Yamaha YZFR6L problems

Owners have filed 36 complaints about the Yamaha YZFR6L with NHTSA across model years 1999 to 2002. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Every Yamaha YZFR6L year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

1 3 3 29

99 00 01 02

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Fires	Median miles	Most reported
2002	—	29	0	0	3,663	Electrical System
2001	—	3	1	1	—	Electrical System
2000	—	3	0	0	—	Transmission & Drivetrain
1999	—	1	0	0	—	Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Yamaha YZFR6L

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 27 75.0%

Worst in 2002

Transmission & Drivetrain 7 19.4%

Worst in 2002

Engine & Cooling 1 2.8%

Worst in 2002

Other & Unspecified 1 2.8%

Worst in 2001

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Yamaha YZFR6L, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Nov 2002 peak 8 Aug 2017

Compare the Yamaha YZFR6L

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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