Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (Yamaha) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Yamaha XT250 motorcycles manufactured August 1, 2012, to October 1, 2014. The affected motorcycles contain an air induction pipe and hose which may fail after prolonged periods of high RPM operation. The air induction hose may melt causing hot exhaust gases to leak from the hose.
Consequence: A melted air induction hose may cause the engine to stall, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Remedy: Yamaha will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air induction pipe and hose, free of charge. The recall began January 9, 2015. Owners may contact Yamaha customer service at 1-714-761-7300. Yamaha's number for this recall is 990091.
Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.
Data completeness
5 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.
60.0%Usable mileage3 / 5 records
100.0%Valid incident date5 / 5 records
100.0%Valid filing date5 / 5 records
100.0%Ordered incident and filing dates5 / 5 records
Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.
Problems by model year
Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.
Component complaint heatmap
Component
2008
2009
2013
2014
2015
Electrical System
00.0%
No examples available for this selection.
00.0%
No examples available for this selection.
0Unavailable
No examples available for this selection.
0Unavailable
No examples available for this selection.
150.0%ODI 11209060 · 200 mi
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 (NA) YAMAHA XT250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS WERE ACTIVATED. AS A RESULT, BOTH TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS WOULD BLINK AND CONFUSE OTHER MOTORISTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIDDLE TOWN CYCLES (3711 COMMERCE DR, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45005, [phone removed]) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD LOW POWER, WHICH WAS WHY THE HAZARD LIGHTS BLINKED INSTEAD OF ONLY THE TURN SIGNALS. THE MECHANIC DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NO…
MY YAMAHA XT 250, POPS/BACKFIRES ALL THE TIME DURING DECELERATION. SOMETIMES A VERY LOUD BANG. I WAS TOLD BY YAMAHA THAT THEY DESIGNED THE EMISSION SYSTEM THIS WAY TO PASS EMISSIONS. WHEN THEY DISCONNECTED THE EMISSIONS THE LOUD POPPING AND BACK FIRING WENT AWAY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO NOT HAVE THE CONSTANT LOUD POPPING AND BACKFIRING IS BY MAKING THE MOTORCYCLE NOT PASS EMISSIONS. I DO NOT THINK IT IS VERY SAFE TO HAVE A MOTORCYCLE KEEP ON BACKFIRING AND STUTTERING WHEN DRIVING IT, LOSS OF POWER. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN LOOK INT…
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 (NA) YAMAHA XT250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS WERE ACTIVATED. AS A RESULT, BOTH TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS WOULD BLINK AND CONFUSE OTHER MOTORISTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIDDLE TOWN CYCLES (3711 COMMERCE DR, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45005, [phone removed]) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD LOW POWER, WHICH WAS WHY THE HAZARD LIGHTS BLINKED INSTEAD OF ONLY THE TURN SIGNALS. THE MECHANIC DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NO…
NEARLY CRASHED MOTORCYCLE DUE TO BIKE ENGINE CUTTING OUT. THE CARBURETOR IS FAULTY AND CAUSES THE ENGINE TO FLOOD COMPLETELY, THE ENGINE FLOODED SO BAD THAT PETROL HAD FILLED THE OIL SUMP TO THE BRIM. NEW CARBURETOR(WITH LUCK ITS NOT FAULTY, YAMAHA HAVE MADE ALOT OF THESE THAT ARE FAULTY.) PLEASE NOTE:THIS BIKE IS A YAMAHA XT 125 X 2008(NOT XT 250). *TR
MY YAMAHA XT 250, POPS/BACKFIRES ALL THE TIME DURING DECELERATION. SOMETIMES A VERY LOUD BANG. I WAS TOLD BY YAMAHA THAT THEY DESIGNED THE EMISSION SYSTEM THIS WAY TO PASS EMISSIONS. WHEN THEY DISCONNECTED THE EMISSIONS THE LOUD POPPING AND BACK FIRING WENT AWAY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO NOT HAVE THE CONSTANT LOUD POPPING AND BACKFIRING IS BY MAKING THE MOTORCYCLE NOT PASS EMISSIONS. I DO NOT THINK IT IS VERY SAFE TO HAVE A MOTORCYCLE KEEP ON BACKFIRING AND STUTTERING WHEN DRIVING IT, LOSS OF POWER. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN LOOK INT…
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 YAMAHA XT250 MOTORCYCLE. THE VEHICLE HAS CHENG SHIN C-6006 TIRES. WHILE TRAVELING OFF ROAD OR ON GRAVEL, THE TIRES WOBBLE AND CAUSE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO SHAKE. THE FAILURE OCCURS WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH OR GREATER. THE VEHICLE PERFORMS NORMALLY ON REGULAR ROAD CONDITIONS. THE DEALER IS RESEARCHING IF NEW TIRES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE MOTORCYCLE. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE SIZE AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 400. UPDA…
Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.
Failure mileage by component
Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.
Component failure mileage distribution
Component
Mileage range (25th–75th percentile)
Median
Usable records
Examples
Electrical System
Too few reports for a range
200 mi
1 (sparse)
ODI 11209060 · 200 mi
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 (NA) YAMAHA XT250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS WERE ACTIVATED. AS A RESULT, BOTH TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS WOULD BLINK AND CONFUSE OTHER MOTORISTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIDDLE TOWN CYCLES (3711 COMMERCE DR, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45005, [phone removed]) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD LOW POWER, WHICH WAS WHY THE HAZARD LIGHTS BLINKED INSTEAD OF ONLY THE TURN SIGNALS. THE MECHANIC DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NO…
MY YAMAHA XT 250, POPS/BACKFIRES ALL THE TIME DURING DECELERATION. SOMETIMES A VERY LOUD BANG. I WAS TOLD BY YAMAHA THAT THEY DESIGNED THE EMISSION SYSTEM THIS WAY TO PASS EMISSIONS. WHEN THEY DISCONNECTED THE EMISSIONS THE LOUD POPPING AND BACK FIRING WENT AWAY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO NOT HAVE THE CONSTANT LOUD POPPING AND BACKFIRING IS BY MAKING THE MOTORCYCLE NOT PASS EMISSIONS. I DO NOT THINK IT IS VERY SAFE TO HAVE A MOTORCYCLE KEEP ON BACKFIRING AND STUTTERING WHEN DRIVING IT, LOSS OF POWER. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN LOOK INT…
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 (NA) YAMAHA XT250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS WERE ACTIVATED. AS A RESULT, BOTH TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS WOULD BLINK AND CONFUSE OTHER MOTORISTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIDDLE TOWN CYCLES (3711 COMMERCE DR, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45005, [phone removed]) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD LOW POWER, WHICH WAS WHY THE HAZARD LIGHTS BLINKED INSTEAD OF ONLY THE TURN SIGNALS. THE MECHANIC DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NO…
NEARLY CRASHED MOTORCYCLE DUE TO BIKE ENGINE CUTTING OUT. THE CARBURETOR IS FAULTY AND CAUSES THE ENGINE TO FLOOD COMPLETELY, THE ENGINE FLOODED SO BAD THAT PETROL HAD FILLED THE OIL SUMP TO THE BRIM. NEW CARBURETOR(WITH LUCK ITS NOT FAULTY, YAMAHA HAVE MADE ALOT OF THESE THAT ARE FAULTY.) PLEASE NOTE:THIS BIKE IS A YAMAHA XT 125 X 2008(NOT XT 250). *TR
MY YAMAHA XT 250, POPS/BACKFIRES ALL THE TIME DURING DECELERATION. SOMETIMES A VERY LOUD BANG. I WAS TOLD BY YAMAHA THAT THEY DESIGNED THE EMISSION SYSTEM THIS WAY TO PASS EMISSIONS. WHEN THEY DISCONNECTED THE EMISSIONS THE LOUD POPPING AND BACK FIRING WENT AWAY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO NOT HAVE THE CONSTANT LOUD POPPING AND BACKFIRING IS BY MAKING THE MOTORCYCLE NOT PASS EMISSIONS. I DO NOT THINK IT IS VERY SAFE TO HAVE A MOTORCYCLE KEEP ON BACKFIRING AND STUTTERING WHEN DRIVING IT, LOSS OF POWER. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN LOOK INT…
Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.
Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.
Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples
Monthly complaint and recall timeline
Month
Complaints
Campaigns announced
Examples
2024-11
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2024-12
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-01
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-02
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-03
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-04
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-05
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-06
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-07
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-08
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-09
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-10
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-11
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-12
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-01
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-02
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-03
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-04
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-05
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-06
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-07
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-08
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-09
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-10 (partial)
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
Emerging complaint spikes
Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.
