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Yamaha XVS11

Every Yamaha XVS11 model year on file, 1996 to 2009. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years354 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years141996 to 2009

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins4Summed across model years

By model year

The 2002 model year drew the most complaints, 13, 37% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Powertrain leads the Yamaha XVS11 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain

Electrical system

Engine and cooling

Brakes

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Yamaha XVS11 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 XVS11 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2009	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1
2008	Motorcycle	3	0.0	150	0	1
2007	Motorcycle	2	0.0	100	0	1
2006	Motorcycle	4	25.0	200	0	1
2005	Motorcycle	9	0.0	360	2	0
2004	Motorcycle	1	100.0	50	2	0
2003	Motorcycle	3	33.3	150	2	0
2002	Motorcycle	13	7.7	433	2	0
2001	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0
2000	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0
1999	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0
1998	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	0
1997	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0
1996	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Yamaha XVS11

05V-256 Jun 1, 2005
On certain motorcyles, the original replacement mounting hardware holding the passenger seat to the fender could break if the mounting hardware is…
Seats · 46k vehicles
05V-067 Mar 3, 2005
On certain motorcycles, the mounting hardware holding the passenger seat to the fender could loosen due to the passenger's weight shifting on the seat
Seats · 179k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.