Consumer Complaint Detail

YAMAHA / XV16AT / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003222657 Incident Date: Jun, 01 2003
Consumer's City: JACKSON Consumer's State: TN
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Model Name: XV16AT Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JYAVP02E61A Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 08 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 04 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 2 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Serious concerns about transmissions lockups. from the data that i have found, apparently there is a problem with a circlip breaking causing the transmission to lock up. when this occurs, loss of control is almost certain. there appears to be a problem within a certain production date and serial number. my motorcycle falls into this range. numerous accidents have occurred due to this problem.*ak