{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2010242 (Yamaha), 2009: Electrical",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2010242/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2010242, YAMAHA VMAX (VMX17), 2010-07-22. On certain motorcycles, there could be excessive electrical resistance in the ground wire.",
  "excerpt": "Yamaha Vmax (Vmx17). Published by Transport Canada as 2010242 on 22 July 2010. System: Electrical. What the notice says On certain motorcycles, there could be excessive electrical resistance in the ground wire for the Accelerator Position Sensor (APS) and Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) due to an insufficiently crimped connection. Excessive resistance can cause incorrect signals to be sent to the Engine Control Unit (ECU), which could … Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. On certain motorcycles, there could be excessive electrical resistance in the ground wire for the Accelerator Position Sensor (APS) and Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) due to an insufficiently crimped connection. Excessive resistance can cause incorrect signals to be sent to the Engine Control Unit (ECU), which could lead to unstable engine idle speed and/or keep idle speed from falling below about 3000 rpm when the throttle is released, preventing a proper return to idle that could result in loss of control and an crash causing personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will install an additional sub-lead wire to bypasses the problem area of the wire harness (which will prevent the excessive resistance concern). The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:16:32+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:16:32+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2010242 (Yamaha), 2009: Electrical\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2010242/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}