Yamaha Golf Car Vehicles Recalled Due to Accelerator Pedal Spring Failure
Yamaha is expanding a recall of approximately 352,000 golf car vehicles because the accelerator pedal spring can fail to return to idle, posing a crash hazard. No injuries have been reported to date.
What this means for you
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: This is a structural vehicle defect (accelerator pedal spring failure) that poses a crash hazard risk. Although no injuries have been reported to date, the theoretical risk of harm from loss of accelerator control in a vehicle meets the High (score 3) criterion per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A. is expanding a recall of Yamaha Golf Car Vehicles due to a crash hazard involving the accelerator pedal return spring. The company has received at least 2,200 reports of incidents in which the accelerator pedal spring failed to return to idle when consumers stopped pressing the pedal. This expansion covers approximately 352,000 vehicles, including model year 2016 DRIVE, model years 2017–2024 Drive 2, model years 2016–2018 Adventurer, and model years 2019–2024 UMAX golf car vehicles sold through Yamaha dealers nationwide between July 2015 and December 2024.
No injuries have been reported in connection with this defect. Yamaha is providing a free replacement of the accelerator pedal return spring assembly for all affected vehicles. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled golf car vehicles and contact an authorized Yamaha Golf Car dealer to schedule the free repair. Owners who received repairs under prior recalls are being contacted directly by Yamaha with instructions on how to schedule installation of the replacement spring assembly. Yamaha dealers are prepared to conduct mobile service and provide unit transportation if necessary.
The recalled product
- Product
- Yamaha Golf Car Vehicles
- Manufacturer
- Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A., of Cypress, California
- Hazard
- accelerator-pedal-failure
- crash
- Affected units
- 352,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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