2008 Yamaha Road Star
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Owner complaints
1 complaints
Latest complaints
- Power train
While driving in third gear between 25-40 mph it makes a loud clunking noise and the motorcycle speed IS affected by the movement in the transmission. I have researched and found earlier year 2006, 2007 bikes with the same motor/trans combinations have had the same issues. Yamaha lists an updated…
While driving in third gear between 25-40 mph it makes a loud clunking noise and the motorcycle speed IS affected by the movement in the transmission. I have researched and found earlier year 2006, 2007 bikes with the same motor/trans combinations have had the same issues. Yamaha lists an updated third gear in their parts list. normal driving, third gear started to make noise while riding down county road 5 in isanti minnesota traveling at 30 mph. Yamaha has already designed an alternate part for this defective one. Here IS yamaha's replacement part listed on their dealer website - gear, 3RD pinion 99999-03864-00 (replaces 1d7-17131-01-00). There could be accidental death or injury if the transmission were to fail due to a defective third gear. *Tr
Service bulletins
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
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