Note: A few days back, we ran a recall notice on the Yamaha R1. Transport Canada had incorrectly listed the recalled machines as 2016 models; instead, they are 2015 models. The corrected recall runs below.
Recall #: 2015559
Models Involved: 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1
Number of Vehicles: 240
Problem: On certain motorcycles, the second gear wheel and the pinion gears in the transmission may be of inadequate strength. In high stress cases, this could cause internal components in the transmission to deform or break.
Correction:Â Dealers will replace the transmission assembly with one that includes gears of a different design.
Presumably then it was “disastrous” when the first bike went out of the factory. How many disaster stories have ensued between the initial TC notice and the correction; ie., during those few days in December in Canada? And since every one of them would be under factory warranty, presumably Yamaha Canada notified the correct owners. So yeah, TC should have gotten the correct year, but it’s hardly “potentially disastrous” in the real world.
That seems like a potentially disastrous situation. I have to wonder how such a situation is possible.
Transport Canada seems like a smart group of individuals