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2001 Yamaha XVS650 problems

NHTSA lists 8 complaints for the 2001 Yamaha XVS650, 2 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 2 complaints mention an injury, with 2 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-09.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as YAMAHA XVS650.

At a glance

Complaints
8
With crash
2
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
2
Injuries
2
Deaths
0
Recalls
0
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
Unavailable
Investigations
0
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
2

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
SystemComplaintsShare of this vehicle's complaints
POWER TRAIN337.5%
WHEELS225.0%
SEATS112.5%
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC112.5%
STRUCTURE112.5%
Top subsystems
SystemSubsystemComplaints
POWER TRAINMANUAL TRANSMISSION2
POWER TRAINAXLE HUBS1
SEATSMOTORCYCLE1
WHEELSRIM1

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.

Recalls

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0 recalls.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

2 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount
UNKNOWN OR OTHER2

623245

Date: 2001-08-16. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

INFORMATION REGARDING SERVICE MANUAL CORRECTION - CONNECTING ROD INSTALLATION FOR MODELS 1997-2002 XVS650 NLM

623233

Date: 2001-08-07. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

INFORMATION REGARDING SERVICE MANUAL CORRECTIONS - EXHAUST VALVE CLEARANCE SPECS FOR MODELS 1998-2001 XVS650 AND 1999-2001 XVS1100. NLM

Notes on this record

  • Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
  • System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
  • Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
  • A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model labelComplaints
XVS6508

Same model, other years

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Other Yamaha models, 2001

Sources

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