2007 Yamaha FJR1300 Electrical Problems

FAILURE ON REPAIR OF NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 11V338000 RECALL DATE: JUNE 28,2011 MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER: 990061 FAILURE DESCRIPTION: ON MONDAY 8/22/2016 , I STARTED EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL ISSUES. I WAS STRANDED AND COULD NOT START BIKE. HAVING READ ON 'FJRFORUM.COM ' ABOUT "GROUND WIRE JUNCTION CONNECTION" OR 'GROUND BUSS CONNECTORS' ISSUES AND THE SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, I SUSPECTED THAT I HAVE A 'GROUND BUSS CONNECTORS' ISSUE. MY BIKE HAD THE RECALL DONE IN 2011. SYMPTOMS: INTERMITTENT A) IGNITION IN ON POSITION, NOT ATTEMPTING TO START BIKE. 1) BRAKE ACTIVATED (EITHER HAND OR FOOT) -> BRAKE LIGHTS WORK NORMALLY AND NO ABNORMAL ACTIVITY 2) RAISE/LOWER WINDSCREEN -> RESULTS IN VERY SLOW OR NO MOVEMENT AND THE BRIGHT LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATES. 3) HIT HORN -> NO HORN SOUNDS BUT BOTH TURN SIGNALS LIGHT AND THE BRIGHT LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATES. 3) TURN ON EITHER TURN SIGNAL -> THE TURN SIGNAL WILL FLASH AND THE BRIGHT LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATES B) IGNITION IN ON POSITION AND ATTEMPT TO START BIKE: 1) INTERMITTENTLY WILL START, BUT IF NOT NOTHING EXCEPT TO ILLUMINATE THE BRIGHT LIGHT INDICATOR. 3) IF IT DOES START, LIGHTS MAY GO OUT! RANDOM TURN SIGNAL BEHAVIOR! INVESTIGATION: I INSPECTED ALL "GROUND JOINTS"(AKA SPIDERS) . I COMPLETED MY INSPECTION ON FRIDAY, AUG. 26. PRIMARY FINDING IS THAT THE CONNECTOR THAT MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER 990061 WAS SUPPOSE TO FIX HAS A PIN THAT IS INTERMITTENTLY SHORTING RESULTING IN SCORCH/BURN MARKS ON THE FEMALE CONNECTOR. I CAN ONLY SPECULATE THAT WHEN THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED THAT IT WAS EITHER NOT DONE CORRECTLY OR THAT THE CONNECTOR ALREADY HAD DAMAGE THAT WAS EITHER UNDETECTED OR IGNORED. AT ANY RATE, IT'S A FAILURE OF A SAFETY RECALL ! I HAVE ATTACHED PHOTOS OF THE RECALL FAILURE. I WANT YAMAHA TO INSPECT AND IF NEED BE REPLACE WIRING HARNESS PER MANUF. RECALL NO. 9900062

NHTSA ID

10899765

Incident

Aug 22, 2016

Mileage

36,455 mi

HIGH BEAM INDICATOR CAME ON, TURN SIGNALS FAILED TO OPERATE, BIKE WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER STOPPING. THIS WAS ALL CAUSED BY GROUND SPIDER 6 BURNING AND FAILING.

NHTSA ID

10725381

Incident

Jun 5, 2015

Mileage

45,000 mi

BIKE HAS HAD THE FACTORY RECALL THAT CONNECTS A MORE DIRECT PATH OF BATTERY GROUND TO THE S 4 BUSS. HOWEVER, THIS ONLY HELPED WITH LOAD ON THE COMPONENTS OF THE S4 CONNECTOR. MY LIGHTS WENT OUT BECAUSE THE DOWN STREAM FROM THE S4 CONNECTOR, THE S6 (HAD BURNED CONTACTS) WHICH THE FEED THE S7 CONNECTOR FOR THE LH HEAD LIGHT AND THE S8 CONNECTOR FOR THE RH HEADLIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF CURRENT FROM BOTH LIGHTS THRU ONE PIN AT THE S6 CONNECTOR CAUSE THE CONNECTOR TO BUILD UP HEAT DAMAGE AND KILL THE GROUND PATH FOR BOTH HEADLIGHTS AT THE SAME TIME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10454813

