Yamaha Recalls Model Year 2017-2024 Golf Car Vehicles Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Crash Hazard
Home product recall 26-027. Announced by CPSC on Oct 16, 2025.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Oct 16, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Repair what’s offered
- About 4,300 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The recalled golf car vehicles can fail to brake, posing a risk of serious injury or death, due to a crash hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled golf car vehicles and contact an authorized Yamaha Golf Car dealer to schedule the free installation of new brake shoes and pads. For consumers who cannot take their recalled golf car to an authorized dealer, Yamaha will provide transportation or will install the replacement brake shoes and pads at the location of the golf car.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: repair.
- How to reach the firm: Yamaha toll-free at 866-747-4027 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET seven days a week, by email at ygc_callcenter@yamaha-motor.com, or online at https://www.yamahamotorsports.com/Content.php?content=cpsc-recalls or https://yamaha-motor.com/ and click on “CPSC Recalls” at the bottom of the page for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall includes model year 2017-2024 DR2A and DR2E Personal Transportation Vehicles (PTVs) with serial numbers that begin with J0D, J0E, and J2D. The recalled golf car vehicles were sold in a variety of colors. The serial number is located on the handlebars on the left side of the rear row of seats of the vehicle.
About 4,300 units, as CPSC gives them.
Model Year 2017-2024 Yamaha Golf Car Vehicles.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Yamaha Golf Car Company, Kennesaw, Georgia.
- Yamaha dealers nationwide from June 2018 through July 2025 for between $9,500 and $13,000.
- Made in Japan, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None reported
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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