# NHTSA recall 14V550000

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- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 14V550000
- Manufacturer: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
- Reported: 2014\-09\-10
- Owners notified: 2014\-09\-22
- Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- Units potentially affected: 5300

## What is wrong

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA \(Yamaha\) is recalling certain model year 2014 Yamaha FZ09 motorcycles manufactured August 1, 2013, to August 29, 2014.  The affected motorcycles may have a headlight harness that is too short and when the handlebars are turned fully to the left or right the harness may break near the coupler or coupler may disconnect from the headlight bulb.


## What can happen

If the harness breaks or the coupler detaches from the headlight, the headlight will go out, reducing the rider's visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Yamaha will notify owners, and dealers will install a sub\-harness to lengthen the headlight harness, free of charge.  The recall is expected to begin on September 22, 2014.  Owners may contact Yamaha customer service at 1\-800\-962\-7926.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-01\-04
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5300
- Reported remedied: 3065 \(57%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 YAMAHA FZ09](/makes/yamaha/fz-09/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-08\-01 to 2014\-08\-29.

## 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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