Incident

Mar 31, 2012

Mileage

25,590 mi

I WAS RIDING HOME FROM WORK IN THE DARK ON MY 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE ON A UNLIT, CURVY, RURAL ROAD WHEN BOTH MY HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY DIED. ALTHOUGH I WAS ABLE TO AVOID CRASHING, THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. I AM A 30 YEAR EXPERIENCED AUTO/MOTORCYCLE MECHANIC AND CERTIFIED AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, SO I TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND THE HEADLIGHT FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY AN OVERHEATED/BURNED GROUNDING CONNECTOR LOCATED IN THE WIRING HARNESS ABOVE THE LEFT HEADLIGHT SHELL (BURNT CONNECTOR AND/OR PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST). BECAUSE THE CONNECTOR WAS NO LONGER USEABLE, I CUT THE CONNECTOR OFF AND SOLDERED ALL THE WIRES TOGETHER TO RESTORE THE GROUND PATH FOR THE HEADLIGHTS. AS OF TODAY, WITH 52,000 MILES ON THE MOTORCYCLE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ADDITIONAL FAILURES OF THE HEADLIGHTS. I HASTEN TO ADD THAT THIS FAILURE IS UNRELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 11V-338, WHICH ADDRESSES A FAILURE OF A GROUNDING CONNECTOR UNDER THE FUEL TANK ON THE MOTORCYCLE. AS A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE ONLINE YAMAHA FJR1300 OWNERS COMMUNITY AT WWW.FJRFORUM.COM, I AM VERY IN TUNE WITH ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THIS MOTORCYCLE AND WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ASSIST IN AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT. *KB

NHTSA ID

10413801

Incident

Dec 21, 2009

Mileage

32,328 mi

ELECTRICAL FAILURE DUE TO AN INADEQUATE GROUND WIRE SYSTEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10400057

Incident

Sep 12, 2010

Mileage

12,000 mi

2007 FJR1300AE GROUNDING HARNESS FIRED AT CONNECTOR S4. A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THESE MOTORCYCLES. ONCE THIS HAPPENS THE BIKE GOES DEAD AND IS UNRIDEABLE AS THE ENTIRE GROUNDING SYSTEM IS SHOT. VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE HAPPEN AT SPEED. I HAD TO INSTALL AN AFTERMARKET GROUNDING HARNESS TO ALLEVIATE THE AMOUNT OF VOLTAGE RUNNING THROUGH THE ORIGINAL SYSTEM. I ALSO NEEDED TO CLEAN UP THE EXISTING GROUND SPIDERS AND REWIRE A FEW CONNECTIONS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10395144

Incident

Nov 4, 2010

THE ENGINE QUIT, AND EVERYTHING WENT DEAD EXCEPT FOR THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, WHERE EVERY LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE FUEL LEVEL LCD STARTED FLASHING. TURNING THE IGNITION OFF AND TAKING THE KEY OUT DID NOTHING. EVERYTHING STAYED LIT UP. THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER, EVERYTHING TURNED OFF, AND I WAS ABLE TO RE-INSERT THE KEY, AND START HER RIGHT UP. THIS HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC DURING A NORMAL COMMUTE, ON TWO OCCASIONS WITHIN 24 HOURS. IT WAS EASILY REPRODUCIBLE BY INSERTING THE KEY TURNING THE BIKE ON, AND REPEATING A FEW TIMES UNTIL IT RE-OCCURRED. AT THE SHOP, THEY DISCOVERED THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY GROUNDED, CAUSING A SHORT THAT RESULTED IN SYSTEM-WIDE DISABLING OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10383890

