Yamaha “YZF-R1” and “YZF-R1M” Recall: Failure to Comply with Article 31 of the Safety Standards

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Date of notification of recall measures
March 2, 2021

Recall measures notification number
4901

Start date of recall measures
March 3, 2021

Name or Designation of the Notifier
Yamaha Motor Co.
Yoshihiro Hidaka, President and Representative Director

For inquiries, please contact
Customer Communication Center
0120-090-819

Defective part (part name)
On-board failure diagnosis device (engine control unit)

The status of the structure, equipment or performance that is found to be in a state of nonconformity with the standards and the cause thereof
The engine control unit may not be able to detect a malfunction of the atmospheric pressure sensor due to an inappropriate control program of the on-board diagnostic monitoring system. As a result, the engine control unit may not comply with Article 31 of the safety standards (standards for onboard diagnostic monitoring devices).

Details of the improvement measures
Rewrite the control program of the on-board diagnostic monitoring system to the countermeasure program for all vehicles.

Number of defects
0 cases

Whether there was an accident
None

Motivation for the discovery
According to information from within the company.

(Measures to Inform Automobile Users and Automobile Dismantling Business Operators)
Users: To be notified by direct mail.
Specified automobile maintenance service providers, etc.: To be published in the bulletin issued by the Japan Automobile Repair Federation.
To be posted on Yamaha Motor's Internet homepage.

Vehicle name
Yamaha

The range of vehicle registration numbers (serial numbers), production period, and number of vehicles subject to recall
Common name: YZF-R1
Type: 8BL-RN65J
Vehicle registration number: RN65J-000312 to RN65J-000683
Production period: June 16, 2020 to February 10, 2021
Target number of units: 313 units

Common name: YZF-R1M
Type: 8BL-RN65J
Vehicle registration number: RN65J-000301 to RN65J-000462
Production period: June 16, 2020 to July 27, 2020
Target number of units:70 units

Total
Overall scope of production period: June 16, 2020 to February 10, 2021
Total: 1 model and 2 models
Total 383 units

[Notes]
The range of VIN numbers for vehicles subject to recall measures may include some vehicles that are not subject to the recall. For countries other than Japan, please contact the local corporation or the import agent directly.

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