If you own a 2009 to 2011 Yamaha V-Max, produced between 09/2008 and 04/2011 listen up. There’s an oil pump recall that sounds very serious, as in, stop pumping and engine seizing serious. You should check this out immediately. If you didn’t get the notice, call your dealer ASAP.
Manufacturer: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Model Year: 2009-2011
Models affected: VMX17
NHTSA Campaign Number: 11V483000
Problem: Yamaha is recalling certain model year 2009-2011 VMX17 (V-Max) motorcycles, including the YB,YCB, ZR, ZCR AG and ACG variants, manufactured from September 2008 through April 2011. On affected motorcycles, high oil pressure can build up inside the oil pump causing it to malfunction. Oil might then stop pumping through the engine resulting in severe engine damage that can cause the engine to stall and not restart again. An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash with injury or death.
Corrective Action: Yamaha dealers will replace the oil pump free of charge. The safety recall is expected to begin during October 2011. Owners may contact Yamaha at 1-800-962-7926.
todd says
Too bad BMW isn’t doing the same thing for people like my friend George. The timing chain tensioner on his low mileage, meticulously maintained K1200R failed and the pistons smacked the valves, seizing the motor. This has been a fairly common problem on these bikes. Get this, he found out that the dealer had replaced the tensioner bits in a previous (warranty) service but they will not tell him when they did it. Now that it has failed BMW refuses to cover it as they “don’t know” the date the parts were replaced. With some complaining he’s getting them to cover the cost of parts but he’s still looking at more than $1000 for the labor alone.
Judging by how often this shows up on the BMW forums you’d think BMW would have recalled this by now and come up with a permanent solution for this very expensive motorcycle. Good to see that Yamaha isn’t waiting for all the angry letters to take action.
-todd
Tin Man says
In my neck of the woods BMW dealers treat their customers alot better tnan the Yamaha dealers do, Upscale buyers are coddeled and pampered as most are return buyers very loyal to the marque. The Metric dealers sell on price to a bit more unsophisticated market, the upmarket new V-Max may be an exception, its not selling well,and I’d imagine that the last thing Yami needs is bad press on their Flagship model.
Al says
OH MY GOD!
POOR GEORGE!!!!