Yamaha preliminary evaluation PE12034
Motorscooter Stalling. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the fuel pump on 1 model year (2009). Opened Nov 9, 2012, closed Feb 11, 2013 after 3 months. It led to safety recall 13V035000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedAll MY 2009 Yamaha YW125Y (Zuma 125) model scooters were produced with fuel pumps that may have improper clearance between their internal components. This could lead to fuel starvation and consequent stalling while in operation. To address this issue, Yamaha is conducting safety recall 13V-035 to correct the defect by installing new and improved fuel pumps on the subject motorscooters. This PE is closed. The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed at www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID under the following identification (ODI) numbers: 10350742, 10422469, 10433624, 10462794, 10464564, 10465166, 10466480, 10466938, 10467731, 10486775, 10487229.
A Preliminary Evaluation is the first formal stage: NHTSA has decided the complaints and other information it screened are worth a closer look, and asks the manufacturer for its own data on the condition. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2009 Yamaha YW125.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs PE12034 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 13V035000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE12034 still open?
No. It closed on Feb 11, 2013 and led to recall 13V035000.
Which vehicles does PE12034 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 1 model year: 2009 Yamaha YW125. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.