Incident

Feb 14, 2011

Mileage

34,000 mi

2007 YAMAHA FJR-1300. ENGINE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY DIE AND WOULD NOT RE-START. ALONG WITH THIS, ALL LIGHTING I.E. HEADLIGHTS AND TAILLIGHTS WOULD GO OUT. UPON INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE, I FOUND FAULTY ELECTRICAL GROUNDING "SPIDERS". I AM IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING AN AFTERMARKET GROUNDING LOOM AS A FIX TO THIS PROBLEM THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY ISSUE AS THE BIKE DIES AND ALL THE LIGHTS ARE OUT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10373304

Incident

Dec 15, 2010

Mileage

27,000 mi

I HAVE A 2007 YAMAHA FJR 1300 MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS GROUND SPIDER FAILURE. I FIRST EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM IN JUNE WHILE ON A RIDE FROM SAN DIEGO TO OREGON. THE CIRCUIT WITH MY RUNNING LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS WENT OUT. THE FUSE BURNED AND IT WOULD NOT ACCEPT A NEW FUSE WITHOUT BURNING IT OUT. IT STARTED WORKING CORRECTLY AGAIN ON ITS OWN AND WE FINISHED OUR TRIP. I RODE A FEW TIMES AFTER THAT THEN PARKED IT DURING THE SUMMER HEAT TO DO MAINTENANCE. THE BIKE WAS DOWN FOR A FEW MONTHS WHILE I WAS BUSY AT WORK AND I JUST FINISHED MAINTENANCE THIS WEEK AFTER TWO MONTHS. ON MY TEST RIDE I NOTICED THE RUNNING LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS WERE OFF. I CHECKED THE FUSE FOR THAT CIRCUIT AND IT WAS BLOWN. I THEN DECIDED TO CHECK THE GROUND SPIDERS SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTED FAILURES ON THE FJRFORUM.COM DISCUSSION BOARD. I FOUND A BURNED GROUND SPIDER AND WIRES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10365611

Incident

Nov 8, 2010

Mileage

54,000 mi

2007 YAMAHA MOTOR CYCLE MODEL # FJR1300A. ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT RESTART. FAULTY GROUND WIRING HARNESS SPYDER CONNECTIONS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10362226

Incident

Oct 13, 2010

Mileage

18,933 mi

THE VEHICLE, A 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE, INSTANTLY LOST ALL POWER, THE ENGINE QUIT AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WENT DEAD, LEAVING ME WITH NO WAY TO SIGNAL MY NEED TO MOVE OFF OF THE ROADWAY IMMEDIATELY. WITHIN THE FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED TWICE, MOMENTARILY. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A CORRODED ELECTRICAL CONNECTION UNDER THE FRONT LEFT OF THE FUEL TANK AND WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HELP FROM POSTS ON FJRFORUM.COM CONTAINING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10360312

Incident

Sep 20, 2010

Mileage

38,600 mi

INTERMITTENT STALLING AND ERRATIC,RANDOM ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO A NO RUN CONDITION. WITH INFORMATION LEARNED FROM OTHER MOTORCYCLE OWNERS OF THIS SAME MAKE AND MODEL MOTORCYCLE WHO HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM,DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED BURNED WIRING HARNESS GROUND SPIDER CONNECTION. BURNED SECTION CUT OFF AND DISCARDED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10349031

Incident

Jul 22, 2010

Mileage

12,500 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10347411

Incident

Aug 1, 2010

Mileage

38,000 mi

STARTING IN MID 2009, THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300A MOTORCYCLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY FLICKER OFF AND ON. ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2009 THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE RIDING HOME FROM WORK IN THE DARK! PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE A GROUNDING CONNECTION ABOVE THE LEFT HEADLIGHT THAT HAD CORRODED AND OVERHEATED THE CONNECTOR AND SPIDER INSERT. THE FAULTY CONNECTOR WAS REMOVED AND THE WIRES WERE SOLDERED TOGETHER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10298043

Incident

Dec 21, 2009

Mileage

32,328 mi

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE RESULTING IN A COMPLETE AND TOTAL SHUT DOWN OF THE MOTORCYCLE WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH IN TRAFFIC. *TR

