{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2018671 (Yamaha), 2015 to 2016: Powertrain",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2018671/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2018671, YAMAHA YZF-R3, 2018-12-04. On certain motorcycles, a torsion spring within the transmission could break, making shifting.",
  "excerpt": "Yamaha Yzf-R3. Published by Transport Canada as 2018671 on 4 December 2018. System: Powertrain. What the notice says On certain motorcycles, a torsion spring within the transmission could break, making shifting gears difficult or impossible. This could increase the risk of a loss of control that may result in a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the torsion spring with one with a … 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. This site holds seven national and European registers. Yamaha YZF-R3 is named on 8 American notices, 10 British, 6 European, 3 Japanese and 2 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules. Yamaha recall 21V048 - 2019-2021 YZF-R3 Motorcycles, 2019-2020 XMAX (CDZ300) Scoo... Yamaha recall 20V611 - 2015-2020 YZF-R3, 2020 MT03 and 2018-2020 XMAX Scooters Yamaha recall 20V073 - 2019 YZF-R3 Motorcycles DVSA recall RM/2016/034: Yamaha YZF-R3 and MT-03 (Rider may be unable to select gears and / or engine may seize) DVSA recall RM/2017/008: Yamaha MT and YZF-R3 (Fuel may leak) DVSA recall RM/2017/009: Yamaha MT and YZF-R3 (Main switch electric terminal may corrode) EU Safety Gate alert A12/00675/20: Yamaha Yzf-R25, Yzf-R3, notified by Germany EU Safety G",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:57:16+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:57:16+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2018671 (Yamaha), 2015 to 2016: Powertrain\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2018671/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}