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We have an '06 Yamaha R6 that we just got back from the dealer today after having the ECU replaced. The tech said that the garage door opener, which is a key chain type like an alarm remote, may have caused ECU to go bad and that we shouldn't keep the garage remote key on it. How true is this? Can a garage remote really cause damaging interference that would make an ECU go bad? To make this hot tub relative.... my husband has had to use the hot tub a lot because his neck has been killing him from riding his old POS bike for the last 3 weeks. He is so happy to have his new bike back.TIA!(Paul, I've tried PMing you several times and it won't go through)
Sadly, that seems to be common operating procedure for a lot of bike dealers. They like to make you think that everything they do for you is a huge favor.
Its a long story.....We took the bike in Wed 9am. Were told it could take a few days as they are busy and they have to get approval from Yamaha before they order parts to make sure it will be covered under warranty. (Oh, they also wanted $120 diagnostic fee upfront. F that I said.)I called Thursday afternoon. Was told they couldn't duplicate problem. I said, what does that mean. Can't fix what they can't duplicate, regardless of the error code we gave them. Asked again, what are they gonna do. Said they will ride it again.They left a message at closing Friday night. Called back Saturday. Told they couldn't duplicate the problem and we needed to pick up the bike. I explained that I was leaving for out of town the next week and that was leaving J without any other transportation. I was concerned for his safety. The throttle would suddenly stop responding when he was accelerating and doing this inbetween lanes passing cars... did not seem safe to me. They didn't care.We picked up the bike. J drove it for 5 minutes, problem was duplicated. He walked the bike back to the shop. Techs don't work again till Tuesday so they couldn't contact Yamaha until Tuesday.I called Tuesday night to get an update and was told it 3-7 days to get approval from Yamaha (before we were told it was a phone call). Since it was now Thankgiving holiday, they said, Yamaha would be shut down till Monday and they couldn't order parts or anything till next week. I explained that we were leaving for the holiday, I would be gone til mid December, but J would be flying home the following Tuesday and would the bike be ready for him to take a taxi from the airport. They said no.We put insurance on his old bike, that had no headlight, no right blinker, etc. and left it at his work. He flew into work and it didn't start. He had to borrow a company car to get home.On Tuesday I was told they were waiting for the part and they needed to check with the shipping girl to see when it would be in and they'd call me back. He also said it had been ordered the week before. He never called back. I called Thursday morning and he said the part was scheduled to be in that day so the bike should be done Friday. J received a call Friday afternoon that the bike was done. He went Saturday to get the bike. The guy says, "Oh, you didn't get our message?". J shakes his head. Apparently, the part came in and the 'new' shipping girl sent it back. They then took the part off a new bike off the floor and slapped the done sign and called him Friday. Saturday morning, someone bought that bike, so they took the part out of his bike. I'm not sure how they got a part so quickly the second time though. Seems suspicious.
The 2006 R6 uses a "throttle-by-wire" system where the throttle grip isn't mechanically connected to the motor... I wonder if there was actually a problem in the throttle electronics? Did the new ECU fix the problem Brooke? If not I'd start looking into the throttle...