An all new safety issue has prompted Yamaha to recall its Rhino ATV. The official reasoning for this recall is a faulty left-side brake caliper. About 7800 of the Side-by-Side Yamaha ATVs are included in this recall. The fear that the brakes may fail are the official reason, but the Rhino is widely considered the most dangerous ATV on the market because of the rollover problems that have injured thousands.
As of this writing, no injuries are attributed to the brake defect. Interestingly, this is the reason Yamaha has decided to pull the dangerous ATV in for repairs. There have been calls for a product recall for years due to the design flaws that have caused these rollovers. It is argued that the Rhino is much too top heavy and that the wheel base is much too narrow for a reasonable person to consider the Rhino safe. And we have seen hundreds of severe leg injuries that have resulted from these flaws. However, these reasons are nowhere to be found in the recent recall notice.
Any reason to get these defective machines out from under children should be considered a good thing, but it’s still painful to see Yamaha neglect to publicly renounce the nonsensical design that has led to these many injuries.
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