AI DamageYamaha XV16: problems, complaints, bulletins
Summary for the Yamaha XV16 across 3 model years: 12 owner complaints and 0 NHTSA service bulletins, plus repair videos. Pick a year for details.
Model years
What fails most often
- Powertrain: 12 complaints (100% of all).
Components owners complain about
| Component | Owner complaints | involving a crash | Technical service bulletins (TSB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powertrain | 12 | 0 | 0 |
What owners report
Short excerpts of NHTSA complaints in the original wording. These are owner statements not verified by NHTSA; personal data removed.
Lost 4th and faith gear. With under 20,000 miles on the motorcycle. Just cruising at highway speeds. Hit a bump it popped out of gear bike was slowing down I clicked to the next gear down and boom sounded like belt or something broke. Still have gears 1 through 3
Consumer's client unable to ride motorcycle due to lack of availability of recall parts. The consumer has been unable to ride the motorcycle because it is at the dealer awaiting the recall manual transmission parts. The consume request a refund of the purchase price, dealer prep charges, extended warranty etc.
Dealership is unable to perform transmission recall 03v309000 repairs because the parts were not been available for over 2 months. Could not drive the motorcycle.
Dealership was unable to perform recall 03v309000 repairs because the parts were not available. Consumer had been waiting for over 2 months.
Info copy of complaint ltr to yamaha motor corp. Re the safety recall notice he rec'd; dissatisfied with the amount of time it will take to get the recalled part to repair his motorcycle.
Consumer received nhtsa recall# 03v309000 concerning transmission failure in january 2004. Consumer contacted the local dealer, who did not have the parts. Dealer was contacted on 3/9/2004, and still did not have the parts.
When owners complained
NHTSA complaints by filing year. The peak shows at what age the problems show up most.
What to check before buying
- Powertrain. Shift quality under load, harsh shifts, transmission codes, CV joints.
Other models of this make
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Sources: public NHTSA data (USA): service bulletins and owner complaints; YouTube: links to videos credited to their authors. Complaints are owner statements not verified by NHTSA, and describe defects rather than crash damage. Data updated 2026-11-05.