Yazaki distributor & excess inventory

About Yazaki Corporation

Yazaki Corporation (矢崎総業) was founded in October 1941 by Sadami Yazaki in Tokyo as Yazaki Denki Kogyo (Yazaki Electric Wire Industrial), incorporated in 1949 to supply automotive wire and harnesses to Japan's post-war motor industry. The company remains privately held and family-controlled — headquartered in Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan — with roughly 230,000 employees across more than 45 countries, over 100 group companies, and approximately $18 billion in annual revenue. Yazaki is the world's largest automotive wire-harness manufacturer, competing directly with Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Aptiv, and Lear on OEM harness programs for virtually every global automaker — Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Ford, GM, VW, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Hyundai / Kia, and Chinese OEMs. Beyond automotive wire harnesses, the group manufactures automotive connectors and terminals, instrument clusters (a heritage line historically anchored at Yazaki North America in Canton, Michigan), battery cables and terminals, high-voltage EV / HEV interconnect (YESC series), MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) optical-fiber automotive infotainment cables (Yazaki was one of the primary MOST 25 / 50 / 150 suppliers), fuse blocks and junction boxes, plus a non-automotive portfolio spanning residential gas meters, gas-fired absorption chillers and air conditioners, and solar thermal systems. Yazaki is not a major acquirer — growth has been overwhelmingly organic — but the group has run notable joint ventures including S-Y Systems Technologies (JV with Siemens, later dissolved), a partial automotive JV with Circor, and captive-plant expansions in Vietnam, Portugal, and Mexico to serve global harness volume.

Hybrid Electronics has quoted Yazaki product continuously since we began sourcing in 1995 — back when the 7100-series 2.3mm sealed housings and the 7783 Micro-Timer USCAR sub-family shipped under original Yazaki-Japan stampings, before lead-free RoHS transitions changed terminal-plating callouts, and long before J1772 became the North American EV charge-inlet standard. Because Yazaki's harness and connector line card is embedded in decades of OEM service-parts drawings, buyers still specify parts by their original Yazaki PN format: an aftermarket harness house replacing a 7116-4020-02 male 2.3mm sealed pin needs the exact seal color and plating callout; a Toyota / Honda service specialist repairing a legacy chassis harness wants an original 7222-2028-30 or 7783-1449-30 Micro-Timer; an EV integrator building a HV pack requires YES-B-101-1M HV interlock with pre-2018 date codes for traceability; a heavy-truck restorer needs a 7314-1058-08 high-current 6.3mm terminal that authorized channels list as long-lead. We support customers who need pre-2005 unsealed 7100-series variants, obsolete MOST 25 and MOST 150 Mbps optical assemblies, pre-J1772 Yazaki EV charge-connector prototypes, older 7783 Micro-Timer USCAR variants, pre-lead-free 7222 automotive terminals, legacy YB battery-post SLA specifications, discontinued Yazaki North America instrument-cluster stepper motors and tachometer subassemblies, and current-production 7100 / 7200 / 7300 / 7500 / 7700 / 7800 / RH / YESC / JB / MOST when authorized distributors show zero stock or 20-plus week lead times.

Notable Yazaki part numbers we track

Hybrid Electronics quotes and sources the following Yazaki parts across the 7100 / 7200 / 7300 / 7500 / 7700 / 7800, RH, YK / YKK, YESC / YES, YB / YBK, JB, MOST, and J1772 families. Yazaki's automotive-connector nomenclature uses a hyphenated family-cavity-suffix format — e.g. 7116-4020-02 (7100 family, 40-20 housing spec, -02 variant), 7222-2028-30, 7783-1449-30, RH-6-1428-30, YES-B-101-1M, YB-BAT-POS-100, JB-FR-005, MOST-YZ-025-SL. Contact us for the exact gender, cavity count, plating, keying, seal color, and packaging variant you need.

Yazaki quote & sourcing FAQ

What Yazaki products does Hybrid Electronics quote most often?

7100-series 2.3mm sealed (7116 / 7122 housings), 7200-series 2.3mm unsealed (7222 / 7223 housings), 7500-series 1.5mm sealed (7522), 7700-series Micro-64 0.64mm sealed (7722), 7800-series Micro-Timer unsealed (7783 USCAR), 7300-series 6.3mm high-current battery (7314 / 7316), RH-6 / RH-14 / RH-24 micro-blade, YESC / YES HV EV interlock, YB / YBK battery terminals, JB fuse and relay junction blocks, MOST optical-fiber assemblies, and SAE J1772 Type 1 charge inlets are our highest-volume Yazaki quote categories. Yazaki North America heritage instrument-cluster components, pre-J1772 EV prototypes, S-Y Systems Technologies legacy harnesses, and obsolete MOST 25 / 150 fiber assemblies are steady low-volume sourcing lines for restoration shops, defense LRIP, and Japanese-OEM service specialists.

Do you carry Yazaki North America heritage parts alongside current Japan-shipped product?

Yes. Yazaki's North American operations in Canton, Michigan historically anchored instrument-cluster assembly and NA-market harness programs. Many customers still specify tachometer stepper motors, speedometer subassemblies, and pre-2010 NA-shipped instrument-cluster PCBs by their original Yazaki NA part numbers. We source original Yazaki NA-marked stock where available and disclose repackaged / cross-referenced current Yazaki-Japan production on the quote so your incoming-inspection process is not surprised. We also support customers looking for pre-dissolution S-Y Systems Technologies (Yazaki-Siemens JV) legacy harness product on European service-parts drawings.

Can Hybrid Electronics source obsolete MOST optical-fiber assemblies?

Yes. MOST 25, MOST 50, and MOST 150 Mbps POF (plastic optical fiber) ring assemblies are largely obsolete now that Automotive Ethernet has displaced the MOST topology on new-vehicle infotainment backbones, but legacy BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Porsche, and Volvo platforms still require MOST fiber for service. Yazaki was one of the primary MOST assembly suppliers — we source both the legacy MOST 25 / MOST 150 assemblies and current MOST 150 stock where inventory remains, and can quote alternate-source Aptiv, Sumitomo, and Leoni MOST harnesses when Yazaki-marked stock is depleted.

Are your Yazaki parts factory sealed and traceable?

Yes when available — most of our OEM-excess and CEM-surplus Yazaki stock ships in original factory bags, reels, or trays with intact date codes, lot codes, and full traceability documentation. For downgraded stock we disclose condition (open bag, tested-pull, refurbished, remarked-inspected) on the quote. Customers requiring PPAP, IMDS, country-of-origin certification, USCAR compliance windows, or DPAS-rated delivery should note that on the RFQ.

How fast is your Yazaki quote turnaround?

Same day for parts in stock — typically within 2 hours during business hours (9am–6pm ET). Sourced quotes on out-of-stock parts return within 24–48 hours with an availability window. Email sales@hybridelectronics.com or call (407) 542-3995 to open an RFQ.

Is Hybrid Electronics an authorized Yazaki distributor?

No — we're an independent distributor and excess-inventory buyer sourcing from OEM excess, CEM surplus, and traceable secondary channels since 1995.