NHTSA Campaign 14V044000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
NHTSA campaign 14V044000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the exterior lighting: headlights. The repair is free.
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA filed the report for 14V044000 with NHTSA on February 10, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V044000, NHTSA lists up to 24,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 2008 and August 30, 2013.
The 14V044000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V044000 were scheduled from March 10, 2014, 28 days after the report.
14V044000 covers 1 model from Yamaha, model years 2012–2013.
Owners of the model years 14V044000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the exterior lighting, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V044000 vehicles, the 2013 Yamaha Xtz12 has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V044000 ranks 2 of 28 Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA recalls on this site.
Besides 14V044000, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA has 3 other recalls on the exterior lighting on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Yamaha Motor Corporation USA (Yamaha) is recalling certain model year 2009-2013 YZFR1 motorcycles manufactured October 2008 through August 2013 and 2012-2013 XTZ12 motorcycles manufactured October 2011 through August 2013. In the affected motorcycles, use of the headlight may generate enough heat to cause the bulb connections to expand, resulting in arcing in the headlight bulb socket which could cause the socket to overheat, melt and cause the headlight to malfunction.
- The risk
- A headlight failure reduces the rider's ability to see clearly and the motorcycle's visibility to oncoming traffic, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Yamaha will notify owners and dealers will replace the headlight socket, free of charge. The recall began on March 10, 2014. Owners may contact Yamaha at 1-800-962-7926.
Reported February 10, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V044000 (2)
Yamaha (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V044000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: February 10, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted