Yamaha Yzf-R1. Published by Transport Canada as 2015152 on 13 April 2015. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain motorcycles, the rear shock absorber may not have been manufactured correctly. The piston rod nut may have been tightened before the piston had the correct full metal-to-metal contact. This could result in the nut loosening, which would prevent proper rear suspension action, and could cause poor handling …
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Yamaha YZF-R1 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Yamaha YZF-R1 is named on 10 British notices, 4 European, 2 Japanese and 1 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
The European register
The Japanese register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2015152
- Recall date
- 13 April 2015
- Make
- Yamaha
- Models
- Yzf-R1
- Model years
- 2015
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 62
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain motorcycles, the rear shock absorber may not have been manufactured correctly. The piston rod nut may have been tightened before the piston had the correct full metal-to-metal contact. This could result in the nut loosening, which would prevent proper rear suspension action, and could cause poor handling that may result in a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will replace the rear shock absorber with a correctly manufactured one.
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 2015152.
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.
- 2015181 · 28 April 2015 · Srviper M-Tx, Srviper L-Tx · Brakes
- 2015134 · 26 March 2015 · Fj-09, Fz6r, Yzf-R6 · Powertrain
- 2015122 · 23 March 2015 · Viking Vi · Wheels
- 2015256 · 10 June 2015 · Drive (ydre), Adventurer One, Drive (ydra) · Wheels
- 2015277 · 22 June 2015 · WR250 S Moto, WR250 Dual, Wr250r · Electrical
- 2015559 · 24 November 2015 · Yzf-R1 · Powertrain
- 2014540 · 28 November 2014 · Xt250d, Xt250el, Xt250fl · Engine
- 2014522 · 18 November 2014 · Yz250ffl, Yz250ffw · Powertrain
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2015162 · 16 April 2015 · Cbr1000rr (fireblade) · Suspension
- 2015180 · 28 April 2015 · Essex Class A Motorhome, Kountry Aire Class A Motorhome · Suspension
- 2015182 · 30 April 2015 · Speed Triple R ABS, Daytona 675r ABS · Suspension
- 2015186 · 6 May 2015 · 1199 Panigale S, 1199 Panigale R, 1199 Superleggera · Suspension
- 2015253 · 5 June 2015 · F-Type · Suspension
- 2015070 · 17 February 2015 · Yaris · Suspension
Reading this against the source
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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 620 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2015.
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