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2014 Honda CB500 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jul 3, 2016
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Oct 14, 2015

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2014 Honda CB500. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Powertrain (other)
Filed Jul 3, 2016
Crash reported

THROTTLE RESPONSE IS VERY JERKY AND DANGEROUS AT SLOW SPEEDS, THROWING DRIVER BACK ON ACCELERATION AND FORWARD WHEN THROTTLE IS ROLLED OFF. I GET THROWN INTO OPPOSING TRAFFIC WHEN STARTING INTO RIGHT HAND TURN FROM STOP ON TWO-LANE ROAD AND CANNOT DRIVE SLOWLY W/O JERKING FAST, THEN SLOW. THERE IS NO SLIPPING THE CLUTCH FOR CONTROL AND SLOW SPEED CANNOT BE MAINTAINED. EITHER IT IS ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING, BUT THERE'S NO EVEN, SLOW SPEED POSSIBLE.

NHTSA ID
10882368
Incident
Jun 18, 2015
Mileage
1 mi
Body & structure
Filed Oct 14, 2015

AFTER A 2 HOUR RIDE (90 MILES) ON HIGHWAYS AND LOCAL ROADS, I NOTICED THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE RIGHT SIDE HINGE (LOOKING AT THE MOTORCYCLE FROM THE REAR) OF THE HONDA ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ACCESSORY "TOP BOX" CASE WAS PROTRUDING BY ABOUT 1 1/2" FROM ITS SOCKET. HAD IT MOVED ANY FURTHER, IT WOULD HAVE FALLEN OUT. HAD IT FALLEN OUT WHILE RIDING, THE TOP BOX CASE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BLOWN OPEN BY WIND FROM THE FRONT AND CAUSED A CRASH. I NOW CHECK ALL 6 HINGE PINS (2 ON THE TOP CASE AND 2 EACH ON THE SIDE PANNIERS) EVERY TIME I MOUNT THE BIKE. I FIND THE RIGHT TOP CASE PIN FREQUENTLY HAS SLIPPED OUT BY 1/4" ON A SHORT RIDE, AND I PUSH IT BACK IN WITH MY KEY. ALL 6 PINS ON THE TOP CASE AND 2 PANNIERS ARE IDENTICAL IN DESIGN. I WORRY THAT THE DESIGN OF ALL 6 PINS IS DEFECTIVE, MAY FAIL AND LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO MY HONDA DEALER WHO SUGGESTED I "FIX" IT MYSELF WITH SOME KIND OF ADHESIVE CAULK. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO HONDA ITSELF WHO SAID THE 1 PIN MAY POSSIBLY BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY "MAY" REPLACE THE TOP BOX. IF THEY REPLACE THE TOP BOX, THAT WOULD BE NICE, BUT, STILL, I WORRY THE PIN DESIGN ITSELF IS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THE OTHER PINS ON THE PANNIERS MAY FAIL TOO. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO A SAFETY CHECK EVERY 25-50 MILES, YET, THAT CURRENTLY SEEMS TO BE NECESSARY. THE COMPANY SHOULD COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND HAVE THEIR DEALERS IMPLEMENT IT FOR ALL PINS ON ALL ACCESSORY CASES FOR THEIR CB500XAE MOTORCYCLES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SIMPLE PROBLEM WITH A SIMPLE POSSIBLE FIX (SOME SORT OF SEALANT/CLOSURE), BUT THE RISK OF A POTENTIALLY TRAGIC OUTCOME SEEMS SIGNIFICANT.

NHTSA ID
10782174
Incident
Aug 15, 2015
Mileage
90 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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