2018 Yamaha MT-09

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the headlights. No safety recall has been issued.

Most common 2018 Yamaha MT-09 problems

1 of the 1 complaints (100%) are about the headlights.

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Exterior Lighting · headlights	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Exterior Lighting

Filed Jul 5, 2018500 milesNC

HEADLIGHTS ARE INCAPABLE OF MAINTAINING A SAFE DISTANCE DURING CORNERING. ON ANY CORNER, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL DIP TOO FAR DOWN AND NO LONGER ILLUMINATE THE ROAD. THE ISSUE IS WELL DOCUMENTED AMONGST OWNERS OF 2018 MT-09 AND ALL AGREE THAT THIS HEADLIGHT PATTERN DESIGN IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO POINT OF REQUIRING AUXILIARY LIGHTING, OR ALWAYS KEEPING THE HIGH BEAMS ON. I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM DURING OFF-RAMPS ON THE HIGHWAY IN WHICH I WASN'T ABLE TO RUN HIGHBEAMS DUE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ON THE OFF-RAMP CORNER, I SLOWED DOWN TO THE RAMP SPEED OF 30MPH AND THE CORNER WAS STILL ONLY LIT TO .5 SECONDS OF RIDING BEING ILLUMINATED IN FRONT OF ME.

All 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2023

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2025	2	1	Routine
2024	2	1	Routine
2023	3	1	Routine
2022	1	2	Do not drive
2021	1	2	Do not drive
2018 — this page	1	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.