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Yamaha R6

Every Yamaha R6 model year on file, 2015 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years42015 to 2018
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins3Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75120152016120172018
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Yamaha R6 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
1
Fuel system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Yamaha R6 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Yamaha R6 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2018Not decoded0NoneNone001
2017Not decoded0NoneNone001
2016Not decoded10.0100000
2015Not decoded0NoneNone101
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Yamaha R6

  • 15V-176 Mar 25, 2015
    Affected motorcycles may have an incorrectly manufactured shift cam segment stopper, having a sharp edge on the inside of the bend instead of a…
    Powertrain · 4,900 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.