Vehicle meter is dangerously dim. Not visible during daylight due to glare. Only 2014 yamaha bolt models encounter this issue. The speed can not be determined while riding nor any other information displayed on the meter.
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Yamaha Bolt Lighting problems by year
7 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Yamaha Bolt's lights. Headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals and interior lighting failures.
Lighting complaints by model year
| Year | Lighting complaints | Crashes | Injuries | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Latest Bolt lighting complaints
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 readable display, which happens to be almost any time the sun is out. This is a safety hazard not being able to read your speed as well as possibly causing speeding tickets.
When riding the yamaha bolt towards the sun, the speedometer is impossible to read. Because of the positioning of the speedometer, and the graphic interface that is used, it is impossible to read. This has caused me great difficulty while riding. If I cannot read my speed accurately, I have no idea of my rate of travel. This is a safety issue and poses risk to myself, my property, and those surrounding me. This specifically happens while in motion, riding towards the sun.
The speedometer is impossible to see in sunlight. I saw a police officer looking for people speeding and I couldn't tell what speed I was traveling!! I had to take my eyes off the road for extended periods of time. There needs to be a recall now!!! *Tr
The speedometer display on this bike completely washes out in the bright sun making it hard to ensure adherence to speed limits. The use of polarized sunglasses or lenses makes the visibility of this display even more difficult. *Tr
The oem lcd speedometer backlight is not properly designed and under most conditions whether it be during daytime, nighttime, sunlight, cloudy skies, rain, snow, tunnels, in a garage, whatever the conditions, the lcd display can not be seen. Most owners of the bike know that this is a problem, have discussed it amongst themselves, some have said that yamaha is aware of the issue (hearsay). I wanted to add to the only three complaints here in the nhtsa (safecar.Gov) site and only hope that all of the owners...
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follow suit so that yamaha can take appropriate action to correct this dangerous situation asap. This is not a, "we will wait and see" problem. It should be addressed, analyzed by the yamaha engineers and a permanent fix issued by yamaha. Or, are we waiting for an accident to occur before this issue is looked into? *Tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 yamaha bolt motorcycle. The contact stated that the digital speedometer exhibited dark colors and when driving under the sun, the speedometer could not be read because it was too dim. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure and current mileage was 100.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data