FaultScore

Yamaha XVS1100 problems

Owners have filed 52 complaints about the Yamaha XVS1100 with NHTSA across model years 1999 to 2006. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Every Yamaha XVS1100 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
2006 20 1 0 19,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2005 11 0 0 30,645 Transmission & Drivetrain
2004 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2003 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 3 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2001 7 2 0 13,902 Electrical System
2000 6 0 0 18,000 Electrical System
1999 1 0 0 Electrical System

What breaks on a Yamaha XVS1100

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

Worst in 2006

Electrical System 12 23.1%

Worst in 2001

Engine & Cooling 6 11.5%

Worst in 2006

Suspension 1 1.9%

Worst in 2006

Seats 1 1.9%

Worst in 2003

Equipment & Accessories 1 1.9%

Worst in 2001

Other & Unspecified 1 1.9%

Worst in 2005

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Yamaha XVS1100, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 2002 peak 3 May 2023

Compare the Yamaha XVS1100

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