2014 Yamaha Bolt
Safety Score
80
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-08 | 13V298000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 3,900 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-16 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | VEHICLE METER IS DANGEROUSLY DIM. NOT VISIBLE DURING DAYLIGHT DUE TO GLARE. ONLY 2014 YAMAHA BOLT MODELS ENCOUNTER THIS… |
| 2018-10-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | DEATH WOBBLE- STEERING INSTABILITY AT 35-45 MPH. THIS COULD BE FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER BY USING TAPERED STEERING BEAR… |
| 2018-07-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER CAN'T BE SEEN WHEN TRAVELING INTO THE SUN OR ANY TIME THE SUN IS AT THE WRONG ANGLE THAT IT CREATES A NON R… |
| 2017-03-19 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER CAN'T BE SEEN WHEN TRAVELING INTO THE SUN OR ANY TIME THE SUN IS AT THE WRONG ANGLE THAT IT CREATES A NON R… |
| 2017-01-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | MY CONCERN IS THE DEATH WOBBLE THE BIKE HAS WHEN AT SPEEDS AROUND 45 MPH. |
| 2016-12-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DURING THE DAY OR WHEN THE SUN IS BRIGHT I CAN NOT SEE THE SPEEDOMETER READING. ITS DIGITAL AND THERE ISN'T MUCH CONTRA… |
| 2016-08-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BIKE SPEEDOMETER HAS AN ISSUE WHERE THE SPEED DISPLAY IS WAY TOO DIM TO SEE IN SUNLIGHT. IN THE RIGHT SUNLIGHT POSITIO… |
| 2016-08-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY 2014 YAMAHA BOLT R SPEC, THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT ILLUMINATE AT NIGHT AND IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO READ… |
| 2016-04-09 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | WHEN RIDING THE YAMAHA BOLT TOWARDS THE SUN, THE SPEEDOMETER IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ. BECAUSE OF THE POSITIONING OF THE S… |
| 2016-03-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY THE SPEEDOMETER IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO READ TO TO THE SUN SHINING ON TO IT . IT TAKES YOU… |
| 2016-02-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS THE SPEEDOMETER IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO READ. IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ. I… |
| 2015-12-23 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT, I CAN NOT SEE THE SPEEDOMETER. IT IS A BLACK CIRCLE. DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER WHETHER THE SUN IS IN… |
| 2015-12-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CANNOT SEE IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT, DIGITAL DISPLAY DISAPPEARS. FAILURE TO SEE TRAVEL SPEED. WAS PULLED OVER FOR 68MPH IN A … |
| 2015-10-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT VISABLE AT ALL WHILE RIDING INTO THE SUN |
| 2015-08-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH TO PROVIDE CURRENT SPEED IN DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS AND CREATES AN INABILITY TO KNOW Y… |
| 2015-06-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER SCREEN IS UNREADABLE AND IS A HAZARD. |
| 2015-06-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | 2014 YAMAHA BOLT R-SPEC (XV950R). THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER VISIBILITY IS EXTREMELY POOR DURING THE DAYTIME IN ALMOST ALL… |
| 2015-06-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE DAY THE POSITION OF THE SUN THE SPEEDOMETER BECOMES UNREADABLE. WHICH HAS CAUSED ME TO DRI… |
| 2015-04-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY CANNOT BE SEEN UNLESS IT IS DARK OR SUN IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE BIKE. IF SUN IS OVER, TO SI… |
| 2015-03-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | UNLESS THE SUN IS DIRECTLY BEHIND RIDER OR NIGHT TIME, SPEEDOMETER IS UNREADABLE. *TR |
| 2015-02-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER ON THE 2014 BOLT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ UNDER CERTAIN LIGHT. I CONTACTED YAMAHA TO ASK ABOUT TH… |
| 2015-01-07 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO READ, ESPECIALLY WHEN USING BRIGHT HIGH VISIBILITY HELMETS. SPEEDOMETER CA… |
| 2015-01-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER IS VERY HARD TO READ IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT. COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENT OR SPEED VIOLATIONS. NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED … |
| 2014-11-29 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | WHEN RIDING IN BRIGHT DAYLIGHT IT WAS HARD TO SEE MY DRIVING SPEED. I WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE ONE HAND FROM HANDLEBARS TO … |
