2009 Yamaha YW125

YAMAHA ZUMA FUEL PUMP FAILURE. NOTE YAMAHA ZUMA IS NOT AN OPTION FOR VEHICLE INFORMATION/DESCRIPTION CHOICE. JUST CHOSE 125CC BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T LET ME GO FORWARD WITH COMPLAINT. 1. AT APPROX 500 MILES ON ODOMETER WHEN ENGINE HOT OR AFTER USE WILL NOT RESTART UNTIL ENGINE COOLED DOWN. 2. AT APPROX 600 MILES ON ODOMETER WILL NOT START AT ALL. CURRENTLY AT 1200 MILES ON ODOMETER AND EXPERIENCING SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS ALL OVER AGAIN. 3. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP. 1ST ONE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANT.... :-( *TR

1. DROVE TO DOLLAR GENERAL STORE 1/2 MILE ...TEMP IN THE HIGH 80'S. 2. DID MY SHOPPING CAME OUT AND YAMAHA ZUMA 2009 WOULDN'T START. NO FUEL PUMP SOUND. 3. HAD TO CALL YAMAHA TO GET DEALERSHIP STARTED ON FIX. 4. YAMAHA CALLED DEALER TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP. 5. LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON "ZUMAFORUMS.NET. 6. NO OFFICIAL RECALL. MAYBE IS NEEDED! *TR

2009 YAMAHA ZUMA 125CC: FUEL PUMP FAILURE...SCOOTER ONLY HAS 320 MILES!!! UPON RIDING THE 1ST 3 MILES, THE MOTOR HEATS UP AND THE FUEL PUMP QUITS. WITHOUT NOTICE, THE SCOOTER LOSES ALL POWER AND RAPIDLY DECELERATES AS THE DRIVE BELT DOES NOT DISENGAGE UNTIL BIKE SLOWS TO APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN CHICAGO TRAFFIC AS NOBODY CARES OR THINKS YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY BE HAVING MECHANICAL ISSUES! NOW YOU ARE STRANDED AND HAVE TO SHUT OFF ALL POWER TO THE SCOOTER AND WAIT FOR IT TO COOL DOWN. THE LONGER YOU WAIT THE FARTHER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO...I THINK THIS IS DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT IS ABLE TO GRAVITY DRIP INTO THE GAS LINES DURING COOLDOWN. AUDIBLY, YOU CAN HEAR THE DECREASED DURATION OF THE FUEL PUMP ENGAGING UNTIL THERE IS ZERO ENGAGEMENT OF THE FUEL PUMP. REPEATING THIS SEQUENCE MIGHT GET YOU ANOTHER 1/2 MILE. NOW, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PUSH. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE TO ENCOUNTER IN TRAFFIC AND YAMAHA SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED TO HAVE SUCH ISSUES WITH A $3000 NEW MACHINE. *TR

WHILE WAITING AT A RED LIGHT MY SCOOTER JUST STALLED OUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. IT WAS A HOT DAY AND AFTER LETTING MY SCOOTER COOL FOR AN HOUR OR SO IT STARTED BACK UP. SEEMS EVERY TIME IT IS 90+ DEGREES OUT THE SCOOTERS FUEL PUMP WILL FAIL AND STRAND ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. AS OF THIS WRITING, YAMAHA HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A PROBLEM EXISTS EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN HEARING OF NUMEROUS REPORTS ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM FROM OTHER ZUMA 125 RIDERS. *TR

MY ZUMA 125 SCOOTER WITH AROUND 800 MILES STALLED WHILE I WAS IDLING IN A FAST FOOD DRIVE-THRU ON A DAY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 90 F AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER LETTING THE SCOOTER COOL DOWN FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN THE SHADE. THIS SAME ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN ON ANOTHER HOT DAY AROUND 95 F WHILE I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT ON A BUSY ROAD. AFTER PUSHING MY SCOOTER TO A NEARBY GAS STATION I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER COOLING DOWN THE SCOOTER FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN THE SHADE. I AM NOW UNABLE TO START OR KEEP MY SCOOTER RUNNING WHEN IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT ON A HOT DAY AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS ON COOLER DAYS OR IN THE EVENING. I HAVE CALLED LOCAL YAMAHA DEALERS AND THEIR PRIMARY CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO KNOWN ISSUES. AFTER CHECKING ONLINE FORUMS I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE FUEL PUMP, WHICH YAMAHA HAS SINCE REDESIGNED, YET STILL DOES NOT RECOGNIZE AS THE SAFETY ISSUE THAT IT IS. MY FUEL PUMP ISSUE STILL EXISTS AND I AM UNABLE TO RIDE MY SCOOTER DURING THE DAY. THE FUEL PUMPS ARE ALSO CURRENTLY ON BACKORDER DUE TO THE COMMON FAILURES. *TR