Yamaha Road Star 2007
Model Road Star made in 2007 by Yamaha got 21 consumer complains. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to engine and engine cooling, fuel/propulsion system and fuel system, gasoline.
Model 2007
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 48000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2007 yamaha road star motorcycle. the contact stated that the motorcycle stalled without warning when driving at various speeds. the motorcycle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic but was unable to locate a failure code. the manufacturer was contacted and advised that they would contact the dealer. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and the current mileage was 48,000. | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 48000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 yamaha road star motorcycle. the contact stated that the motorcycle stalled without warning when driving at various speeds. the motorcycle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic but was unable to locate a failure code. the manufacturer was contacted and advised that they would contact the dealer. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and the current mileage was 48,000. kmj | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 48000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 yamaha road star motorcycle. the contact stated the motorcycle stalled while driving at any speed. the motorcycle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnosed but was unable to locate a failure code. the manufacturer advised that they would contact the dealer. the motorcycle was not repaired the failure and the current mileage was 48,000. li | |||
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | |||
| 05/24/2012 | 4532 | ||
| When restarting my bike after a rest from riding gas blew out of the top of the carburetor all over the lower part of the hot motor and my right leg soaking my shoe and bottom my pants leg. this happened every time i restarted the bike after stopping for awhile. | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 06/15/2011 | 500 | ||
| Recently took delivery on a brand new, dealer carryover yamaha xv1700 roadstar. fuel spews out of the carburetor area onto a hot engine, exhaust, and my right trouser leg. problem has occured 7 times in 600 miles. conditions of repeatable event: 1) ambient air conditions 90 degrees f or greater; 2) fuel is regular unleaded gasoline octane 86 or higher with no more than 10% ethanol as per yamaha owner's manual chapter 3 pg 8; 3) bike is ridden for a period of at least 30 minutes under afformentioned conditions; 4) bike is allowed to rest for at least 7 minutes; 5) attempted to restart. after extensive research via nhtsa's own website arfc.org and various user group forums such as roadstarclinic.com i have learned that this particular problem is quite prevalent with carbureted roadstars in hot weather conditions. my dealer contacted yamaha and was informed that although the company is aware of the problem no fix is available. yamaha's service representitive actually blamed the problem on poor quality fuel and recommended that a fuel additive be used. fuel used in my case has met all the minimun standards set forth in the yamaha manual. if i needed to run a special fuel or additive yamaha should change it's minimum standards. bottom line: fuel blowing out the carburetor onto a hot engine, hot exhaust pipes, and my trouser leg presents a safety issue beyond belief. to my knowledge yamaha has spent years denying the problem and allowing unspecting dealers and consumers to unsuccessfully try fix after fix. many roadstar owners just fix it themselves. having spoken and corresponded with several master mechanics and mechanical engineers each one has agreed that the problem is due to a design flaw. i am not a mechanic and deem it outrageously unreasonable to be expected to fix such a potentially severe safety issue myself. at minimum nhtsa needs to investigate this situation. mr. strickland, i implore you to do your job and do it soon. | |||
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 06/23/2012 | 20000 | ||
| This has happened for 2 years already and everytime i take it to get it fixed they say thats just the way the bike is. but every summer i ride the bike and its hot it just shuts down and when i go to restart it pours gas all over the pipes and wont start. i have had to tow it several times. it wont do it in the spring but when temps get 80 and above it will die out. | |||