# NHTSA recall 09V360000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 09V360000
- Manufacturer: YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, USA
- Reported: 2009\-09\-17
- Owners notified: 2009\-10\-07
- Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Units potentially affected: 180

## What is wrong

YAMAHA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005 MOTORCYCLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN OCTOBER 2004 AND APRIL 2005.  THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR CAN FAIL.


## What can happen

FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.


## The remedy

YAMAHA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 7, 2009.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT YAMAHA AT 1\-714\-761\-7300.


## Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2005 YAMAHA FJR1300](/makes/yamaha/fjr1300/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-10\-01 to 2005\-04\-30.
- 2005 YAMAHA FZS600. Built 2004\-10\-01 to 2005\-04\-30.
- [2005 YAMAHA YZF\-R1](/makes/yamaha/yzf-r1/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-10\-01 to 2005\-04\-30.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [2006011](/bulletins/10020286.md), 2006-09-01, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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