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2012 Yamaha XTZ12B/Bc 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 Dec 2, 2013
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 Nov 21, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2012 Yamaha XTZ12B/Bc. 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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Other / unspecified
Filed Dec 2, 2013

BROKE SPOKE ON REAR WHEEL. *TR

NHTSA ID
10554303
Incident
Dec 1, 2013
Mileage
6,205 mi
ElectricalExterior lighting
Filed Oct 27, 2013

LOSS OF HEADLAMP LIGHT DUE TO FAULTY/INFERIOR WIRING/CONNECTORS GOING TO THE MAIN BULBS IN THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY. THE HEADLAMP HARNESS WAS GRAY IN COLOR FROM OVERHEATING AND THE CONNECTORS TO THE BULBS HAD MELTED. WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITH THE SAME PART # AS THE ORIGINAL WIRING HARNESS. THIS REPRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD DAY OR NIGHT AS MOTORCYCLE HEADLAMPS ARE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN DAYTIME VISIBILITY OF THE MOTORCYCLE, AND THE HAZARDS OF LOSING HEADLIGHT ILLUMINATION DURING NIGHTTIME RIDING ARE OBVIOUS AND MANY. *TR

NHTSA ID
10549672
Incident
Jul 2, 2013
Mileage
10,800 mi
ElectricalExterior lighting
Filed Aug 27, 2013

DEFECTIVE HEAD LIGHT HARNESS. MELTED WIRING TO LAMP CONNECTION CASING LOSS OF HEADLIGHT(JUST ONE THANK GOD) DURING NIGHT TIME DRIVING. APPEARS YAMAHA IS USING DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT LAMP CONNECTORS THAT MELT EVENTUALLY CAUSING LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS. PLEASE SEE THE BELOW THREAD FOR FURTHER INFO: HTTP://WWW.YAMAHASUPERTENERE.COM/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=2707.600 CHECK YOUR CONNECTORS REGULARLY IF YOU HAVE THIS MODEL BIKE! *TR

NHTSA ID
10537452
Incident
Aug 21, 2013
Mileage
13,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Oct 29, 2012

SPOKES IN THE REAR WHEEL CONTINUOUSLY GETTING LOOSE TO THE POINT THE SPOKE NIPPLE FALLS OUT AND THE SPOKE IS SENT FLAPPING AGAINST THE SWINGARM OR COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WHEEL. I HAD THIS ISSUE FOR THE ENTIRE FIRST 14 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. MANY TIMES A SPOKE WAS LOOSE AFTER A SHORT PERIOD. THE MOST RECENT CHECK REVEALED 10 SPOKES LOOSE AT ONE TIME RENDERING THE WHEEL UN-TRUE. I HAD TO REMOVE THE WHEEL AND CARRY TO A WHEEL SPECIALIST TO GET THE WHEEL BACK TRUE. YAMAHA WAS NO HELP WHAT SO EVER. THE MOTORCYCLE IS OUT OF THE 12 MONTH WARRANTY. I KNOW OF AT LEAST 10 OTHER CASES ON A INTERNET FORUM(WWW.YAMAHASUPERTENERE.COM) WHERE THESE SPOKES WHEELS ARE GIVING PROBLEMS. OF COURSE YAMAHA SAYS THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM. THERE IS A BRIEF MENTION IN THE OWNERS MANUAL ABOUT SPOKE MAINTENANCE. YES I AM AWARE OF THAT SINCE I HAVE OWNED OFF ROAD MOTORCYCLES FOR MANY YEARS WHICH HAVE SPOKE TYPE WHEELS. THOSE OFF ROAD MOTORCYCLES RARELY EVER NEEDED A SPOKE TIGHTENED. THIS YAMAHA XT12 SEEMS TO HAVE IT'S REAR WHEEL SPOKES LOOKED AT BEFORE AND AFTER EVERY STREET RIDE. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. YAMAHA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS REAR WHEEL SPOKE ISSUE ON THIS MODEL. IMO THE WHEEL IS UNDER DESIGNED FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE MOTORCYCLE IT'S DESIGNED TO TOTE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10482554
Incident
Oct 28, 2012
Mileage
14,747 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Nov 21, 2011

TWO REAR WHEEL SPOKE NIPPLES FOUND TOTALLY LOOSE AND ABOUT TO FALL OFF. ONE SPOKE NIPPLE WAS SLIGHTLY LOOSE ON THE FRONT WHEEL. THIS MOTORCYCLE HAS MOSTLY STREET USE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10436665
Incident
Nov 10, 2011
Mileage
7,500 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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