# Service bulletin TB\-M2009\-008

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10030233
- Published by NHTSA: 2009\-08\-28
- Manufacturer's number: TB\-M2009\-008
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-05\-07
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

YAMAHA MOTORCYCLE: HARD TO START WHEN COLD, ERRATIC, OR WON'T IDLE. A POSSIBLE CAUSE IS INSUFFICIENT VALVE CLEARANCE. EFFECTS ALL YZF\-R6V/W/X MODELS AND YZF\-R1/R6 MODELS. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 2003 YAMAHA YZF R1
- 2002 YAMAHA YZF\-R1
- 2004 to 2006 YAMAHA YZF\-R1
- 2005 to 2006 YAMAHA YZF\-R6
- 1998 to 2001 YAMAHA YZFR1
- 2005 YAMAHA YZFR1
- 2007 YAMAHA YZFR1
- 1999 to 2007 YAMAHA YZFR6
- 2009 YAMAHA YZFR6

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2006297](/recalls/tc/2006297.md), 2006-11-06: Engine
- [2006242](/recalls/tc/2006242.md), 2006-09-29: Engine
- [1999141](/recalls/tc/1999141.md), 1999-07-27: Engine
- [99V186000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V186000.md), 1999-07-12: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [2004014](/bulletins/10011021.md), 2004-12-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. SERVICE MANUAL CORRECTIONS \- THERMO UNIT TIGHTENING TORQUE ERROR. \*TT

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