Yamaha Road Star
Owners filed 317 complaints across 11 model years of the Yamaha Road Star. The 2003 drew the most (105).
Which Yamaha Road Star years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Yamaha Road Star model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Yamaha Road Star model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Suspension › Rear | Routine | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Fuel System, Gasoline | Routine | |
| 2004 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2003 | 105 | 2 | — | — | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine | |
| 2002 | 87 | 2 | — | — | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine | |
| 2001 | 57 | 3 | — | 3 | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine | |
| 2000 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine | |
| 1999 | 15 | 2 | — | 1 | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.