Vehicle speed control: throttle: throttle position sensor (TPS)
Manufacturer
Pure Sports Distributing Inc.
Vehicles affected
216
Reported to NHTSA
2025-04-16
Owners notified
2025-05-06
Defect description
Pure Sports Distributing Inc. (Yamaha of Hawaii) is recalling certain 2022 MT-09 Tracer GT, 2021-2025 MT-09 SP, 2021-2025 MT-09, 2022-2023 and 2025 MT-10 SP, 2022-2024 MT-10 and 2022-2024 XSR900 motorcycles. The brushes inside the Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) may slide excessively due to improper ECU programming, possibly causing unstable idling or an engine stall.
Safety risk
Unstable idling or an engine stall can lead to loss of control of the motorcycle, increasing the risk of an injury or crash.
Manufacturer remedy
Dealers will reprogram the engine control unit (ECU) software and replace the TPS, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 6, 2025. Owners may contact Yamaha of Hawaii customer service at 1-808-498-8248.
Engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ECU/ECM): software
Manufacturer
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Vehicles affected
3,594
Reported to NHTSA
2022-03-07
Owners notified
2022-03-17
Defect description
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (Yamaha) is recalling certain 2021-2022 MT-09, MT-09 SP, and MTT9GT (Tracer 9 GT) motorcycles. Improper electronic control unit (ECU) programming may limit the throttle response, cause an engine stall, or fail to illuminate the engine warning light when a system error occurs.
Safety risk
Limited throttle response, engine stall, or a missing warning light can increase the risk of a crash.
Manufacturer remedy
Owners should not operate their motorcycle, other than to take it to a dealer, until the remedy is performed. Dealers will reprogram the ECU, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 17, 2022. Owners may contact Yamaha customer service at 1-866-894-1626. Yamaha's number for this recall is 990158.
Owner complaints
A complaint is one person's report to a federal agency. It is not a finding.
Component
Complaints
Median mileage
Structure: body
1
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The 2021 model has about a third as many complaints as this one. The 2023 model has about a quarter as many complaints as this one. These figures reflect raw complaint counts, not failure rates. Higher-selling model years naturally receive more complaints.
Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.