2001 Yamaha XVS1100 Transmission and drivetrain Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 29%of 7 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 26,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the transmission and drivetrain of the 2001 Yamaha XVS1100, 29% of the 7 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 26,000 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Mishaft snapped, causing the nut to potentially lockup the drive shaft and rear wheel, potentially causing loss of control and crash. There are hundreds of reports on the motorcycle forums for the vstar 1100 series. Shaft snaps under normal driving conditions and can be distinguished by a high pitch whine during deceleration as the broken-off shaft nut grinds against the drive shaft.”
NHTSA complaint #10995373, filed 2017-06, 32,000 miles“2001 Yamaha vstar middle drive shaft ubolt snapped. The middle gear locked causing the rear tire to lock while driving 55 MPH. After inspection from mechanic discovered the u joint bolt snapped apparently many other people are reporting the same problem. Suffered only minor injury. Called Yamaha and not recalls.”
NHTSA complaint #10410186, filed 2011-07, 20,000 milesTransmission and drivetrain: other model years
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About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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