WHEN SLOWING TO STOP AND PARK THE MOTORCYCLE, THE CLUTCH LEVER BROKE CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE OFF BALANCE AND UNINTENTIONALLY INCREASING THE THROTTLE RESULTING IN THE MOTORCYCLE STRIKING AN 18 INCH CURB AND RIDING OVER THE CURB. IF THE FAILURE HAD OCCURED IN TRAFFIC, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURIES OR FATILITIES COULD HAVE OCCURRED. *AK
1992 Yamaha Virago
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › clutch assembly. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train › Clutch Assembly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsPower Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Jul 31, 2000MI
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1996Reading 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.