2003 Yamaha Road Star Silverado power train problems

46 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2003 Yamaha Road Star Silverado — 92% of all complaints for this model year.

Power Train complaints

92%

share of all complaints

5,600 mi

median reported incident mileage

0 / 0

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“Passing on a freeway and lost 5th gear. Could have had serious accident. This is a well known issue and problem that yamaha is aware of and they left customers out to dry. Or should I say die!! This will cost us around 4,000 to fix. Shame on yamaha for not fixing this problem. Even though they had…”
filed Aug 2, 2018
“Tl* the contact owns a 2003 yamaha road star silverado motorcycle. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, he heard a clunking sound as the vehicle began to decelerate independently. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The…”
filed May 20, 2013
“I owned a yamaha road star silverado 1600 year 2003. I have now 52000 klm only. Last week wile a was riding at 110klm per hour on the fifth gear as usual transmission came on neutral state, when I released the transmission was broken in fifth gear. So I ended my ride in fourth gear as the result at least 3000.00…”
filed Jul 21, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.