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Engineering Analysis EA08-025: MOTORCYCLE STALLING - ELECTRICAL

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Engineering Analysis EA08-025 on November 21, 2008, the day it closed Preliminary Evaluation PE08-048, whose summary cites it, and closed it on January 9, 2009. NHTSA's investigations file lists 3 Yamaha models for it and links recall 09V-002 to it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
EA08-025 (also written EA08025)
Investigation type
Engineering Analysis A more detailed stage of a defect investigation, opened when NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation decides an issue merits further review, often after a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query; it can include vehicle testing, surveys and further information requests.
Status
Closed January 9, 2009
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Component
Electrical System — Ignition — Switch
Recall linked by NHTSA
  • 09V-002: IGNITION SWITCH, reported
Vehicles and equipment
3 Yamaha models, including the FJR13 and FJR1300A

NHTSA's summary

As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Engineering Analysis EA08-025.

ODI IS AWARE OF AT LEAST 45 ALLEGATIONS OF FJR1300 ENGINE STALLING WHILE UNDERWAY DUE TO AN IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE.IN SOME INSTANCES, CYCLING THE SWITCH WILL ALLOW RE-START.FJRFORUM.COM HAS NUMEROUS THREADS ALLEGING THE SAME ISSUE.SHORTLY AFTER OPENING THIS EA, AND BEFORE RECEIVING A RELATED INFORMATION REQUEST FROM US, YAMAHA DECIDED TO CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL (09V-002) TO INSTALL NEW IGNITION SWITCHES IN ALL MY 2006-8 AND EARLY MY 2009 FJR1300 MOTORCYCLES.WITH THAT DECISION, THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Engineering Analysis EA08-025. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.

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What an NHTSA investigation is

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.

An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.

To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Free VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.

Sources

NHTSA's investigation record for EA08-025

Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.