Consumer Complaint Detail

YAMAHA / ROAD STAR / 2004

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007105639 Incident Date: May, 10 2007
Consumer's City: BLUFFTON Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Model Name: ROAD STAR Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JYAVP17EX4A Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 13 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 15 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 2 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: For over a year 2004 yamaha roadstar motorcycle had the valves sticking while riding it , causing immediate loss of power. it had 8000 miles on it . this happened at 4500 miles. i did what yamaha advised to do to avoid the situation, it didn't help. they kept giving me the run around. they knew it was a problem with this motorcycle had two carburetor fires after it lost power, and i had to hit the throttle hard to get through an intersection. *ak