Consumer Complaint Detail

YAMAHA / ROAD STAR / 2000

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007106650 Incident Date: May, 21 2007
Consumer's City: TACOMA Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Model Name: ROAD STAR Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 21 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 05 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The yamaha roadstar have a chronic problem of sticking valves. yamaha has told the customers that it was overfilling the oil. to date there have been numerous riders who have not been able to have their motorcycles fixed by yamaha, who claimed this was not a problem. however as stated there were numerous riders who were reporting this problem and more came up every day. this problem could lead to a fatality. the sticking valves could lead to engine shutdown or failure. having this happen on a road could lead to loss of life, injury to property , etc. we would have hoped that yamaha would have stepped forward but, alas they have not and your department was instrumental in getting the transmission recall done to prevent loss of life and property. we the riders of yamaha roadstar hoped that you will help encourage yamaha once again to fix a potently loss of life problem with the valve problems that we were encountering. *ak