The 1978 Yamaha 750 has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 35,553 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA, most often about the tires. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
POWER TRAIN78V0370001978-02-1735,553 affected
Defect
THE SHIFT CAM STOPPER BOLT LOCK TAB ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES MAY NOT PREVENT THE STOPPER BOLT FROM LOOSENING. THIS COULD ALLOW THE SHIFT DRUM TO MOVE LATERALLY.
Remedy
THE DEALER WILL INSTALL AN IMPROVED LOCK TAB THAT WILL STOP THE STOPPER BOLT FROM LOOSENING, WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
Complaints by component
TIRES
1
Total complaints1
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“The contact owns a 1978 yamaha 750 equipped with continental tires, tire line: contigo. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 22t006000 (tires) informing the contact to register on the manufacturer’s website for the recall repair. However, the contact had been receiving…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1978 Yamaha 750 as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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