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1998 Yamaha Yzf-R1 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.
3
Latest Jul 19, 2000
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.
0
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.
0
Reports on file since May 15, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Yamaha Yzf-R1. 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

Showing 1–3 of 3

Suspension
Filed Jul 19, 2000

REAR HUB FRACTURED INTO PIECES AND FELL APART, CREATING A GRINDING NOISE. *ET

NHTSA ID
553055
Suspension
Filed Jul 19, 2000

CONSUMER HEARD A RATTLING SOUND, UPON EXAMINATION SAW THE REAR SPROCKET HUB WAS CRACKED AND ONE PIECE WAS MISSING. *ET

NHTSA ID
553054
Incident
May 1, 1999
Transmission
Filed May 15, 2000

THE ORIGINAL CLUTCH HUB BROKE INTO PIECES. YH

NHTSA ID
552254

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.

Data sources

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