2012 Yamaha XV1900 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 2012 Yamaha XV1900, 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
- Exterior lighting1100.0%
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
Exterior lighting
Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting.
From owner reports, verbatim
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
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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