The 2015 Yamaha Yzfr1 has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 2,921 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the power train. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
POWER TRAIN15V8020002015-11-302,921 affected
Defect
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (Yamaha) is recalling certain model year 2015 YZFR1, YZFR1C, YZFR1MF and YZFR1MFC motorcycles manufactured August 1, 2014, to June 1, 2015. The affected motorcycles have transmission gears that may fail.
Consequence
If the gears fail, the transmission may lock up, resulting in a loss of vehicle control, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Yamaha has notified owners, and dealers will replace the transmission assembly with an improved one, free of charge. The recall began on December 4, 2015. Owners may contact Yamaha customer service at 1-800-962-7926. Yamaha's number for this recall is 99100.
Complaints by component
POWER TRAIN
4
ENGINE
1
Total complaints5
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Rumors of transmission recall emerged online, saying the transmission will have to be replaced inside the engine of the motorcycle. This defect could result in the motorcycles transmission locking and the back wheel locking resulting in injury or death. I called yamaha corp december 2nd and the…”
“Internal yamaha documents have surfaced which detail a manufacturing defect in all 2015 r1's, resulting in catastrophic failure of the 2nd gear, and deformation/breakage of the 3d and 4th gears. The failure mode causes the rear wheel to lock up without warning.they state that riders should cease…”
“At the time of this report there has been no official recall for this motorcycle. I just wanted to make aware that myself have been told to nor ride this motorcycle as the second gear in the transmission could fail and cause catastophic failure, resulting in injury and or death to rider. This…”
“Rumors arose about an intent to recall all 2015 yamaha yzfr1/r1m motorcycles due to a serious manufacturing defect in the 2nd gear wheel and pinion of the transmission. I called yamaha motor usa on november 25th, 2015 for clarification. I spoke with a customer relations specialist who told me not…”
“Rumors arose about an intent to recall all 2015 yamaha yzfr1/r1m motorcycles due to a serious manufacturing defect in the 2nd gear wheel and pinion of the transmission. I called yamaha motor usa on november 25th, 2015 for clarification. I spoke with a customer relations specialist who told me not…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2015 Yamaha Yzfr1 as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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