Service brakes, hydraulic (Yamaha)
Vehicle recall 83V-061. NHTSA received YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP’s report on Jun 8, 1983.
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The short answer
NHTSA received YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP’s report on Jun 8, 1983. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 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.
FRONT WHEEL BRAKE SHOES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MACHINED PROPERLY.
THE FRONT WHEEL COMPRESSION BAR AND ONE OF ITS COMPONENTS, A BUSHING, ALONG WITH THE BRAKE CABLE MAY BECOME DAMAGED AND DISPLACED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL INSPECT FRONT WHEEL BRAKE SHOES AND IF NECESSARY, A PROPERLY MACHINED BRAKE SHOE WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG WITH A NEW BRAKE CABLE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; FRONT WHEEL BRAKE SHOES.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: FRONT WHEEL BRAKING ACTION WILL BECOME WEAK AND THENEED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 8,669 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Yamaha XC180KCand 1983, before the model years listed here
- Yamaha XC180Kand 1983, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.