2005 YAMAHA FJR1300
2 recalls — 23 complaints
09V360000 Sep 17, 2009
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Defect Description
YAMAHA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005 MOTORCYCLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN OCTOBER 2004 AND APRIL 2005. THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR CAN FAIL.
Consequence
FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
Remedy
YAMAHA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 7, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT YAMAHA AT 1-714-761-7300.
06V371000 Sep 28, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Defect Description
ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, AN IMPROPERLY DESIGNED THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR COULD CAUSE AN INTERMITTENTLY UNSTABLE IDLE WHEN THE ENGINE IS AT IDLING SPEED WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE IS STOPPED OR DURING LOW-SPEED OPERATIONS. THE ENGINE COULD STALL AS A RESULT.
Consequence
IF THE ENGINE STALLS AFTER THE OPERATOR DISENGAGES THE CLUTCH IN A LOW GEAR WHILE RIDING, THE REAR TIRE MIGHT SLIP MOMENTARILY IF THE OPERATOR ABRUPTLY RE-ENGAGES THE CLUTCH. THIS COULD RESULT IN A CRASH WITH INJURY OR DEATH.
Remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 16, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT YAMAHA AT 1-888-88-YAMAHA.
Complaint Statistics
23 total complaints
3 crashes 3 injuries
Top Reported Components
| Component | Complaints |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 8 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 2 |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 2 |
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 2 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 1 |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | 1 |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | 1 |
| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY | 1 |
| WHEELS | 1 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 8, 2025
Incident date: Sep 8, 2025
Uconnect® 4C w/NAV with 8.4–Inch Display is delaminating. This is known to be a common problem with this vehicle. The touchscreen provides direct access to settings that affect the way the vehicle physically brakes and steers, all are configured via the Uconnect system, and that system with a d... Read more
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Oct 8, 2025
Incident date: Sep 8, 2025
About a month ago I purchased a 2005 Yamaha fjr1300. After purchasing I was out riding when the bike suddenly stalled. Upon reengaging the clutch, the back tire kicked out very hard and caused me to wreck the bike. I sent the bike to Guntersville Power Sports to have the bike fixed. Upon examination... Read more
Crash
1 injured
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Oct 8, 2025
Incident date: Sep 8, 2025
About a month ago I purchased a 2005 Yamaha fjr1300. After purchasing I was out riding when the bike suddenly stalled. Upon reengaging the clutch, the back tire kicked out very hard and caused me to wreck the bike. I sent the bike to Guntersville Power Sports to have the bike fixed. Upon examination... Read more
Crash
1 injured
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
May 18, 2019
Incident date: May 17, 2019
IGNITION SWITCH IS INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES AFTER TURNING SWITCH TO OFF POSITION THEN BACK TO THE ON POSITION, MOTORCYCLE WILL NOT START AND GAGE HAVE NO POWER. SOMETIME I MAY HAVE TO TURN KEY ON AND OFF FIFTY OR MORE TIMES AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T WORK. MOTORCYCLE HAS LESS THAN 17,000 MILES ON IT ... Read more
ENGINE
May 18, 2019
Incident date: May 17, 2019
