FaultScore

Worst years for a Yamaha Road Star Warrior

Owners have filed 125 complaints about the Yamaha Road Star Warrior with NHTSA across model years 2002 to 2004. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

2002 Yamaha Road Star Warrior

86 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.

Cleanest on record

2004 Yamaha Road Star Warrior

12 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Yamaha Road Star Warrior 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.

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
2004 B 12 0 0 6,250 Engine & Cooling
2003 C 27 1 0 5,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 D 86 0 1 4,500 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Yamaha Road Star Warrior

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

Worst in 2002

Engine & Cooling 11 8.8%

Worst in 2002

Electrical System 7 5.6%

Worst in 2004

Fuel & Propulsion 4 3.2%

Worst in 2002

Acceleration & Cruise Control 3 2.4%

Worst in 2002

Other & Unspecified 3 2.4%

Worst in 2002

Brakes 2 1.6%

Worst in 2002

Stability & Traction Control 1 0.8%

Worst in 2004

Exactly what failed on a Yamaha Road Star Warrior

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Manual Transmission 70 67.3%
Automatic Transmission 22 21.2%
Engine 4 3.8%
Wiring 3 2.9%
Rotor 1 1.0%
Hoses, Lines/Piping, AND Fittings 1 1.0%
Mounting 1 1.0%
Driveshaft 1 1.0%
Rotor 1 1.0%

Complaints filed over time

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

Jan 2003 peak 41 Jun 2019

Compare the Yamaha Road Star Warrior

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