How to Find Your YAMAHA's Year-Serial Number Lookup

How to Find Your YAMAHA's Year-Serial Number Lookup

Step 1: How to Find Your Yamaha Golf Cart’s Serial Number

 

Check the frame under your cart’s rear bumper

Look under the seat—right where the floorboard meets the motor compartment

Locate the area beneath the driver-side glove box


Step 2: Use Your Serial Number to Find Your Yamaha Golf Cart’s Model & Year

Here’s a quick tip to simplify things: 
You only need the first 4 characters of your serial number to unlock your cart’s model and manufacturing year—no need to use the full sequence!

How to Decode the Year & Model (With Examples)


Wondering how it works? Let’s break it down with real-world examples to make it foolproof

If your serial number starts with “JW9-3”, you own a 2013 Yamaha DRIVE.

When the first 4 characters of your serial number are “J51-2”, that means you have a 1992 Yamaha G5EH (Sun Classic).