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1993 Fbs GTS 1000 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 5, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 20, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1993 Fbs GTS 1000. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–6 of 6

Brakes
Filed Mar 5, 2000

ON EMERGENCY BRAKING, ANTI-LOCK FAILED TO ACTIVATE AND REAR TIRE LOCKED.

NHTSA ID
719696
Incident
Jun 1, 1999
Brakes
Filed Feb 15, 2000

HYDRAULIC UNIT OF THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED ON THE REAR PORTION, CAUSING REAR BRAKES TO LOCK ANYTIME REAR BRAKES WERE FULLY APPLIED. DEALER NOTED CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM AND DISCUSSED WITH YAMAHA CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM. THE ABS HYDRAULIC UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL OTHERS WITH SAME VEHICLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE ON THE ABS WITH THE SAME COMPONENT. DEALER ADVISED THAT THE UNIT APPEARED CORRODED BEFORE REPLACEMENT. THE HYDRAULIC UNIT WAS REPLACED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PLAN PURCHASED FROM YAMAHA BY MYSELF. THE HYDRAULIC UNIT REPLACEMENT IS IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL PART AND COULD OVER TIME FAIL AS THE PREVIOUS ONE HAS. THE DEALER LISTED HAS PERFORMED ALL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASED AS DESCRIBED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

NHTSA ID
718782
Incident
May 1, 1999
Brakes
Filed Feb 13, 2000

HPU WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY 1 YR AGO. ABS SYSTEM IS NOT IMPROVED AND HAS TO BE BLED APPROX ONCE EVERY 2 MONTHS TO GET THE AIR OUT OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM OR THE REAR BRAKES ARE DISABLED. *AK

NHTSA ID
718700
Incident
Aug 1, 1994
Brakes
Filed Dec 22, 1999

DOES THE NHTSA CONTACT CANADIAN AUTHORITIES ON ANY INFORMATION FORWARDED TO YOU? NO SAFETY DEFECTS LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

NHTSA ID
716348
Brakes
Filed Dec 20, 1999

THERE IS A VERY HIGH RATE OF FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT. REPLACEMENT OF THE HYDRAULIC UNIT IS THE ONLY COURSE OF ACTION OFFERED BY YAMAHA, & IF NOT WITHIN WARRANTY PERIOD, IS A COST PROHIBITIVE $2000 APPROX. I REPAIRED THE HU MYSELF BY CLEANING & POLISHING THE EXISTING PARTS. I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE ACCESS TO REPLACEMENT PARTS SINCE THIS APPEARS TO BE A CHRONIC PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
716247
Incident
Aug 25, 1999
Brakes
Filed Dec 20, 1999

ANTI LOCK BRAKES CONTINUALLY FAIL CAUSING LOCK UP. *MJS

NHTSA ID
550034

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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