Engine and engine cooling: engine (Yamaha)
Vehicle recall 75V-125. NHTSA received YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP’s report on Jul 8, 1975.
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The short answer
NHTSA received YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP’s report on Jul 8, 1975. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 24, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Engine and engine cooling: engine.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: YAMAHA CAMPAIGN NO M5-036.MOTORCYCLES.POSSIBILITY THAT AN OIL DELIVERY PIPEWAS INSTALLED BY THE FACTORY ONE INCH TOO LONG.THE OIL TANK IS LIFTED DURINGPRE-DELIVERY SET-UP PROCEDURES AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO KINK THE OIL DELIVERYPIPE.IF THIS CONDITION EXISTS, IT WILL RESTRICT THE OIL FLOW TO THE OIL PUMP.OIL STARVATION TO THE ENGINE COULD OCCUR CAUSING PISTON TO SEIZE AND A SUDDENLOCKING OF THE REAR WHEEL.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND CUTTING ONE INCH OFFPIPE AND INSTALLING A STRONGER OIL PIPE PROTECTOR SPRING).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 8,611 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Yamaha Chappy LB80 II HCand 1976, before the model years listed here
- Yamaha Chappyand 1976, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 24, 2026.