2009 Yamaha Xvs65 problems, complaints & recalls

2010-05-19 · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · 18,000 mi

“rear brake failure and total destruction from a single missing bolt. rear brake assembly lost bottom bolt, on braking this resulted in the entire drum spinning and breaking control arm from drum and wrapping linkage arm around brake drum. complete loss of rear brakes. *tr …”

2010-05-19 · Power Train · 25,000 mi

“final drive assembly of yamaha vstar takes on water when riding in rain, oil degrades and results in interior bearing assembly failure. metal shavings can be found inside final drive unit. others have complained of possible bearings breaking free and resulting in spline lockup... rendering a rear tire lockup at any speed. metal shavings caus…”

2009-07-30 · Power Train:manual Transmission · 1 mi

“tl*the contact owns a 2009 yamaha xvs65y. after the vehicle has cooled down in the park position, the vehicle jumps forward four feet once it has been restarted. the failure has occurred ten times. the manufacturer stated that they could not assist because the vehicle was designed in that manner. the manufacturer advised her not to start the ve…”

2009-02-25 · Service Brakes, Hydraulic · 1,000 mi

“at 750-1,000 miles major clutch slippage was detected. this prevents acceleration to avoid accident zones or retreat from accident zone. at 3,600 miles front brake failure was detected. where depression of brake lever took four depressions to return pressure. no accident in either case, however near collisions and intrusion of vehicles in…”