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Yamaha YZF-R1

Every Yamaha YZF-R1 model year on file, 2015 to 2020. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years81 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years62015 to 2020

Recall campaigns0Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins7Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 7, 88% 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 YZF-R1 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain

Engine and cooling

Brakes

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Yamaha YZF-R1 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 YZF-R1 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Bulletins
2020	Motorcycle	1	100.0	50	2
2019	Not decoded	0	None	None	1
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	1
2017	Not decoded	0	None	None	1
2016	Not decoded	0	None	None	1
2015	Motorcycle	7	0.0	350	1

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Yamaha YZF-R1

No recall campaign lists this model.

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.