NHTSA lists 11 complaints for the 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-09.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as YAMAHA YZF-R1.
At a glance
Complaints
11
With crash
0
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Recalls
1
Do not drive recalls
1
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
2,921
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
System
Complaints
Share of this vehicle's complaints
POWER TRAIN
10
90.9%
ENGINE
4
36.4%
SERVICE BRAKES
1
9.1%
Top subsystems
System
Subsystem
Complaints
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.
Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.
Defect: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (Yamaha) is recalling certain model year 2015 YZFR1, YZFR1C, YZFR1MF and YZFR1MFC motorcycles manufactured August 1, 2014, to June 1, 2015. The affected motorcycles have transmission gears that may fail.
Consequence: If the gears fail, the transmission may lock up, resulting in a loss of vehicle control, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Yamaha has notified owners, and dealers will replace the transmission assembly with an improved one, free of charge. The recall began on December 4, 2015. Owners may contact Yamaha customer service at 1-800-962-7926. Yamaha's number for this recall is 99100.
Do not drive: Yes. Park outside: No.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
2 manufacturer communications.
Communications by system
System
Count
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1
POWER TRAIN
1
10234194
Date: 2023-03-14. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
The 2015 ~ 2021 YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M Oil Strainer Cover has been changed due to procurement reasons. The magnesium Oil Strainer Cover is no longer manufactured and has been superseded to the current aluminum Oil Strainer Cover. As a result, when replacing the magnesium Oil Strainer Cover with the alum
10075391
Date: 2015-12-04. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: POWER TRAIN.
SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
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.