Yamaha Vmax (Vmx12). Published by Transport Canada as 1989151 on 26 October 1989. System: Electrical.
What the notice says The electrical cables from the battery to the starter solenoid could become wedged between the bottom of the seat and the wire guide. this could lead to insulation damage and a possible short circuit which could in turn cause engine stoppage and light failure, resulting in a possible accident. correction: cables will …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1989151
- Recall date
- 26 October 1989
- Make
- Yamaha
- Models
- Vmax (vmx12)
- Model years
- 1986 to 1989
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 543
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE ELECTRICAL CABLES FROM THE BATTERY TO THE STARTER SOLENOID COULD BECOME WEDGED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT AND THE WIRE GUIDE. THIS COULD LEAD TO INSULATION DAMAGE AND A POSSIBLE SHORT CIRCUIT WHICH COULD IN TURN CAUSE ENGINE STOPPAGE AND LIGHT FAILURE, RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. CORRECTION: CABLES WILL BE ROUTED THROUGH THE COIL BRACKET, A GROMMET WILL BE INSTALLED TO PREVENT CHAFING OF THE INSULATION AND CABLES WILL BE SECURED WITH A PLASTIC TIE WRAP. CABLES FOUND TO BE DAMAGED DURING INITIAL INSPECTION WILL BE REPLACED.
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The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1989151.
Yamaha elsewhere in this register
Yamaha is named on 146 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1989088 · 14 June 1989 · Riva (xc200) · Brakes
- 1990001 · 2 January 1990 · Virago (xv535w) · Fuel System
- 1988054 · 18 April 1988 · Thundercat (fz600) · Brakes
- 1988020 · 16 February 1988 · Blaster (yfs200) · Suspension
- 1991105 · 10 July 1991 · GSX250, NRS250, TZR250 · Lights And Instruments
- 1987013 · 6 February 1987 · Vmax (vmx12) · Suspension
- 1986076 · 16 July 1986 · Fj1200 · Brakes
- 1985081 · 3 July 1985 · Fj1100 · Not Entered
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1989101 · 19 July 1989 · Refrigerator · Electrical
- 1989019 · 17 February 1989 · Travel Trailer, Fifth Wheel, Truck Camper · Electrical
- 1989008 · 17 January 1989 · 900 · Electrical
- 1988133 · 23 September 1988 · Hcoe, Conventional · Electrical
- 1988110 · 18 July 1988 · Continental · Electrical
- 1988010 · 27 January 1988 · Somerset, Skylark · Electrical
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Yamaha: 146 in the register, and 178 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1989.
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