1999 Yamaha XVS650A

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	1		0	0	1
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft

Filed Jan 14, 2004KS

I OWN AN YAMAHA XVS650(V-STAR) AND IT HAS COME TO MINE AS WELL AS ALOT OF OTHERS THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT OF THESE BIKES NEEDS REGUALAR LUBING MAINTENANCE THAT IS NOT BEING FOLLOWED DURING PERIODIC MAINTENANCE AND SOMETIMES DURING INITIAL ASSEMBLY BY YAMAHA. THIS ISSUE HAS COME TO ATTENTION BECAUSE OF SOME RIDERS HAVING THEIR DRIVE SHAFTS FAIL WHILE RIDING CAUSING THE REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP. THIS IS EXTREMELY DAGEROUS AND CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS AND IN SOME CASES DEATH. YAMAHA HAS NO MENTION OF THIS TYPE OF PREVENTIVE MAINTEANCE IN THEIR OWNERS MANUAL OR THEIR SERVICE MANUAL. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF RECALL TO HAVE THIS CHECKED AND SERVICED. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic1 injured

Filed Oct 15, 2001OK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIS MOTORCYCLE APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP WITHOUT ANY ACTIVATION, ONCE THE RELEASE VALVE WAS OPENED THE BRAKES THEN WERE RELEASED, THE MOTORCYCLE WAS DRIVEN 100 FEET AND THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP AGAIN, CONSUMER RECEIVED BURNS, CUTS, AND A BROKEN HAND. *JADA

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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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.