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2003 Yamaha VMX12 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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 Sep 5, 2018
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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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Sep 5, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2003 Yamaha VMX12. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

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

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed Sep 5, 2018

I WAS RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE ON SUNSET BLVD AROUND 5 PM DURING TRAFFIC WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE STARTED BREAKING SO HARD, I PULLED THE CLUTCH AND COSTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, HAD TO CALL AAA TO TOW THE BIKE, I TRIED TO START THE BIKE BUT FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE HAS SEIZED, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE BIKES OIL DELIVERY SYSTEM O-RINGS FAILING & RESULT IN OIL STARVATION & ENGINE SEIZING. I BOUGHT THIS BIKE NEW FROM A YAMAHA DEALER AND HAD NO ENGINE MODIFICATION.

NHTSA ID
11124456
Incident
Oct 19, 2011
Mileage
76,000 mi

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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