Category: Rhino 450

Yamaha Rhino implicated in 59 deaths, hundreds of injuries

trippfirm / Posted on August 6, 2009 /

NATIONWIDE – CBS News (8/4) on its website reported that the Yamaha Rhino off-road vehicle “is at the center of a legal firestorm. At least 59 riders have been killed in Rhino accidents, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. More than 440 wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits are pending, and Yamaha has settled…

Tags: Rhino, Rhino 450, Rhino 660, rollover crash

Yamaha recalls off road vehicles after 46 deaths reported

trippfirm / Posted on April 2, 2009 /

The AP (4/1, Metzler) reports, “Yamaha Motor Corp. USA recalled about 120,000 off-highway recreational vehicles for repairs Tuesday, after two models were involved in 46 deaths.” The company has recalled “all Rhino 450 and 660 model vehicles…for repairs designed to prevent accidents that resulted in 46 deaths and hundreds of injuries.” Most of the “incidents…

Tags: death, Rhino, Rhino 450, Rhino 660, rollover crash, Yamaha