT A LIGHT THE RPM WILL SIMPLY DROP OFF AND DIE AND WILL NOT START AND WHEN IT DOES THE RPM WILL JUMP AGAIN TO 3000RPM, MORE THAN ONCE THIS CAUSED ME TO DROP MY BIKE TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION OR HAVE A CLOSE REAR END COLLISION WITH A VEHICLE BEHIND ME AS WHEN I STARTED MOVING THEN IT DIED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID COLLISION. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH MY LOCAL YAMAHA DEALER IN SANTA FE, NM AND REFUSED TO LOOK INTO IT AS THEY HAVE NEVER WORKED ON THIS MODEL. I AM NOT THE ONLY OWNER THAT HAS HAD THE SAME ENGINE FAILURE AND HIGH RPM START UP ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL AS WELL AS THE 2011 AND 2013 MODELS. I FEEL THIS IS TRULY A LIFE THREATENING SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY YAMAHA FOR A SAFETY RECALL ON ALL EARLY MODEL XT1200 SUPER TENERE FROM 2010 TO 2013. I FEEL ONE SHOULD NOT PAY $14,000 FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT CORRECT FROM THE FACTORY DUE TO WIRING HARNESS ELECTRICAL ISSUES. MODELS 2014 TO PRESENT DOESN'T HAVE THIS ISSUE LEAVING ME TO BELIEVE YAMAHA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAVE CORRECTED IT BUT KEPT SILENT AS SOME EARLY MODEL OWNERS WIRING HARNESSES HAVE BEEN REPLACE FREE BY YAMAHA AND HAVE HAD NO ISSUES SINCE. I FEEL AS MANY OTHER OWNERS THAT IT IS AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ISSUE. LINK TO SOME OWNERS MANY CONCERNED HTTP://WWW.YAMAHASUPERTENERE.COM/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=17994.0 YAMAHA CAN CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS SINCERELY [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR