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Preliminary Evaluation PE08-048: MOTORCYCLE STALLING - ELECTRICAL

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE08-048 on August 8, 2008 and closed it on November 21, 2008, the day it opened Engineering Analysis EA08-025, which this investigation's summary cites. NHTSA's investigations file lists 3 Yamaha models for it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
PE08-048 (also written PE08048)
Investigation type
Preliminary Evaluation The first stage of most defect investigations: NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation gathers basic information about a possible safety defect, including from the manufacturer.
Status
Closed November 21, 2008
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Component
Electrical System — Ignition — Switch
Vehicles and equipment
3 Yamaha models, including the FJR13 and FJR1300A

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NHTSA's summary

As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE08-048.

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.TO GATHER MORE FOCUSED INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, WE ARE UPGRADING THIS PE TO AN EA (EA08-025).

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE08-048. 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.

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Sources

NHTSA's investigation record for PE08-048

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.