# NHTSA recall 17V112000

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: 17V112000
- Manufacturer's number: 990112
- Manufacturer: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
- Reported: 2017\-02\-21
- Owners notified: 2017\-03\-03
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
- Units potentially affected: 14320

## What is wrong

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA \(Yamaha\) is recalling certain 2015\-2016 Yamaha YZF\-R3 motorcycles.  Water can enter and corrode the ignition switch resulting in an unexpected engine stall.


## What can happen

An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Yamaha will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ignition switch subassembly, free of charge.  The recall  began March 9, 2017.  Owners may contact Yamaha customer service at 1\-800\-962\-7926.  Yamaha's number for this recall is 990112.


## 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 2018 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-06\-08
- Vehicles in the campaign: 14320
- Reported remedied: 7409 \(51%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 2, 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 YZF\-R3](/makes/yamaha/yzf-r3/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-01\-13 to 2016\-10\-24.
- [2016 YAMAHA YZF\-R3](/makes/yamaha/yzf-r3/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-01\-13 to 2016\-10\-24.

## 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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