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Spider bite on a 2012
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<blockquote data-quote="RossKean" data-source="post: 1416317" data-attributes="member: 19880"><p>All Gen II from '06 to '12. Haven't heard of a similar issue for Gen III and up. The vast majority were in the first two years but we are seeing more of the later years recently. Likely a matter of age and oxidation initiating the runaway meltdown that constitutes a spider bite. Yamaha dealt with the S4 which plagued '06 and '07 especially, but I don't know if they did anything about the others. There have been enough documented cases relating to "bites" in other locations (and years) that I am surprised that they haven't been forced to do a recall on these. Maybe nobody is reporting them or maybe the NHTSA isn't doing their homework with respect to correlating various reports. I would encourage anyone with a grounding issue to report it. Things like engine quitting while riding or loss of headlights should get their attention.</p><p></p><p>For my new-to-me 2011, I will be going over all of the connectors this year when I delve into some electrical modifications. I think I may try to lighten some loads while I am at it - LED headlights, possible relay for fans and some other stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RossKean, post: 1416317, member: 19880"] All Gen II from '06 to '12. Haven't heard of a similar issue for Gen III and up. The vast majority were in the first two years but we are seeing more of the later years recently. Likely a matter of age and oxidation initiating the runaway meltdown that constitutes a spider bite. Yamaha dealt with the S4 which plagued '06 and '07 especially, but I don't know if they did anything about the others. There have been enough documented cases relating to "bites" in other locations (and years) that I am surprised that they haven't been forced to do a recall on these. Maybe nobody is reporting them or maybe the NHTSA isn't doing their homework with respect to correlating various reports. I would encourage anyone with a grounding issue to report it. Things like engine quitting while riding or loss of headlights should get their attention. For my new-to-me 2011, I will be going over all of the connectors this year when I delve into some electrical modifications. I think I may try to lighten some loads while I am at it - LED headlights, possible relay for fans and some other stuff. [/QUOTE]
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