2007 Yamaha XVS65

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › driveline › driveshaft. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports	Crashes	Injuries
Power Train › Manual Transmission	1	1	1
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft	1	0	0
Power Train	1	1	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power TrainCrash

Filed Sep 7, 20136,438 milesOR

THE REAR WHEEL OF THE MOTORCYCLE UNEXPECTEDLY LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. I LOST CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND HIT THE CURB. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A BUSY INTERSTATE, I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE REASON THE WHEEL LOCKED UP WAS BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER USED THE WRONG BEARING ON THE DIFFERENTIAL PINION GEAR. THE BEARING WAS NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE THRUST IN THIS TYPE OF APPLICATION. WHEN I PURCHASED THE REPLACEMENT BEARING FROM THE YAMAHA DEALER, IT WAS A BEARING DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE THRUST OF THE PINION GEAR. YAMAHA NEEDS TO INITIATE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE DOES GET KILLED!!

Power Train › Manual TransmissionCrash1 injured

Filed Aug 8, 20086,000 milesTX

THE TRANSMISSION OF A 2007 YAMAHA 650 ROADSTAR MOTORCYCLE LOCKED UP AND CAUSED THE REAR WHEEL TO ALSO LOCK AND SKID, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S SIDE. THE LOCK UP OCCURRED AT APPROX. 20 MPH WHILE SHIFTING DOWN FROM THIRD TO SECOND GEAR WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN. *TR

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft

Filed Jun 18, 200770 milesOH

2007 YAMAHA XVS650 MOTORCYCLE. POSSIBLE CRACKED OR DEFECTIVE FINAL GEAR CASE OR SEAL,CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO THE REAR WHEEL AND ONTO THE TIRE , RESULTING IN MOTORCYCLE SLIDING DURING A LEFT TURN.*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2009	4	0	Routine
2007 — this page	3	0	Routine
2006	2	0	Routine
2005	1	2	Routine
2004	4	2	Routine
2003	5	2	Routine
2002	1	2	Routine
2001	1	2	Routine
2000	0	2	Routine
1999	0	2	Routine
1998	0	2	Routine
1997	0	1	Routine
1996	0	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.