Yamaha Road StarYears to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 317 NHTSA owner complaints across 11 model years, no Yamaha Road Star year stands out as one to avoid, and the strongest years are 2001, 2002 and 2003. The Road Star has 2 safety recalls on record.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years'01 '02 '03Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints317Top: Power train Safety recalls21999–2009 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Yamaha Road Star years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Road Star median. Tap a year for its full report.

15 18 57 87 10521 2 3 7 1 1

'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09

Avoid
Caution
Solid
Best
Not rated

2009Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls 2008Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls 2007Not rated–/1007 complaints · 0 recalls 2006Not rated–/1003 complaints · 0 recalls 2005Not rated–/1002 complaints · 0 recalls 2004Not rated–/10021 complaints · 0 recalls 2003Solid45/100105 complaints · 1 recall 2002Solid50/10087 complaints · 1 recall 2001Solid57/10057 complaints · 2 recalls 2000Not rated–/10018 complaints · 1 recall 1999Not rated–/10015 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Yamaha Road Star problems

All model years combined: 317 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

246Power train5 crash/fire/injury

27Engine and engine cooling2 crash/fire/injury

12Fuel system, gasoline

10Structure

8Suspension

4Fuel/propulsion system

3Wheels

2Engine

2Electrical system

98 other systems

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Power train	246	5
Engine and engine cooling	27	2
Fuel system, gasoline	12	0
Structure	10	1
Suspension	8	0
Fuel/propulsion system	4	0
Wheels	3	0
Engine	2	0
Electrical system	2	0
8 other systems	9	0

2 recalls

Yamaha Road Star recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Power train: manual transmission06V-397 · 1999–2001 · Oct 17, 2006 · 20,000 vehicles Power train: manual transmission03V-309 · 2001–2003 · Aug 26, 2003 · 29,139 vehicles

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the Road Star

Aug 11, 2003
UNINTENDED REAR WHEEL LOCKUPPE03038 · 1999–2003 · closed Nov 6, 2003
Led to recall 03V-309