Recall · 25V778000
Yamaha Motor Corporation recalled the YAMAHA Xmax over engine and engine cooling
Do not drive until repaired. NHTSA issues this where it considers the risk immediate, and it stands until the repair is done.
2,715
Vehicles covered
1
Model
5
Model years
November 13, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- The defect
- Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd. (Yamaha) is recalling certain 2018-2022 XMAX scooters. The camshaft retainer bolt may loosen and not properly secure the camshaft, resulting in an engine stall.
- What it can cause
- An engine stall can cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
- What the dealer does
- Owners are advised not to ride their scooter until the remedy has been completed. Dealers will install a new camshaft plate kit, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed November 20, 2025. Owners may contact Yamaha's customer service at 1-800-962-7926. Yamaha's number for this recall is 990184. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning November 24, 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| YamahaXmax | 2018 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 2,715 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 69% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2018 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 7 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Yamaha vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 10 times before this, most recently in March 2022 as 22V130000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 20V611000 (visibility).
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 November 13, 2025 as campaign 25V778000. 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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