NHTSA Campaign 15V410000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
NHTSA campaign 15V410000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator. The repair is free.
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA filed the report for 15V410000 with NHTSA on June 29, 2015; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 15V410000, NHTSA lists up to 12,721 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 1, 2008 and June 1, 2011.
The 15V410000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V410000 were scheduled from July 30, 2015, 31 days after the report.
15V410000 covers 1 model from Yamaha, model years 2012–2013.
Owners of the model years 15V410000 covers have filed at least 2 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V410000 vehicles, the 2012 Yamaha WR250R has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V410000 ranks 8 of 28 Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA recalls on this site.
Besides 15V410000, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA has 5 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 15V410000 was 14V657000, reported on October 20, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (Yamaha) is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 WR250X motorcycles manufactured June 1, 2008, to June 1, 2011 and 2008-2015 WR250R motorcycles manufactured June 1, 2008, to June 1, 2015. In the affected motorcycles, the insulation on the stator coil, a component of the alternator, may become damaged and short circuit to due insufficient heat resistance.
- The risk
- If the stator coil is not insulated, the motorcyle will not charge and the battery will go dead, causing the engine to stall which increases the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Yamaha will notify owners, and dealers will replace the stator coil with one that has sufficient heat resistance, free of charge. The recall began on July 30, 2015. Owners may contact Yamaha customer service at 1-800-962-7926.
Reported June 29, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V410000 (2)
Yamaha (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V410000, 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: June 29, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted