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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Yamaha FJR1300 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Yamaha FJR1300, across 6 model years from 2011 to 2018. The 2018 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2014 (1).

Model years
6

2011–2018, with a recall

Recall campaigns
4
Most recalls
2018

3 recalls

Owner complaints
138

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 138 complaints with NHTSA about the Yamaha FJR1300 across 14 model years; the most, 69, concern the 2007.

Owners marked a crash on 5 of the Yamaha FJR1300 complaints (4%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Yamaha FJR1300 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 63 complaints), then the fuel system, gasoline (22).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Yamaha FJR1300 in 2007: 29, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Yamaha FJR1300 is exterior lighting: brake lights: switch, in 6 model-year listings.

The newest Yamaha FJR1300 recall, 21V865000, was reported on November 5, 2021 and concerns the engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm): software.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2012 Yamaha FJR1300, model year owners have filed complaints about.

Yamaha FJR1300 years to avoid

Too few Yamaha FJR1300 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Yamaha FJR1300, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2018321not ranked
2017310not ranked
2016340not ranked
2014120not ranked
2013111not ranked
2012010not ranked
2011131not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Yamaha FJR1300 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Yamaha FJR1300

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH6
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE3
  • POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:GEARS3

Yamaha FJR1300 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Yamaha FJR1300 recall campaign (4)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Yamaha FJR1300, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
21V865000November 5, 2021engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm): software2016–2018crashdo not drive2,462
20V813000December 28, 2020power train: manual transmission: internal: gears2016–2018crashdo not drive2,285
20V814000December 28, 2020exterior lighting: brake lights: switch2013–2014, 2016–2018crashdo not drive18,203
11V340000June 27, 2011exterior lighting: brake lights: switch2011crash260

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Yamaha FJR1300. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: July 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted