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2004 Yamaha XVS11 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 Apr 24, 2006
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 Apr 24, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2004 Yamaha XVS11. 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

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BrakesEngine
Filed Apr 24, 2006
Crash reported1 injury reported1 death reported

MY PARTNER DROVE A V STAR 1100 2004. SHE HAD COMPLAINED OF THE BACK TIRE LOCKING UP, BUT UPON SERVICE, NOTHING WAS FOUND. SHE HAD HAD A PROBLEM WITH METAL FLECKS IN THE OIL. ON SEPT 16, 2005, WHILE DRIVING NORTH BOUND ON I-15 NEAR HESPERIA, CA MOTORCYCLE WAS REAR ENDED CAUSING BACK TIRE TO LOCK UP AND THROW THE DRIVER OVER THE HANDLE BARS. DRIVER TOOK OFF AND HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. MY PARTNER WAS KILLED ALMOST INSTANTLY. MY CONCERN IS WHETHER HER BACK TIRE LOCKED UP BEFORE SHE WAS HIT. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A CLEAR ANSWER ON THIS. THE CHP WERE NOT ABLE TO GET AND EYE WITNESS TO THE WHOLE EVENT TO SAY WHICH HAPPENED FIRST. I HAVE PICTURE OF THE DAMAGED MOTORCYCLE THAT I TOOK AT THE SCRAP YARD. I DO KNOW THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER HAD TO ROCK THE BIKE TO GET THE BACK TIRE LOOSE TO MOVE IT. I CAN'T BRING MY PARTNER BACK. BUT I CAN TRY TO MAKE SURE NOT ONE ELSE ENCOUNTERS THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR V STAR. THANKS FOR LISTENING. *NM

NHTSA ID
10156007
Incident
Sep 16, 2005
Mileage
15,000 mi

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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