This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.
No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.
Equal-age model-year comparison
Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.
2014: 0 complaints · 2015: 1 complaints
Equal observation windows
Model year
Through age 0
Through age 1
Through age 2
2014
0
0
0
2015
0
1
1
Date coverage across each selected cohort
Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year
Incident dates used
Filing date fallbacks
Excluded dates
2014
0
0
0
2015
2
0
0
Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.
Components reported together
Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.
Component co-occurrence matrix
Component
Electrical System
Engine
Engine And Engine Cooling
Exterior Lighting
Fuel System, Gasoline
Fuel/Propulsion System
Tires
Electrical System
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0
0
1ODI 11209060 · 200 mi
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 (NA) YAMAHA XT250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS WERE ACTIVATED. AS A RESULT, BOTH TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS WOULD BLINK AND CONFUSE OTHER MOTORISTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIDDLE TOWN CYCLES (3711 COMMERCE DR, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45005, [phone removed]) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD LOW POWER, WHICH WAS WHY THE HAZARD LIGHTS BLINKED INSTEAD OF ONLY THE TURN SIGNALS. THE MECHANIC DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NO…
MY YAMAHA XT 250, POPS/BACKFIRES ALL THE TIME DURING DECELERATION. SOMETIMES A VERY LOUD BANG. I WAS TOLD BY YAMAHA THAT THEY DESIGNED THE EMISSION SYSTEM THIS WAY TO PASS EMISSIONS. WHEN THEY DISCONNECTED THE EMISSIONS THE LOUD POPPING AND BACK FIRING WENT AWAY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO NOT HAVE THE CONSTANT LOUD POPPING AND BACKFIRING IS BY MAKING THE MOTORCYCLE NOT PASS EMISSIONS. I DO NOT THINK IT IS VERY SAFE TO HAVE A MOTORCYCLE KEEP ON BACKFIRING AND STUTTERING WHEN DRIVING IT, LOSS OF POWER. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN LOOK INT…
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 (NA) YAMAHA XT250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS WERE ACTIVATED. AS A RESULT, BOTH TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS WOULD BLINK AND CONFUSE OTHER MOTORISTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MIDDLE TOWN CYCLES (3711 COMMERCE DR, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45005, [phone removed]) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD LOW POWER, WHICH WAS WHY THE HAZARD LIGHTS BLINKED INSTEAD OF ONLY THE TURN SIGNALS. THE MECHANIC DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NO…
MY YAMAHA XT 250, POPS/BACKFIRES ALL THE TIME DURING DECELERATION. SOMETIMES A VERY LOUD BANG. I WAS TOLD BY YAMAHA THAT THEY DESIGNED THE EMISSION SYSTEM THIS WAY TO PASS EMISSIONS. WHEN THEY DISCONNECTED THE EMISSIONS THE LOUD POPPING AND BACK FIRING WENT AWAY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO NOT HAVE THE CONSTANT LOUD POPPING AND BACKFIRING IS BY MAKING THE MOTORCYCLE NOT PASS EMISSIONS. I DO NOT THINK IT IS VERY SAFE TO HAVE A MOTORCYCLE KEEP ON BACKFIRING AND STUTTERING WHEN DRIVING IT, LOSS OF POWER. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN LOOK INT…
Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.
Recurring narrative patterns
Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.
1 patterns with matching reports.
Stalling or loss of power
1 mentions · 20.0% of complaints
Median mileage: 49 mi (1 usable records).
ODI 10905872 · 49 mi
MY YAMAHA XT 250, POPS/BACKFIRES ALL THE TIME DURING DECELERATION. SOMETIMES A VERY LOUD BANG. I WAS TOLD BY YAMAHA THAT THEY DESIGNED THE EMISSION SYSTEM THIS WAY TO PASS EMISSIONS. WHEN THEY DISCONNECTED THE EMISSIONS THE LOUD POPPING AND BACK FIRING WENT AWAY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO NOT HAVE THE CONSTANT LOUD POPPING AND BACKFIRING IS BY MAKING THE MOTORCYCLE NOT PASS EMISSIONS. I DO NOT THINK IT IS VERY SAFE TO HAVE A MOTORCYCLE KEEP ON BACKFIRING AND STUTTERING WHEN DRIVING IT, LOSS OF POWER. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE CAN LOOK INT…