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2015 Yamaha Super Tenere Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Dec 20, 2017
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2015 Yamaha Super Tenere, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Brakes1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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From owner reports, verbatim

YAMAHA SUPER TENERE, 2013, ~ 7K MILES, REAR BRAKE LOSING PRESSURE - NOT WORKING AT ALL; ABS LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. NEARLY KILLED MYSELF, HAVING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP ON A DUAL CARRIAGE WAY, WHEN I FIRST FOUND OUT...! YAMAHA DEALER PERFORMED ALL DIAGNOSTIC STEPS - REPLACED CALIPER SEAL KIT, REBUILT MASTER CYLINDER ETC AT MASSIVE COST. AT FIRST, DIAGNOSTICS INDICATED THAT IT WASN'T THE ABS PUMP BUT, HAVING EXCLUDED EVERYTHING ELSE, DEALER SAYS IT CAN ONLY BE ABS... NEW ABS PUMP 1700. LOOKING ONLINE, FOR EXAMPLE ON THE SUPER TENERE FORUM, IT APPEARS THIS IS QUITE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SUPER TENERE - WITH QUITE A FEW DEVOTED YAMAHA RIDERS LIKE ME TEARING THEIR HAIR OUT AND NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD REPAIRING THEIR BIKES. YAMAHA UK JUST SAYS THAT THIS IS THE RESULTS OF BIKES NOT BEING MAINTAINED WELL ENOUGH - E.G BRAKE FLUID NOT BEING REPLACED. MY BIKE WAS SERVICED ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE THOUGH. EVEN IF IT REALLY IS THAT ESSENTIAL FOR BRAKE FLUID TO BE REPLACED REGULARLY TO PREVENT THIS THEN THIS SHOULD BE POINTED OUT A BIT MORE CLEARLY TO OWNERS - WHO WILL NORMALLY JUST LET DEALERS/LOCAL SERVICE STATIONS GET ON WITH SERVICING THE BIKE AND THEN PRESUME EVERYTHING NECESSARY IS BEING DONE. WHAT MORE CAN THEY DO? SO I NOW HAVE A BIKE THAT, WHEN IT IS FIXED, IS WORTH AROUND 6.5K WHICH FIRST NEEDS > 2K SPENDING ON IT. YAMAHA UK SAYS IT MAY ONLY BE WILLING TO CHIP IN ('A LOW PERCENTAGE CONTRIBUTION') IF MY DEALER CAN PERSUADE THEM THAT I AM A VALUED-ENOUGH YAMAHA CUSTOMER. SORRY YAMAHA, BUT THIS REALLY IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR A MANUFACTURING COMPANY PRIDING THEMSELVES ON BUILDING STUFF THAT'S 'MADE TO LAST'! CAN I POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A BIKE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD? AND THAT YOU SELLING THESE (NEW) FOR 12-13K?!

NHTSA ID 11055622 · filed Dec 20, 2017

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

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