Yamaha problems by model
Owners have filed 311 complaints with NHTSA about the 3 Yamaha models with enough data to profile here, covering 3 model years from 2003 through 2014. The Road Star draws the most at 105, 33.8% of the make's total.
Complaint volume tracks how many cars a make sold as much as how they held up, and NHTSA complaints are unverified owner reports rather than confirmed defects. Nothing on this page compares Yamaha against another manufacturer. Use it to find the model, then the model year, then read what owners of that year actually filed.
Every Yamaha model
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Most-reported year | Top system that year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road Star | 1 2003–2003 | 105 | 2003 105 | Power train (95.2%) |
| Bolt | 1 2014–2014 | 104 | 2014 104 | Electrical system (53.8%) |
| YZFR1 | 1 2007–2007 | 102 | 2007 102 | Vehicle speed control (50.0%) |
Model years shown are those with at least 100 complaints on file, the gate every page on this site has to clear.
Reading the numbers
Across every Yamaha model year on the site, power train is the system named most often: 107 complaints, 35.8% of those filed under a named system. Individual model years diverge from that sharply, which is the reason to read the year rather than the badge.
Of the 311 complaints, 3 describe a crash.
Most-reported Yamaha model years
The single heaviest model year of each Yamaha nameplate, 2003–2014. Heaviest is not worst. Read it alongside the model page.