Cfmoto 700cl-X, model years 2022 to 2023. Filed by Cfmoto Powersports, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 20 November 2023. 1,374 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says CFMOTO POWERSPORTS, INC. (CFMOTO) is recalling certain 2022-2023 700CL-X motorcycles. The ABS control module software settings may delay braking when the hand brake lever is squeezed two or more times, and therefore lengthen the distance required to stop the motorcycle.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, 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.
Cfmoto's own number for this recall: WAR-2023-07. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23V779 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 23V779 cover?
- Cfmoto 700Cl-X, model years 2022-2023.
- What is wrong with them?
- CFMOTO POWERSPORTS, INC. (CFMOTO) is recalling certain 2022-2023 700CL-X motorcycles. The ABS control module software settings may delay braking when the hand brake lever is squeezed two or more times, and therefore lengthen the distance required to stop the motorcycle.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Delayed braking can extend the distance required to stop, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will update the ABS software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 5, 2023. Owners may contact CFMOTO customer service Toll Free at (888) 8-CFMOTO (283-6686) or at 1-763-398-2690; or via email at info@cfmotousa.com.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Cfmoto calls this recall WAR-2023-07, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Delayed braking can extend the distance required to stop, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23V779 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | CFMOTO POWERSPORTS, INC. |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 November 2023 |
| Model years | 2022-2023 |
| Vehicles named | CFMOTO 700CL-X |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Delayed braking can extend the distance required to stop, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will update the ABS software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 5, 2023. Owners may contact CFMOTO customer service Toll Free at (888) 8-CFMOTO (283-6686) or at 1-763-398-2690; or via email at info@cfmotousa.com. CFMOTO's number for this recall is WAR-2023-07 and is available online at www.cfmotousa.com.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 23V779, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v779/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 23V779 on 5 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
f4882ad5 - Consequence
a939625e - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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