1998 Honda VTR1000F
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Owner complaints
5 complaints
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- Engine and engine cooling › Engine
The cam chain tensioner skipped at around 35000 miles on my 1998 honda superhawk. There IS much discussion on this topic at superhawkforum.com. My engine was destroyed. *jb
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Second failure of camchain tensioner with engine breakdown occurred at 25720 miles. This was also reported to honda with honda again denying that a camchain problem exists. dt
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine › Gasoline
This problem IS fairly common with this particular vehicle. the chain driving the cams goes lax and the engine dies. sometimes this happens when the vehicle IS moving and poses a danger to the operator. I was fortunate in that mine failed while the engine was warming up.
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine › Gasoline
This cam chain tensioner problem IS popular among vtr1000f owners, particularly 1999 models and earlier. failure of the tensioner could cause catastrophic failure of engine at speed, causing lockup of rear wheel and probable accident with injury. dt
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine › Gasoline
No summary listed for abov evehicle. *ak
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.
- 604111Subject regarding installation of carburetor spring.
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