| 2014-11-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | INSTRUMENTATION SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER, TRIP METER AND INFORMATION LIGHTS I.E. TURN SIGNAL, HIGH BEAM INDICATOR, FUEL L… |
| 2014-10-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER ON THIS MOTORCYCLE IS UNREADABLE UNDER CERTAIN LIGHTING CONDITIONS. ANGLED SUNLIGHT (MORNING, E… |
| 2014-09-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WITH THE SUN SHINING THE SPEEDOMETER TURNS COMPLETELY BLACK MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO READ YOUR SPEED! *TR |
| 2014-09-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE IN SUNLIGHT. I SAW A POLICE OFFICER LOOKING FOR PEOPLE SPEEDING AND I COULDN'T TEL… |
| 2014-09-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | THE DIGITAL LCD SPEEDOMETER IS UNREADABLE IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CHECK YOUR SPEED OR ODOMETER READI… |
| 2014-09-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAN NOT VIEW SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY IN MOST DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS. THIS CREATES A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION REQUIRING THE RIDER … |
| 2014-09-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | COULD NOT SEE SPEEDO, SUN LIGHT GLARE ON SPEEDO LENS, UNABLE TO SEE HOW FAST I AM GOING.. NOT SO MUCH A SAFETY ISSUE BU… |
| 2014-09-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY ON THIS BIKE COMPLETELY WASHES OUT IN THE BRIGHT SUN MAKING IT HARD TO SEE THE SPEED YOU ARE TR… |
| 2014-09-04 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 YAMAHA BOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DIGITAL ODOMETER WAS NOT VIEWABLE DURING THE DAYLI… |
| 2014-09-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY ON THIS BIKE COMPLETELY WASHES OUT IN THE BRIGHT SUN MAKING IT HARD TO SEE THE SPEED YOU ARE TR… |
| 2014-08-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE BIKE GOES BLACK IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT AND YOU CANNOT READ IT AT ALL. *TR |
| 2014-08-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY ON THIS BIKE COMPLETELY WASHES OUT IN THE BRIGHT SUN MAKING IT HARD TO ENSURE ADHERENCE TO SPEE… |
| 2014-08-03 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | PINCH BOLTS ON FRONT FORK HAVE LOOSENED (ONE WAS MISSING, ONE WAS 3/4 LOOSE). THE PINCH BOLTS ASSIST IN KEEPING THE FR… |
| 2014-07-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ. REQUIRES TILTING MY HEAD UP OR DOWN AND/OR LEANING FORWARD OR BACK TO BE ABLE TO… |
| 2014-07-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER IS DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT TO SEE IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS. THE READ OUT ON THE SPEEDOMETER IS NEARLY IMPO… |
| 2014-07-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | THE FACTORY SPEEDOMETER IS NOT READABLE IS DIRECT SUN LIGHT. *TR |
| 2014-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE OEM SPEEDOMETER IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ IN DAYLIGHT. *TR |
| 2014-06-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | CAN NOT READ SPEEDOMETER IN BRIGHT SUN. SOMETIMES DANGEROUS TO NOT KNOW HOW FAST I AM TRAVELING. *TR |
| 2014-06-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE RIDING THE YAMAHA BOLT DURING THE DAYTIME IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO READ THE SPEEDOMETER DUE TO GLARE. I DO NOT … |
| 2014-06-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | UNDER MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS HARD TO READ THE SPEEDOMETER. IT REQUIRES SEVERAL SECONDS OF FOCUS TO READ IT THAT COUL… |
| 2014-06-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY MOTORCYCLE I NOTICED THAT WHEN IT IS BRIGHT OUTSIDE I CAN NOT READ MY SPEEDOMETER. THERE I… |
| 2014-06-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER IS UNREADABLE WHEN THE SUN IS AT CERTAIN ANGLES. *TR |
| 2014-06-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE YAMAHA STAR BOLT SPEEDOMETER IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ IN CERTAIN LIGHTING CONDITIONS. THAT IS, WITH A BRIGHT SUN OVER… |
| 2014-05-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER ON THIS BIKE IS UNREADABLE DURING THE DAY. THE SMOKED LENS MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE YOUR SPEED… |
| 2014-05-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT PERFORM AS NEEDED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OPERATOR. ILLUMINATION OF SPEEDOMETER DISP… |
| 2014-05-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ THE SPEED ODOMETER. *TR |