Safety Score
96
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
21
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2004 Yamaha Road Star.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION DID THE SAME THING THAT THE TRANSMISSION ON THE 2003 DID. WITH ONLY 46000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION STA… |
| 2011-02-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | REAR CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVES STICKING. *TR |
| 2010-03-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 YAMAHA ROADSTAR MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE ENGAGED THE THROTTLE, THE ENGINE… |
| 2010-02-01 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BIG BEAR VENOM CHOPPER MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT LEFT THE VEHICLE WITH THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS… |
| 2007-05-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2004 YAMAHA ROAD STAR AND THE REAR VALVE IS STICKING AND WILL SUDDENLY DROP POWERAND RUN ON ONE CYLINDER. I HA… |
| 2007-05-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS MERGING ONTO INTERSTATE 80 GETTING UP TO SPEED AND IT STARTED TO SPIT/SPUTTER AND LOST POWER. ALMOST, REAR ENDED … |
| 2007-05-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | FOR OVER A YEAR 2004 YAMAHA ROADSTAR MOTORCYCLE HAD THE VALVES STICKING WHILE RIDING IT , CAUSING IMMEDIATE LOSS OF PO… |
| 2006-08-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE 2004-2005 AND POSSIBLY THE 2006-2007 YAMAHA XV17 MOTORCYCLE HAVE A DEFECT WHICH CAUSES THE REAR CYLINDER EXHAUST VA… |
| 2006-04-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2004 YAMAHA ROADSTAR. AT ABOUT 24,000 MILES IT DEVELOPED STICKING VALVES IN THE REAR CYLINDER HEAD. TALKED W… |
| 2006-04-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 2004 ROAD STAR VALVES STICK ON REAR CYLINDER CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER. *NM |
| 2005-11-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE VALVES STICK OPEN ON MY 2004 YAMAHA MOTORCYCLE. THEY STUCK OPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEFT TURN IN A THREE-WAY INTERS… |
| 2005-08-19 | WHEELS | No | 0 | DT: THERE IS A HUB ON THE BACK WHEEL, AND THE AXLE IS SUPPOSED TO BE TORQUED 110 LBS, BUT COULD NOT TORQUE IT DOWN B… |
| 2005-04-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | Yes | 1 | 2004 YAMAHA ROADSTAR MIDNIGHT SILVERADO 1700 HAD A DEFECTIVE OIL PUMP SHAFT.*MR THE OIL PUMP SHAFT WHICH HOOKS TO THE … |
| 2005-02-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) | No | 0 | WHEN RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE AND PULLING OFF FROM A STAND STILL MOTORCYCLE BACKFIRED AND THEN STALLS OUT. OWNER STATED TH… |
| 2005-01-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE OIL PUMP SHAFT OF THE CONSUMER'S 2004 YAMAHA ROAD STAR FAILED. *NM *NM |
| 2004-09-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | MOTORCYCLE WAS LEAKING GAS FROM THE CARBURETOR. MOTORCYCLE WAS INSPECTED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AT THREE DEALERS… |
| 2004-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I OWN A 2004 YAMAHA ROADSTAR, 1700CC MOTORCYCLE. I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR EXHAUST VALVES STICKING FOR THE LAS… |
| 2004-07-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLS WHILE WARMING UP, RUNNING ON ONLY ONE CYLINDER. *AK |
| 2004-01-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HAVE MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS BEEN ON RECALL FOR 3 MONTHS AND CAN NOT GET IT FIXED. YAMAHA HAS NOT SENT RECALL KITS TO MY DE… |
| 2003-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | MOTORCYCLE LOOSES POWER AT ODD TIMES DUE TO REAR CYLINDER NOT FIRING. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY STICKING EXHAUST … |
| 2003-09-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | XV-175S ROAD STAR YAMAHA MOTORCYCLE - 2004. BIKE RAN INTO A CEMENT HIGHWAY BARRIER WHEN RIDER WAS ON WAY HOME FROM DR… |