2009 Yamaha XT250 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2009 Yamaha XT250, 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
- Tires & wheels1100.0%
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
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 YAMAHA XT250 MOTORCYCLE. THE VEHICLE HAS CHENG SHIN C-6006 TIRES. WHILE TRAVELING OFF ROAD OR ON GRAVEL, THE TIRES WOBBLE AND CAUSE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO SHAKE. THE FAILURE OCCURS WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH OR GREATER. THE VEHICLE PERFORMS NORMALLY ON REGULAR ROAD CONDITIONS. THE DEALER IS RESEARCHING IF NEW TIRES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE MOTORCYCLE. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE SIZE AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 400. UPDATED 08/04/09 *BF UPDATED 08/05/09.*JB
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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