2003 Yamaha VMX12

Routine

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

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine

Filed Sep 5, 201876,000 milesCA

I WAS RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE ON SUNSET BLVD AROUND 5 PM DURING TRAFFIC WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE STARTED BREAKING SO HARD, I PULLED THE CLUTCH AND COSTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, HAD TO CALL AAA TO TOW THE BIKE, I TRIED TO START THE BIKE BUT FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE HAS SEIZED, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE BIKES OIL DELIVERY SYSTEM O-RINGS FAILING & RESULT IN OIL STARVATION & ENGINE SEIZING. I BOUGHT THIS BIKE NEW FROM A YAMAHA DEALER AND HAD NO ENGINE MODIFICATION.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2007

Year	Complaints	Fires	Assessment
2007	1	0	Routine
2003 — this page	1	0	Routine
1997	1	1	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.