Recall · 20V277000
Yamaha Motor Corporation recalled 2 models over engine and engine cooling
3,116
Vehicles covered
2
Models
5
Model years
May 15, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- The defect
- Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (Yamaha) is recalling certain 2015-2018 XC155 scooters. The cylinder head nuts may not have been tightened properly and could loosen, allowing coolant to foul the spark plug.
- What it can cause
- A fouled spark plug could cause the engine to stall at idle and possibly not restart, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Yamaha will notify owners and dealers will replace the cylinder head gasket and tighten the cylinder head nuts, free of charge. The recall began May 29, 2020. Owners may contact Yamaha customer service at 1-800-962-7926. Yamaha's number for this recall is 990137.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| YamahaXC155 | 2015 to 2018 | Not published here |
| YamahaXC155F | 2015 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 3,116 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 70% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2015 to 2018, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Yamaha vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 7 times before this, most recently in December 2018 as 18V861000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 21V251000 (engine).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA with NHTSA on May 15, 2020 as campaign 20V277000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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