While commuting home from Dublin to Drogheda (about 60miles) last Wednesday evening, traveling North on the N2 Speedo dropped to zero then started bouncing up and down between 20 & 40 mph, ABS warning light came on, SH_42 code came up long with "SHIFT" and the yellow engine warning light came on, Gear indicator in 5th started to flash too. I tried to shift down and nothing happened, I was stuck in 5th so decided I was close enough to home to limp home in 5th untill I had to turn off the N2 on to a minnor road leading to Duleek near my home, got around the corner but bike stalled as I couldn't change down to take take off again, rear locked up and I slid sideways to a halt, lucky I'm a instructor and could handle the bike, I waved the following vehicles past by just raising my 2 arms in the air showing I had no way of moving, I turned off the ingition and then switched it back on and rocked the bike and finally got it to neutral and was able to get the bike off the junction and to the side of the road. I restarted and everything seemed to work again, started off and got to 3rd before the code came back and I couldn't change down again, so limped to Duleek 3 miles away and then up the country road to my house without stopping again the stalled on my drive.
I rode the bike to the local dealer next morning and shift worked justfine though speedo was still down and gear indicator flashed for a short while after each shift, ABS warning light still on too.
Dealer checked machine and said as they fixed each code problem it was replaced by a few more, the found that the Earthing points throughout the bike were corroded and and that this caused the ECU Part 2D2-86510-00-00 (Mtr Control Unit Assy) to melt inside. Yamaha Ireland (Danfay Ltd.) have said that they never heard of such a problem on any FJR and that as it was:
a. out of warranty by 1 month
b. None European model (imported US bike) not covered by Euro Warranty
Their Quote "Don't know what the problem is and don't want to know either"....
I now need to know if anyone in the US has experienced similar problems and also how can I get a cheap ECU to get me back on the road
BTW I got the rear shock supplied under warranty last Oct08 here in Ireland, yet 6700 miles (6mths) later when this happens I'm screwed. I have 33000miles on the clock in the last 19 months, bike was 6 months old with 750miles when I bought it in the UK (England) back in August 2007 thinking it to be a Euro model untill I was looking for some history on the bike from Yamaha Ireland using the VIN number I found it to be a US (hawian) bike, I thought "Owhh Sh1t".
I hope someone can let me know if I can still be covered by the US warranty, to think I was planning a RTW trip in the next 2 years, and to find out that I could have a problem on a Yamaha, though new would not have any cover if in a different part of the world, that's crazy!
I thought Warranties were World Wide!
??
Kev
I rode the bike to the local dealer next morning and shift worked justfine though speedo was still down and gear indicator flashed for a short while after each shift, ABS warning light still on too.
Dealer checked machine and said as they fixed each code problem it was replaced by a few more, the found that the Earthing points throughout the bike were corroded and and that this caused the ECU Part 2D2-86510-00-00 (Mtr Control Unit Assy) to melt inside. Yamaha Ireland (Danfay Ltd.) have said that they never heard of such a problem on any FJR and that as it was:
a. out of warranty by 1 month
b. None European model (imported US bike) not covered by Euro Warranty
Their Quote "Don't know what the problem is and don't want to know either"....
I now need to know if anyone in the US has experienced similar problems and also how can I get a cheap ECU to get me back on the road
BTW I got the rear shock supplied under warranty last Oct08 here in Ireland, yet 6700 miles (6mths) later when this happens I'm screwed. I have 33000miles on the clock in the last 19 months, bike was 6 months old with 750miles when I bought it in the UK (England) back in August 2007 thinking it to be a Euro model untill I was looking for some history on the bike from Yamaha Ireland using the VIN number I found it to be a US (hawian) bike, I thought "Owhh Sh1t".
I hope someone can let me know if I can still be covered by the US warranty, to think I was planning a RTW trip in the next 2 years, and to find out that I could have a problem on a Yamaha, though new would not have any cover if in a different part of the world, that's crazy!
I thought Warranties were World Wide!
??
Kev
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