Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (Yamaha)
Vehicle recall 85V-088. NHTSA received YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP’s report on Jul 9, 1985.
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The short answer
NHTSA received YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP’s report on Jul 9, 1985. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 26, 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.
UNDER EXTREME USE CONDITIONS, THE REAR SWINGARM CONTACTS THE REAR BRAKE HOSE IN THE MASTER CYLINDER AREA.
THIS CONTACT COULD LOOSEN THE UNION BOLT AND CAUSE LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID CAUSES REDUCED OR INEFFECTIVE BRAKE PERFORMANCE, WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
What should you do?
REPLACE BRAKE LINE WITH A LINE THAT CHANGES THE ROUTING TO PREVENT CONTACT WITH THE SWINGARM.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES.SYSTEM: REAR BRAKE HOSE.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 7,305 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- Yamaha FJ1100and 1984 and 1985, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORP.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 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 26, 2026 and checked Oct 26, 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 26, 2026.