Thank you, tlsda, for that information. Because you relate that the Yamaha rep 'got an "attitude",' I decided to dig a little more into the NHTSA web site.
If you go to this web addresss,
www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/defect, you will find a web page that is under the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). NOTE: This link may not work from RSWarrior.com; you may need to post the address into your browser. Perform a search with the following criteria: a 2002 (or 2003) Yamaha, Road Star Warrior, Power Train: Manual Transmission and you will be brought to a Search Results page. On this page, you will see a button, labeled "Document Search." If you click this button, a new page will appear. The new page lists two documents:
1. INCLA-PE03038-16331P.pdf -- CLOSE RESUME APPROVED ( 202.33 KB)
2. INIM-PE03038-15907.pdf -- IR TO MFR ( 294.05 KB)
These two documents show that the NHTSA opened an investigation into the transmission problem and were potentially (IMHO) going to clean Yamaha's clock! If you don't believe me, go look for yourself. The vehicles that were subject to this investigation were
'all Myr 1999 through 2003 Yamaha Road Star-Series motorcycles (including "Warrior," "Silverado," etc.) manufactured for sale or lease in the United States.'
Please pay attention to the following document dates. Document numbered *16331P.pdf was issued by NHTSA on August 20, 2003. In this document, seventeen pages long, the NHTSA demanded an incredible amount of data from Yamaha. NHTSA had six reports of rear-wheel lock-up, with two of these ascerting personal injuries. Now, two days later, Yamaha issues a VOLUNTARY recall.
Subsequent to this VOLUNTARY recall, the NHTSA closed their PRELIMINARY investigation. The second document shows that the NHTSA closed the investigation and that document ends with *15907.pdf. The date of closing was November 6, 2003, by Principal Investigator Robert Young.
In their correspondence with the NHTSA, Yamaha claimed that the only motorycles affected are the 2001 XV1600 Roadstar motorcycles, manufactured between November 30, 2000 and January 24, 2001.
I urge every member or visitor that is concerned about this recall to go to the web site address listed above and review both documents. It will definitely ground you in the issues at hand.
Thanks,
Gary