2005 Honda VTX1800
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Owner complaints
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- Equipment · Structure
Supertrapp/jardine IS an ohio company offering motorcycle accessories. I purchased a 2005 honda vtx 1800 motorcycle with a jardine backrest installed. This backrest was a very expensive, premium product costing considerably more than the competition. My wife noticed fatigue cracks in the side…
Supertrapp/jardine IS an ohio company offering motorcycle accessories. I purchased a 2005 honda vtx 1800 motorcycle with a jardine backrest installed. This backrest was a very expensive, premium product costing considerably more than the competition. My wife noticed fatigue cracks in the side brackets of this backrest. I took photos of the fatigue cracks and sent them to supertrapp/jardine and asked to purchase new brackets and send the defective brackets back for evaluation. They asked for pictures and a receipt for this backrest which I no longer have. I sent the pictures and their response was that these brackets would not be a warranty item without the receipt. This I believe IS a design flaw not requiring warranty. The bracket if continued to crack could fail and eject a passenger from the rear seat of the motorcycle onto the ground thereby causing injury or death. I am appalled at the response from the manufacturer by not taking any action to address this defect. All brackets manufactured by this company should be recalled and replaced with higher gauge metal. I am contacting you for the concern of the many brackets like this that have been sold and installed on motorcycles without being noticed by their owners. *js *as *tr *ln*jb
- Wheels
2005 honda vtx 1800r rear flange bearing located in the rear tire hub assembly. after seeing many failures of this bearing I inspect it every time the rear tire IS removed. bike has only 22000 miles on it. this IS the 3RD one I have personally seen on a vtx bike. the cage of the bearing had…
2005 honda vtx 1800r rear flange bearing located in the rear tire hub assembly. after seeing many failures of this bearing I inspect it every time the rear tire IS removed. bike has only 22000 miles on it. this IS the 3RD one I have personally seen on a vtx bike. the cage of the bearing had fully desinigrated and was not much more then metal strips and powder. I am a mechanic by trade and was able to make ther repair myself.
- Power train › Manual transmission
Honda 2005 vtx 1800r1- rear wheel bearing flange, at 39774 miles while replacing rear tire found flange bearings to be flattening on about a third of bearings, it was found before any damaging failure occurred, not yet repaired ,replacement of part forthcoming. *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.
- 10128559Dealer message - On Monday, June 23, 2014, American Honda announced three recalls for various 2001-11 Honda models. As of July 23, 2014, affected VINs have been identified, and service bulletins 14-040, Safety Recall: Accord, Civic, and Others ? Front Passenger?s Airbag Inflator Can Be Over-Pressurized, 14-045, Recall: Front Driver?s Airbag Inflator May Produce Excessive Pressure After Long-Term Exposure to High Absolute Humidity Recall, and 14-046, Recall: Front Passenger?s Airbag Inflator May Produce Excessive Pressure After Long-Term Exposure to High Absolute Humidity have been posted to ISIS. However, due to the large number of affected units, American Honda is still in the process of populating the VIN status inquiry function on iN, which is expected to take several days. When this process is complete, American Honda will notify all dealers again via iN message. Until that time, the existing acknowledgement procedure must be used for all potentially affected vehicles.
- 10128531Dealer message - On Monday, June 23, 2014, American Honda announced three recalls for various 2001-11 Honda models. As of August 4, 2014, affected VINs have been identified, and VIN status inquiry has been updated.
- 10043248Honda: on some model vehicles, there IS an alternator/starter tester (ast) module capable of testing alternators, installed on GR8 diagnostic battery station.
- 10032953Honda: warranty extension-vehicle warranty mileage. Class action lawsuit alleging that the odometers on certain 2002-2006 honda models were overstating mileage. Federal court provided final approval of settlement on 12/29/07. No models listed.
- 10025523Load carrying capacity reduced label for all honda vehicles.
- 10022374Stuck fuel pump can cause the vehicle not to start at set-up.
- 10018357Stuck fuel pump. Honda. The wrench.
- 10018122Multi-function display - the speedometer and odometer/tripometer on this model displays either mph or kph modes.
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