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Yamaha Motor Corp. USA is recalling at the insistence of the Consumer Product Safety Commission  120,000 recreational vehicles. Two models were involved in 46 deaths and countless serious injuries.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission targeted the Rhino 450 and 660 models vehicles as unreasonably dangerous without significant alterations to the defects that caused the serious injuries and 46 deaths inflicted on consumers since fall of 2003.

Most of the injuries and deaths were due to rollovers. The design changes will  reduce the risk of rollovers,  improve handling and keep riders' limbs inside the vehicles.

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is investigating Yamaha's Rhino, an off-road vehicle, "following reports of some 30 deaths."

Allegedly, the Rhino's design is unsafe. The vehicle faces over 200 lawsuits in state and federal courts. Yamaha has settled some cases, and is opting to fight others.

Some plaintiffs' lawyers claim that Yamaha failed to report Rhino problems to the CPSC in a timely fashion.

If any of you have had similar experiences with off road vehicles please tell us about it.

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