Yamaha recently expanded a golf car/utility vehicle recall that now includes more than 350,000 vehicles.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, about 352,000 Yamaha vehicles have now been recalled because the accelerator pedal spring can fail to return to idle when a user stops pressing the accelerator pedal, posing a crash hazard. The CPSC says Yamaha has received at least 2,200 reports of incidents involving accelerator pedal return spring failures. No injuries have been reported.
According to a report in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics, there are more than 15,000 golf car-related injuries resulting in emergency room visits each year in the United States.
The CPSC says the recall affects Yamaha vehicles sold from July 2015 through December 2024. The expanded recalled now includes the following:
- model year 2016 Yamaha Drive gas/electric
- model years 2017-2024 Drive 2 gas/electric
- model years 2016-2018 Adventurer
- model years 2019-2024 UMAX golf car vehicles.
Customers are advised to cease using vehicles that fall under the recall, and contact a dealer to schedule a free repair even if the vehicles in question previously were repaired for a prior recall.