NHTSA lists 18 complaints for the 2000 Yamaha Road Star, 1 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 1 complaints mention an injury, with 11 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-09.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as YAMAHA ROAD STAR.
At a glance
Complaints
18
With crash
1
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
1
Injuries
11
Deaths
0
Recalls
1
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
20,000
Investigations
1
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
0
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
Top systems
System
Complaints
Share of this vehicle's complaints
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
7
38.9%
POWER TRAIN
7
38.9%
STRUCTURE
2
11.1%
ENGINE
1
5.6%
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
1
5.6%
TIRES
1
5.6%
Top subsystems
System
Subsystem
Complaints
POWER TRAIN
MANUAL TRANSMISSION
6
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE
5
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
EXHAUST SYSTEM
1
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
STORAGE
1
POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1
STRUCTURE
BODY
1
STRUCTURE
FRAME AND MEMBERS
1
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.
Defect: ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, CERTAIN TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS MAY NOT MEET YAMAHA QUALITY-CONTROL STANDARDS, WHICH COULD ALLOW ABNORMAL WEAR THAT EVENTUALLY RESULTS IN A BROKEN RETAINING CIRCLIP.
Consequence: IF THE CIRCLIP BREAKS, THE TRANSMISSION COULD LOCK UP, WHICH WOULD ALSO CAUSE THE REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH WITH INJURY OR DEATH.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE CERTAIN TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS WITH NEW ONES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 30, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT YAMAHA AT 1-800-88-YAMAHA OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.YAMAHA-MOTOR.COM.
Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.
Investigations
1 investigations; 0 open.
PE03038
Opened: 2003-08-11. Closed: 2003-11-06.
UNINTENDED REAR WHEEL LOCKUP
SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 22, 2003 YAMAHA NOTIFIED THE AGENCY THAT IT WAS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR2001 XV1600 ?ROAD STAR? MODEL MOTORCYCLES TO ADDRESS TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THOSE VEHICLES.ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD FAIL DUE TO EXCESSIVE BUSHING WEAR ON THE 4TH PINION GEAR.BASED ON ITS ANALYSIS OF FAILED TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE FIELD, THE COMPANY FOUND ?UNEVEN CONTACT BETWEEN TH
Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.