NHTSA ID

10250002

Incident

Oct 26, 2008

Mileage

26,542 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 YAMAHA FJR1300. THE ENGINE FAILED TO START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INOPERABLE. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A SHORTAGE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,500. UPDATED 11/14/08. *LJ UPDATED 11/18/08.*JB

NHTSA ID

10247241

Incident

Aug 10, 2008

Mileage

11,500 mi

IGNITION FAILURE ON YAMAHA 2007 FJR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10246962

Incident

Oct 25, 2008

Mileage

13,454 mi

2007 YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE, FAILED IGNITION SWITCH. 9,755 MILES ON MOTORCYCLE. FOUND HISTORY OF IGNITION FAILURE ON INTERNET SITE, YET DEALERS DENY ANY SUCH THING. FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON LOCAL ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OUT OF WAY OF TRAFFIC. *TR

NHTSA ID

10242927

Incident

Sep 10, 2008

Mileage

9,555 mi

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. KEY MUST BE "JIGGLED" TO TURN ON MOTORCYCLE. THE KEY MUST BE IN BETWEEN ON AND OFF TO START THE BIKE. AFTER IT HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE KEY CAN BE TURN TO THE FULL ON POSITION. THIS PROBLEM HAS JUST SURFACED THIS WEEK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10242430

Incident

Sep 15, 2008

Mileage

10,800 mi

SHUT OFF BIKE TO FILL WITH GAS. WHEN DONE FILLING,TURNED KEY TO "ON" POSITION AND NOTHING HAPPENED. BIKE WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. TRIED SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITH SAME RESULT. HAD TO GET TOWED TO YAMAHA DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED IGNITION SWITCH. CONTACTS INSIDE WERE MELTED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10240929

Incident

Sep 1, 2008

Mileage

39,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10239060

Incident

Aug 11, 2008

Mileage

12,533 mi

MY ENGINE DIED WHILE I WAS COMING TO A STOP ON MY 2007 FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE. I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL INDICATIONS AND THE IGNITION SWITCH DID NOT RESPOND. I GOT THE BIKE BACK TO THE DEALER IN HOUSTON AND THEY IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS SWITCH FAILURE. THE FJR FORUM AT WWW.FJRFORUM.COM/FORUM/INDEX.PHP?SHOWTOPIC=103354 HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM. THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO GET A REPLACEMENT SWITCH IN ABOUT 10 DAYS AND REPLACED IT FOR APPROXIMATELY $250. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH YAMAHA CORP. USA. *TR

NHTSA ID

10237863

Incident

Jul 25, 2008

Mileage

16,200 mi

MY IGNITION SWITCH IS FAULTY CAUSING MY MOTORCYCLE IGNITION TO NOT WORK AT TIMES. IT HAS NOT YET FAULTED WHEN I AM RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE BUT IT WILL NOT WORK WHEN I TURN THE MOTORCYCLE OFF AND LEAVE IT SIT. IT IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS I WAS ALMOST STRANDED 300 MILE FROM HOME THIS WEEKEND WHEN IT WOULD NOT WORK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10237675

Incident

Aug 9, 2007

Mileage

12,000 mi

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE MOTORCYCLE SUFFERED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE AND ALL ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING ALL LIGHTS, TO FAIL, NEARLY RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. MOVING THE WIRE HARNESS AT THE BACK OF THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUSES THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FLICKER ON AND OFF. *TR

NHTSA ID

10237206

Incident

Aug 5, 2008

Mileage

15,000 mi

2007 YAMAHA FJR1300A. IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE WILL RIDING IN TRAFFIC IN DALLAS. NO RESPONSE AT ALL FROM THE BIKE AND WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC. ACCORDING TO THE FJRFORUM.COM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE WITH THE FJR. YAMAHA SAID THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF ANY PROBLEMS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10236655

Incident

Jul 18, 2008

Mileage

15,000 mi