Yamaha Recalls
Check open Yamaha recalls by VIN. CheckMyVIN queries NHTSA's live recall API on every lookup — no stale snapshots, no signup.
How Yamaha recall lookups work
When you enter a Yamaha VIN, CheckMyVIN first decodes the vehicle (make, model, model year) against NHTSA VPIC. Those three fields are then sent to the NHTSA recallsByVehicle API, which returns every open campaign on file. Each result shows the official NHTSA campaign number (format: two-digit year, "V" for vehicle, six-digit sequence — e.g. 19V472000), the affected component, a paraphrased plain-English summary, and the dealer remedy. Yamaha dealers perform recall work at no charge regardless of who currently owns the vehicle.
Why check Yamaha recalls before buying used?
A used-car dealer is not required to complete open recalls before sale in most US states. Run the VIN before the test drive — if a recall is open, you can either ask the dealer to complete it before delivery, negotiate the price, or schedule the free fix at a Yamaha authorized dealer after purchase.
Notable past Yamaha recall campaigns
A few well-documented campaigns to show the kind of data CheckMyVIN surfaces per VIN. Click any campaign number for the full record on nhtsa.gov. Summaries below paraphrase the official NHTSA records — verify against the source for the authoritative wording.
NHTSA campaign 21V048000
Equipment: VIN certification label mismatch
2019-2021 Yamaha YZF-R3 motorcycles, 2019-2020 XMAX (CDZ300) scooters, and 2020 MT03 motorcycles
The VIN printed on the Federal Certification label may not match the VIN stamped on the vehicle. Owners referencing the wrong VIN can miss subsequent safety recall notices for their actual vehicle, so the bike fails 49 CFR Part 567 certification. Yamaha dealers replace the certification label at no charge.
NHTSA campaign 20V611000
Visibility: rear reflector lens
2015-2020 Yamaha YZF-R3, 2020 MT03, and 2018-2020 XMAX scooters
Condensation and contaminants can adhere to the inside of the rear reflector lens, reducing its reflectivity and lowering the bike's conspicuity to traffic behind it at night. Yamaha dealers replace the rear reflector at no charge.
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, via api.nhtsa.gov/recalls. Campaign numbers and components are verbatim from NHTSA; summaries are paraphrased.
What CheckMyVIN does not do
Some recalls are VIN-specific within a model year — only certain build dates or option packages are affected. NHTSA's public API returns the campaign for the year/make/model; for the final "is my exact VIN affected" answer, Yamaha also publishes a VIN-specific lookup on their owners site, and you can search any campaign number on the NHTSA recall portal. CheckMyVIN cites every campaign by its official number so you can verify independently.
Want the full spec decode for this Yamaha — engine code, assembly plant, model year, body class — alongside its recall history? Run it through the Yamaha VIN Decoder; the report covers both the NHTSA specifications and every open recall in a single sticker.
Researching before you have a VIN in hand? Browse the full Yamaha recall archive by model year — every NHTSA campaign since 1990, organized by year and model.