Yamaha XV16

Owners filed 12 complaints across 3 model years of the Yamaha XV16. The 2002 drew the most (7).

Model years3
Complaints12
Recalls3
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Yamaha XV16 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Yamaha XV16 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Yamaha XV16 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20034
1——Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine
20027
1——Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine
20011
1——Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.