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What are the common problems with the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09?

Owners of the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09 have filed 10 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the powertrain (5) and the body structure (3). In NHTSA's complaints file of November 11, 2026, 8 of its 10 complaints list a mileage (20 to 34,500 miles), too few to say when problems were reported; a complaint is an owner's report, not a proven defect.

By VIN Lookup Research DeskPublished 2026-11-11NHTSA files 2026-11-11United States
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Most-reported problems, 2015 FZ-09

NHTSA's file holds 10 owner complaints on the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09. Owners named the powertrain most often: 5 complaints, and half of the 5 that list a mileage came after 16,000 miles. A complaint can name more than one component. None of the 10 complaints reports a crash, a fire or an injury.

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Common problems with the 2015 FZ-09

NHTSA's file holds 10 owner complaints on the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09. Owners named the powertrain most often: 5 complaints, and half of the 5 that list a mileage came after 16,000 miles. A complaint can name more than one component.

2015 Yamaha FZ-09: most-reported NHTSA component categories, with the median mileage of the complaints that list one (complaints file, November 11, 2026)
Component (NHTSA category)ComplaintsListing mileageMedian mileage
Power Train5517,000
Structure32Under 5 mileages
Engine22Under 5 mileages
Suspension21Under 5 mileages
Service Brakes11Under 5 mileages

None of the 10 complaints reports a crash, a fire or an injury.

Mileage when owners reported a problem with the 2015 FZ-09

Too few complaints on the 2015 FZ-09 list a mileage to say when owners reported problems: 8 of its 10 complaints list a mileage (20 to 34,500 miles), and a median is given here only with 10 or more.

These mileages say when owners reported a problem, not when a 2015 FZ-09 wears out. NHTSA's file holds only vehicles whose owners complained; one that ran without a problem never appears in it, so it gives no lifespan and no cutoff, and how a vehicle was maintained matters more than any one odometer reading.

Is the 2015 FZ-09 a good year?

Complaint counts cannot say whether the 2015 is a good or a bad FZ-09: they rise with how many were sold and how long they have been on the road. They show how the 2015 compares with the other model years in NHTSA's file.

With 10 complaints, the 2015 drew the fewest of the 2 Yamaha FZ-09 model years from 2014 to 2015 with 10 or more complaints. The most: the 2014 (12).

Recent model years have had less time to collect complaints, so their counts are still growing. No year is ranked by mileage here, because a year's median mileage mostly follows its age.

Yamaha FZ-09: NHTSA owner complaints by model year, 2014–2015 (complaints file, November 11, 2026)
Model yearOwner complaintsListing mileageMedian mileage
2014 FZ-0912101,780
2015 (this page)108Under 10 mileages

2015 Yamaha FZ-09 recalls

NHTSA's recall files of November 11, 2026 list 2 recall campaigns that name the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09. A campaign covers a production range, not every vehicle of the model year: check the VIN with NHTSA's free recall lookup.

2015 Yamaha FZ-09: the 2 recall campaigns in NHTSA’s recall files (November 11, 2026)
CampaignReport receivedComponent
17V221000Mar 31, 2017STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
15V176000Mar 25, 2015POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

What these figures can and cannot tell you

  • Complaints are owners’ reports to NHTSA. NHTSA publishes them without verifying them: a complaint is an allegation, not a defect finding.
  • The mileage is what the owner wrote on the complaint; NHTSA does not check it against the odometer.
  • The make, model and model year are the ones on the complaint. NHTSA records them as filed, so a few complaints sit under a model year the name was not sold in.
  • They are not a lifespan study. The file holds only vehicles whose owners reported a problem, so these figures do not say how long a typical 2015 FZ-09 lasts.
  • A complaint count rises with how many vehicles were sold and how long they have been on the road, so it is not a rating of the 2015 FZ-09.
  • Nothing here describes one vehicle: its title brands, odometer readings, accidents and open recalls are in the records for its own VIN.
  • 2 of the 10 complaints on the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09 give no usable mileage (blank, zero, a filler such as 999999, or over 500,000) and are left out of every mileage figure.
  • NHTSA name counted: FZ-09. NHTSA files some vehicles under several names (a series name and a trim name, for example); this page counts only this one.
  • Recall-file name matched: FZ-09.
Evidence

Primary sources behind this page

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  1. NHTSA complaints flat file (FLAT_CMPL.zip), downloaded November 11, 2026National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  2. Complaints file field layout (CMPL.txt)National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  3. NHTSA recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010.zip), downloaded November 11, 2026National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  4. NHTSA recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010.zip), downloaded November 11, 2026National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  5. Recalls file field layout (RCL.txt)National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  6. NHTSA recall and complaint datasets: scope and documentationNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  7. Recalls Lookup by VINNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NHTSA’s complaints file was downloaded on November 11, 2026 (FLAT_CMPL.txt, dated 2026-11-11 10:15, 2,265,416 rows), with its recall files (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010.txt and FLAT_RCL_POST_2010.txt, dated 2026-11-11 08:02). Each complaint is counted once, by its NHTSA number, with the model year and mileage of its first row; a model year has a page only with 10 or more complaints. The collection script and its rules are in scripts/collect-nhtsa-model-year-longtail.mjs.

Quick answers

2015 Yamaha FZ-09 questions

What are the most common 2015 Yamaha FZ-09 problems?

NHTSA's file holds 10 owner complaints on the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09. Owners named the powertrain most often: 5 complaints, and half of the 5 that list a mileage came after 16,000 miles. A complaint can name more than one component. None of the 10 complaints reports a crash, a fire or an injury.

At what mileage do owners report problems with the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09?

NHTSA's file gives no mileage figure for the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09: 8 of its 10 complaints list a mileage (20 to 34,500 miles), and this page gives a median only with 10 or more. These are mileages at a reported problem; they do not say how many miles a 2015 FZ-09 can cover.

Is the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09 a good year?

Complaint counts cannot say whether the 2015 is a good or a bad FZ-09: they rise with how many were sold and how long they have been on the road. They show how the 2015 compares with the other model years in NHTSA's file. With 10 complaints, the 2015 drew the fewest of the 2 Yamaha FZ-09 model years from 2014 to 2015 with 10 or more complaints. The most: the 2014 (12).

How many recalls does the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09 have?

NHTSA's recall files of November 11, 2026 list 2 recall campaigns that name the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09. A campaign covers a production range, not every vehicle of the model year: check the VIN with NHTSA's free recall lookup.

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