# NHTSA recall 14V644000

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: 14V644000
- Manufacturer's number: 990088
- Manufacturer: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
- Reported: 2014\-10\-14
- Owners notified: 2014\-10\-30
- Component: WHEELS
- Units potentially affected: 28

## What is wrong

Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. \(Yamaha\) is recalling certain model year 2014 Yamaha YZF\-R6 motorcycles manufactured August 1, 2014, to September 1, 2014.  The front and rear wheels of the affected motorcycles may have been manufactured with insufficient hardness.


## What can happen

If the wheels have insufficient hardness, the wheels may loosen and/or air may leak from around the tire bead.  Either condition increases the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Yamaha has notified owners, and dealers will replace the front and rear wheel and tire assemblies, free of charge.  The recall began on October 30, 2014.  Owners may contact Yamaha customer service at 1\-800\-962\-7926. Yamaha's number for this recall is 990088.


## 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 2016 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-04\-07
- Vehicles in the campaign: 28
- Reported remedied: 27 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 1, 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 YZFR6](/makes/yamaha/yzf-r6/2014/recalls.md). Built 2014\-08\-01 to 2014\-09\-01.

## 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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