# NHTSA recall 16V459000

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: 16V459000
- Manufacturer's number: 990105
- Manufacturer: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
- Reported: 2016\-06\-23
- Owners notified: 2016\-07\-07
- Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- Units potentially affected: 11280

## What is wrong

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA \(Yamaha\) is recalling certain model year 2015\-2016 Yamaha YZF\-R3 F/G motorcycles manufactured January 1, 2015, to April 15, 2016.  Due to an oil pump problem, the oil pressure in these motorcycles may not be properly regulated.  As a result, the oil pump drive gear may fail and cause the engine to seize from lack of oil supply.


## What can happen

If the engine seizes from a lack of oil supply, the rear wheel may lock up suddenly, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Yamaha has notified owners, and dealers will replace the oil pump, free of charge.  The recall began July 5, 2016.  Owners may contact Yamaha customer service at 1\-800\-962\-7926.  Yamaha's number for this recall is 990105.


## 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 2017 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-01\-08
- Vehicles in the campaign: 11280
- Reported remedied: 8221 \(72%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 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

- [2015 YAMAHA YZFR3F/G](/makes/yamaha/yzf-r3/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-01\-01 to 2016\-04\-15. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2016 YAMAHA YZFR3F/G](/makes/yamaha/yzf-r3/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-01\-01 to 2016\-04\-15. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [M2018013](/bulletins/10153021.md), 2019-02-19, 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V459000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V459000)

[Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2016V459000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F16V459000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2016V459000)