IGNITION SWITCH IS INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES AFTER TURNING SWITCH TO OFF POSITION THEN BACK TO THE ON POSITION, MOTORCYCLE WILL NOT START AND GAGE HAVE NO POWER. SOMETIME I MAY HAVE TO TURN KEY ON AND OFF FIFTY OR MORE TIMES AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T WORK. MOTORCYCLE HAS LESS THAN 17,000 MILES ON IT ... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
May 18, 2019
Incident date: May 17, 2019
IGNITION SWITCH IS INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES AFTER TURNING SWITCH TO OFF POSITION THEN BACK TO THE ON POSITION, MOTORCYCLE WILL NOT START AND GAGE HAVE NO POWER. SOMETIME I MAY HAVE TO TURN KEY ON AND OFF FIFTY OR MORE TIMES AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T WORK. MOTORCYCLE HAS LESS THAN 17,000 MILES ON IT ... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
Oct 4, 2016
Incident date: Sep 1, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 YAMAHA FJR1300A. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A FAILED SOLDER CONNECTING WIRE FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTU... Read more
SERVICE BRAKES
Nov 5, 2014
Incident date: Nov 5, 2014
REAR ANTI LOCK BRAKES HAVE STOPPED WORKING. YAMAHA SAYS THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE FIX. THE MOTORCYCLE OBVIOUSLY IS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT IS NO LONGER AS SAFE AS IT ONCE WAS. *TR
TIRES
Jun 11, 2014
Incident date: Jun 8, 2014
NOTICED DELAMINATION OF TIRE TREAD OF FRONT TIRE. TWO LARGE BLISTERS NEAR THE MIDDLE OF TREAD. ONE ABOUT 1" DIA., THE OTHER ABOUT 3" LONG. TIRE MILEAGE WAS 6,129. TIRE TYPE IS SHINKO R011 SIZE 120/70/ZR17. DATE CODE IS 3012. TIRE COULD HAVE CATASTROPHICALLY DEFLATED. VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT. ... Read more
WHEELS
Jun 11, 2014
Incident date: Jun 8, 2014
NOTICED DELAMINATION OF TIRE TREAD OF FRONT TIRE. TWO LARGE BLISTERS NEAR THE MIDDLE OF TREAD. ONE ABOUT 1" DIA., THE OTHER ABOUT 3" LONG. TIRE MILEAGE WAS 6,129. TIRE TYPE IS SHINKO R011 SIZE 120/70/ZR17. DATE CODE IS 3012. TIRE COULD HAVE CATASTROPHICALLY DEFLATED. VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT. ... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
May 29, 2013
Incident date: May 24, 2013
I WAS PULLING UP TO A STOP LIGHT AND LOST ALL POWER. DIAGNOSIS SHOWED A FAILED IGNITION SWITCH. ONLINE INVESTIGATION INDICATES YAMAHA WAS FORCED BY THE NHTSA TO RECALL 2006-09 FJR 1300 MODELS FOR THIS SWITCH FAILURE, AND THERE ARE A HUGE NUMBER OF 2001-05 OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME FAILURE. T... Read more
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
May 29, 2013
Incident date: Jun 30, 2010
I WAS EXITING INTERSTATE 81 NEAR HARRISBURG, PA, WHEN THE OEM ACCESSORY STORAGE TRUNK FELL OFF THE BACK OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THE MOUNTING BRACKET CRACKED, ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN. THANKFULLY, MY PASSENGER DID NOT FALL OFF, AS THE TRUNK DOUBLES AS A BACKREST. ALSO THANKFULLY, THERE WAS NOT A VEHICLE... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
May 19, 2013
Incident date: May 14, 2013
MOTORCYCLE ABRUPTLY SHUT OFF, AFTER DIAGNOSING FOR AN HOUR DETERMINED THAT IT IS WAS THE ELECTRIC IGNITION / SWITCH. EVIDENTLY 2006 MODELS AND UP HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND YAHAMA ISSUED A RECALL, FURTHER RESEARCH SHOW PREVIOUS MODELS HAVE AND ARE BEING AFFECTED AS WELL. *TR
SERVICE BRAKES
Nov 16, 2012
Incident date: Nov 15, 2012
ABS FAILED UNDER EMERGENCY BRAKING APPLICATION AND THE REAR WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL. ROAD TESTING FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT CONFIRMED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. *TR
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Sep 7, 2011
Incident date: Aug 12, 2010
