Yamaha Golf Car Recall Overview
Last month Yamaha Golf Car announced the recall of approximately 145,000 golf cars, personal transportation vehicles (PTVs) and utility vehicles. The accelerator pedal return spring can break on the vehicles, posing a crash hazard. The recall involves model year 2016 through 2018 gas and electric-powered golf cars, personal transportation and specialty vehicles. Model names include the Drive, Drive2, Adventurer and Adventurer Sport 2+2. Owners should immediately stop using the recalled vehicles and contact a Yamaha golf car dealer to schedule a free repair. There have been no reports of injuries related to the recall but 417 spring failures have been reported.
This is an extremely large recall and rivals those of Polaris from the past several years. Yamaha had a slightly larger recall earlier in the year involving many of the same models for a brake cable issue. SVR tracks recalls of golf cars, PTVs, PSVs and UTVs. In general, the small, task-oriented vehicle industry appears to have a recall problem. A significant number of vehicles are being recalled every year. The following detailed information on this recall is from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Yamaha Golf Car Recall Information from CPSC
Recall Details
Model Year |
Model Name |
Model Prefix |
Serial Number Range |
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2016 |
Drive Models YDRA (Gas) |
JW8 |
600101 |
614300 |
|
JC2 |
300101 |
312000 |
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JC0 |
700101 |
706600 |
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Drive Models YDRE (Electric) |
JW9 |
600101 |
618100 |
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JC3 |
000101 |
004700 |
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JC1 |
700101 |
703500 |
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Adventurer Model YTF1A (Gas) |
JW6 |
800101 |
800600 |
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Adventurer Model YTF2A (Gas) |
JW7 |
700101 |
701250 |
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Adventurer Model YTF2E (Electric) |
JW3 |
100101 |
100300 |
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2017 |
Drive² Models DR2A (Gas) |
J0A |
000101 |
010100 |
|
J0B |
000101 |
016900 |
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J0D |
000101 |
007200 |
|||
Drive² Models DR2E (Electric) |
J0C |
000101 |
011400 |
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J0E |
000101 |
002900 |
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J0J |
000101 |
002000 |
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Adventurer Model YTF1A (Gas) |
JW6 |
900101 |
900400 |
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Adventurer Model YTF2A (Gas) |
JW7 |
800101 |
800750 |
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Adventurer Model YTF2E (Electric) |
JW3 |
200101 |
200250 |
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2018 |
Drive² Models DR2A (Gas) |
J0A |
100101 |
110400 |
|
J0B |
100101 |
119200 |
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J0D |
100101 |
110600 |
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Drive² Models DR2E (Electric) |
J0C |
100101 |
111700 |
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J0E |
100101 |
102600 |
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J0J |
100101 |
102700 |
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Adventurer Model YTF1A (Gas) |
JW6 |
910101 |
910500 |
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Adventurer Model YTF2A (Gas) |
JW7 |
900101 |
900800 |
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Adventurer Model YTF2E (Electric) |
JW3 |
300101 |
300250 |
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled vehicles and contact a Yamaha golf car dealer to schedule a free repair. Yamaha is contacting all registered owners directly.