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2009 Yakima Rack And Roll Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Feb 19, 2015
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2009 Yakima Rack And Roll, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Other / unspecified2100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Other / unspecified

Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

ON JULY 22, 2014, I WAS DRIVING ON RT 95 IN CT WHEN THE KAYAK ON TOP OF MY CAR CAME OFF AND WENT SLIDING DOWN I-95. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND NO WAS HURT. THE PROBLEM WAS THE FAILURE OF A YAKIMA-SUPPLIED CAM STRAP. I DO NOT KNOW HOW OFTEN THESE STRAPS FAIL, BUT THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM. I HAVE NOW GONE BACK TO USING MARINE ROPE TO ATTACH MY KAYAK, AND I HAVE DRIVEN OVER 10,000 MILES WITH THIS SETUP AND NEVER HAVE HAD A PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID 10684272 · filed Feb 19, 2015

I TRIED TO INSTALL A YAKIMA ROOF RACK ON A NAKED ROOF. THE Q TOWERS CONNECT THE CROSS-BARS TO THE CLIPS THAT ATTACH TO THE ROOF. THE ROOF RACK IS SECURED BY SNAPPING THE CAM COVERS THAT ARE PART OF THE Q TOWERS. WITH THE Q TOWERS THAT I PURCHASED, I WAS NOT ABLE TO FULLY SNAP THE CAM COVERS AS THEIR SHAPE WAS NOT RIGHT. I BORROWED Q TOWERS FROM A FRIEND WHO HAD AN OLDER MODEL AND COULD INSTALL THE BARS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. WITHOUT THE CAM COVER FULLY ENGAGED, THE Q TOWERS ARE LOOSE AND THE ROOF RACK COULD DETACH FROM THE ROOF. *TR

NHTSA ID 10429984 · filed Oct 13, 2011

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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Data sources

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