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2012 Yamaha XV1900 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 Apr 15, 2019
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 Apr 15, 2019

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Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2012 Yamaha XV1900. 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.

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Exterior lighting
Filed Apr 15, 2019

BIKE BOUGHT DEC. 2013. 1 YR. WARRANTY PLUS BOUGHT 4YR. Y.E.S. EXTENDED SERVICE COMPREHENSIVE WARRANTY THROUGH 10/31/2018. AT APPROX. END 2017, THE REAR LEFT HAND SIGNAL FLASHER STALK BEGAN TO VIBRATE LOOSE TO THE POINT OF BEING FLOPPY AND RISKING FALLING OFF ENTIRELY. THIS BUILT-IN STALK IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO TIGHTEN WITHOUT DEALER DROPPING REAR WHEEL, REMOVING REAR LED BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY, AND TIGHTENING BOLTS FROM INSIDE THE NOW ACCESSIBLE FENDER. IT IS NOT JUST A "MAINTENANCE ITEM" AS YES STAFF CLAIMED WHEN PRESENTED FOR WARRANTY CLAIM. TURN SIGNALS ON BIKES ARE KEY SAFETY FEATURES, AND AS ON CARS, ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO JUST VIBRATE OFF UNDER WARRANTY. INDEED, UNLIKE A MIRROR WHICH CAN BE TIGHTENED EASILY BY A WRENCH, SUCH DISMANTLING REQUIRED IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING. HARLEYS, CARS, DON'T HAVE HEADLIGHTS OR BRAKE/TURN LIGHTS FALLING OFF AND UNBOLTING DURING A 5YR. WARRANTY PERIOD, IF EVER ! OWNER CONTACTED DEALER IN FEB. 2018 AND ASKED IF DEFECT, HOW BEAT TO FIX. OWNER STOPPED IN TO DEALER SUMMER 2018 FOR FIX BUT TOLD "TOO BUSY" DESPITE A SAFETY ISSUE. OWNER CAME IN END OF OCT. 2018 UNDER WARRANTY, AND DEALER REPAIRED BUT YES WOULD NOT PAY FOR FIX. INTERNET IS FULL OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS AND OTHER MODELS THAT INTERNALLY ATTACHED SIGNAL STALKS VIBRATE LOOSE AND OWNERS HAVE TO TAKE TO DEALER OR USE BIZARRE D.I.Y. TECHNIQUES TO ACCESS INTERNAL BOLT. YAMAHA CLEARLY DID NOT ENGINEER ENOUGH PROTECTION VIA LOCK-WASHERS, DOUBLE BOLTS AND/OR USE OF LOCTITE GLUE ON BOLT AND THREADED ROD. YAMAHA ALSO REFUSES ADMIT OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING. YAM SHOULD INFORM NHTSA HOW MANY DEALER REPAIRS ON '12 STRATOLINER, AND WHY NO RECALL OR TSB ISSUED. YAM SHOULD BE TOLD BY NHTSA THIS A DEFECT/SAFETY ISSUE, NOT A MAINTENANCE ITEM. ALSO, DEALER INSTALLED YAM PASSING LAMPS CUSTOM MADE FOR BIKE ALSO FAILED & DEALER FIXED WRONG AS NOW WON'T GO OFF WHEN HIBEAMS ON, A NY LAW. *JS

NHTSA ID
11196479
Incident
Feb 1, 2018
Mileage
3,500 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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