Yamaha Recalls Golf Cars and Personal Transportation Vehicles Due to Crash Hazard (Recall Alert)

2015 YDRA PTV “The DRIVE PTV”
2016 YDRE “The DRIVE”
2018 DR2A “The DRIVE2”
2017 DR2E “The DRIVE2 Concierge 6”
2018 DR2E “Adverturer Sport 2+2”

Name of Product:

Yamaha Golf Cars and Personal Transportation Vehicles (PTVs)

Hazard:

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

Remedy:

Repair

Recall Date:

February 22, 2018

Units:

About 161,000

Consumer Contact

Yamaha at 800-962-7926 anytime or online at www.yamahagolfcar.com and click on the Recall Tab located at the bottom of the page for more information.

Recall Details

Description:

This recall involves the following model year 2015 through 2018 gas and electric-powered golf cars , PTVs and utility vehicles. The vehicles were sold in various colors including blue, green, red, white, tan and silver. The model and serial numbers can be found on a label under the seat on the left or right side.

Model Name	Model Year	Model Number	Serial Number Range
The DRIVE Models YDRA (Gas)	2015	JC0	0600101~0606900
		JC2	0200101~0211800
		JW8	0500101~0516400
	2016	JC0	0700101~0706598
		JC2	0300101~0312000
		JW8	0600101~0614300
The DRIVE Models YDRE (Electric)	2015	JC1	0600101~0603300
	2015	JW9	0500101~0518300
	2016	JC1	0700101~0703500
		JC3	0000101~0004700
		JW9	0600101~0618100
The DRIVE ² Models DR2A (Gas)	2017	J0A	0000101~0010100
		J0B	0000101~0016900
		J0D	0000101~0007200
	2018	J0A	0100101~0105300
		J0B	0100101~0107287
		J0D	0100101~0104700
The DRIVE ² Models DR2E (Electric)	2017	J0C	0000101~0011400
		J0E	0000101~0002900
		J0J	0000101~0001999
	2018	J0C	0100101~0105482
		J0E	0100101~0101300
		J0J	0100101~0100798

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.

Incidents/Injuries:

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

Sold At:

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

Manufacturer(s):

Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America, of Newnan, Ga.

Distributor(s):

Yamaha Golf-Car Company, of Kennesaw, Ga.

Manufactured In:

Assembled in United States

Recall number:

18-725

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