EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Motorcycle Yamaha “YZF-R1, YZF-R1M” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1201/15
Summary
null Because of possible damage to an O-ring, fitted poorly when the engine was assembled, motor oil can leak from one of the oil pipes. As the oil pipe is located outside close to the engine, at the level of the exhaust manifold, the leaking oil could drop onto the hot exhaust manifold while the motorcycle is being driven and catch fire.
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Product
Motorcycle — Yamaha
- Brand
- Yamaha
- Name / model
- YZF-R1, YZF-R1M · Type: RN32EC-type approval: e1*2007/24*0740
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Motorcycle
- Production dates: The vehicles concerned were manufactured in 2015.
What is the risk?
- null Because of possible damage to an O-ring, fitted poorly when the engine was assembled, motor oil can leak from one of the oil pipes. As the oil pipe is located outside close to the engine, at the level of the exhaust manifold, the leaking oil could drop onto the hot exhaust manifold while the motorcycle is being driven and catch fire.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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