FaultScore

Yamaha Midnight Star problems

Owners have filed 29 complaints about the Yamaha Midnight Star with NHTSA across model years 2001 to 2003. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Every Yamaha Midnight Star year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

01 02 03
Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2003 17 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 7 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2001 5 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Yamaha Midnight Star

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2003

Electrical System 1 3.4%

Worst in 2003

Body & Structure 1 3.4%

Worst in 2003

Suspension 1 3.4%

Worst in 2002

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Yamaha Midnight Star, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 2003 peak 12 Dec 2018

Compare the Yamaha Midnight Star

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.