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| Yamaha Off-Road Vehicles Linked to Deaths | |||
| Reuters | March 31, 2009 | |||
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Yamaha Motor Co Ltd halted sales of three models of its Rhino off-road recreational vehicles until those already sold are repaired to reduce the risk of deadly rollovers, the U.S. Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. The U.S. government has investigated more than 46 driver or passenger deaths linked to the Rhino 450, 660 and 700 models of off-road vehicles, mostly involving rollover accidents. "Of the rollover-related deaths and hundreds of reported injuries, some of which were serious, many appear to involve turns at relatively low speeds and on level terrain," the safety agency said in a statement. |
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| Yamaha to Suspend Sales of Some Vehicles for Safety Risk | |||
| The Wall Street Journal | March 31, 2009 | |||
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Yamaha Motor Co.'s U.S. sales arm has agreed to suspend sales of its Rhino 450 and 660 off-road recreational vehicles, and to offer free modifications to vehicles already in service that would make the vehicles less prone to rollover accidents. The CPSC, in a statement, said owners of the affected Yamaha Rhino vehicles should immediately stop using them until the repairs are made. |
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| U.S. Probes Off-Road Vehicles After a String of Accidents | |||
| The Wall Street Journal | November 4, 2008 | |||
| The Yamaha Rhino, a hit in the off-road-vehicle market, promises to go "almost anywhere" with an "amazingly high level of comfort and ease." Now, federal safety regulators are investigating the vehicle following reports of some 30 deaths involving it, including those of two young girls last month. | |||
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