NHTSA Complaint #11156750 — 2002 YAMAHA MIDNIGHT STAR

WHILE RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE IN DEC 2015 ON STATE HIGHWAY 67. I HEAR A NOISE THAT WAS A NEW NOISE I NEVER HEAR BEFORE AND THEN THE MOTOR RPM RACED HIGHER, AT THAT TIME I PROMPTLY PULLED OVER, I COULD NOT PHYSICALLY SEE ANYTHING OR HEAR ANY ISSUES, SO I RETURNED TO THE ROAD, AND AS I WAS SHIFTING GEARS, WHEN I GOT TO WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 5TH GEAR THERE WAS NOTHING, IT RESPONDED AS IF I WERE IN NEUTRAL. WHEN I FINALLY RETURNED HOME, I START RESEARCH AND FIND THERE IS A MANUFACTURER RECALL #990021 AND NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 03V309000 FOR ON MY MOTORCYCLE THROUGH THE VIN NUMBER ID. AT THIS TIME I CALL AND I TAKE IT TO A YAMAHA CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND THEY HAVE TROUBLE THEY SAY WITH MY VIN # THROUGH THE YAMAHA DIRECT LINE, SO I GOOGLE IT MYSELF AND SHOW THEM THE RECALL AND PARTS EFFECTED, SO AFTER HE DEALERSHIP HAD IT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEM ALSO TRYING TO GET YAMAHA TO MAKE GOOD ON THEIR RECALL SAYS THEY WILL NOT BECAUSE IT NO LONGER VIABLE COMPONENT AND THAT IT WAS OBSOLETE, I'M NOT SURE HOW A PART IN A RECALL BECOMES OBSOLETE WHEN THE RECALL IS INCOMPLETE, BUT I NEED THIS BIKE REPAIRED. THE MECHANIC AT THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO PUT THE BIKE BACK ON THE ROAD. I WENT TO WORK OVERSEAS IN JAN OF 2016 AND RETURNED BACK TO THE US IN MAY OF 2018 AND RELOCATED TO NM, AND TRIED TO PERUSE GETTING MY RECALL COMPLETED AND HAVE HAD ONLY TROUBLE FROM YAMAHA NOT WANTING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND COMPLETE THE RECALL.