THIS REPORT IS IN REGARD TO THE SECOND EVENT REGARDING FUEL GEYSERING OUT OF THE FUEL TANK. DURING A REFUELING STOP IN GUNNISON, COLORADO, I OPENED THE FUEL CAP. THERE WAS A WHOOSHING SOUND AND FUEL LITERALLY SPEWED INTO THE AIR ABOUT 3 FEET, COVERING ME AND MOST OF THE MOTORCYCLE IN GASOLINE. PRIOR... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 1, 2011
Incident date: May 31, 2011
IGNITION SWITCH ON MY 2004 YAMAHA FJR1300 FAILED WITHOUT NOTICE WHILE RIDING AT 60 MPH. THE MOTORCYCLE IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL POWER AND HAD TO BE TOWED. *TR
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Nov 25, 2010
Incident date: Oct 14, 2010
05 YAMAHA FJR 1300 MY MOTORCYCLE JUST STALLED ON THE FREEWAY TWICE ON MY LAST TRIP. USUALLY I DON'T GO VERY FAR BUT ON THIS TRIP WE RODE FOR 5 STRAIGHT HRS AND THIS HAPPENED. THERE IS A THROTTLE SENSOR RECALL ON THIS BIKE. I GAVE THEM MY VIN# AND THEY SAID IT DID NOT PERTAIN TO MY BIKE. I BELIEVE T... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Nov 25, 2010
Incident date: Oct 14, 2010
05 YAMAHA FJR 1300 MY MOTORCYCLE JUST STALLED ON THE FREEWAY TWICE ON MY LAST TRIP. USUALLY I DON'T GO VERY FAR BUT ON THIS TRIP WE RODE FOR 5 STRAIGHT HRS AND THIS HAPPENED. THERE IS A THROTTLE SENSOR RECALL ON THIS BIKE. I GAVE THEM MY VIN# AND THEY SAID IT DID NOT PERTAIN TO MY BIKE. I BELIEVE T... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Aug 19, 2008
Incident date: Jul 19, 2008
AFTER RIDING 600 MILES AFTER THE CRASH ,I STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND THE BIKE DID NOT START . THE SECOND TIME I WAS AT THE BIKE DEALER AND WAS LEAVING LET OUT THE CLUTCH THE BIKE STALLED AND DID NOT START THE NEW IGNITION HAD 600 MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash
1 injured
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Aug 10, 2008
Incident date: Aug 9, 2008
THE YAMAHA FJR1300 MOTORCYCLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS IGNITION SWITCH FAILURES DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET. MY 2005 HAS FAILED TO START ON A FEW OCCASIONS AND TODAY I TOOK THE TIME WITH AN OHMMETER TO VERIFY THAT ONE SWITCH IN THE IGNITION SWITCH IS INTERMITTENT THUS PREVENTING THE BIKE FROM STARTING. *TR
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
Jul 19, 2007
Incident date: Jul 16, 2007
GAS TANK ON A 2005 YAMAHA FJR1300A ERUPTED IN A GEYSER OF GASOLINE. WHAT HAPPENED?: ON MONDAY 7-16-07 I STOPPED FOR FUEL. IT WAS ABOUT 95 DEGREES, AND THE BIKE WAS HOT. IT WAS NOT OUTSIDE OF NORMAL OPERATING TEMP. - I HAD TWO BARS ON THE TEMP GAUGE. I OPENED THE FUEL CAP/DOOR AND LIQUID GASOLINE SP... Read more
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Jan 7, 2007
Incident date: Oct 5, 2006
YAMAHA FJR1300, 2005 MODEL, EXHAUST VALVE NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH FAULTY VALVE GUIDE AND VALVE GUIDE SEAL DESIGN. THE NOISE STARTED AROUND 5000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED TO A LOUD TICKING. YAMAHA DEALER SAYS IT COULD BE A PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MODEL BUT ADVISED I WOULD ... Read more
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Oct 14, 2006
Incident date: Oct 14, 2006
I HAVE A MOTORCYCLE AND A GREAT MANY TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNALS DO NOT ACTIVATE WHEN I AM AT AN INTERSECTION. SENSORS UNDER THE STREET TRIGGER MANY TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THESE SENSORS ARE OFTEN NOT ADJUSTED TO DETECT MOTORCYCLES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. I AM FORCED TO RUN THROUGH RED LIGHTS ALL THE TIME... Read more
YAMAHA FJR1300 — All Years Overview
Complete safety history for the YAMAHA FJR1300 across all model years (2003–2020).
26
Total Recalls
100
Total Complaints
0
Investigations
3
Reported Crashes
0
Reported Fires
0
Reported Deaths
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