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Product Recall Number: 18-725

Why was Yamaha Golf Cars and Personal Transportation Vehicles (PTVs) recalled?

The brake cables on the golf cars and PTVs can fail, posing a crash hazard.

Yamaha Golf Cars and Personal Transportation Vehicles (PTVs)
Here's product recall specific data for Yamaha Golf Cars and Personal Transportation Vehicles (PTVs).

  • Product Recall Number: 18-725

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2018-02-22

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Yamaha Golf Cars and Personal Transportation Vehicles (PTVs)

  • Description:

  • Hazard Description: The brake cables on the golf cars and PTVs can fail, posing a crash hazard.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Repair

  • Units: About 161,000

  • Incidents: The firm has received 285 reports of brake cables failing. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using these recalled Golf Cars and PTVs and contact a local Yamaha Golf Car dealer to schedule a free repair. Yamaha is contacting all registered owners directly.

  • Sold At: Yamaha Golf Car dealers nationwide from November 2014 through December 2017 for between $5,900 and $7,700.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America, of Newnan, Ga.

  • Distributors: Yamaha Golf-Car Company, of Kennesaw, Ga.

  • Manufactured In: Assembled in United States

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed