Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Honda CB900F, most frequently naming the airbags and engine categories. 5 manufacturer communications are on file.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
When owners filed reports about this model year
Not enough dated records to plot a meaningful trend — 2 months of data.
Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
No recalls in our database for this model year
That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.
Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words
TAKATA RECALL - LOCAL HONDA DEALER WAS CALLED. ADVISED THAT THEY HAD NO PARTS AND WOULD NOT SCHEDULE A REPAIR DATE. PROVIDED NO RENTAL CAR OR FUTURE DATE FOR PART AVAILABILITY. STATED THAT FOCUS IS IN SOUTHERN STATES DUE TO THE HEAT. I FEEL THAT SERVICE ORDERS SHOULD BE COMPLETED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS RATHER THAN GEOGRAPHIC. OUR TEMPERATURES ON CHARLOTTE IN THE SUMMER ARE NO LESS THAT IN THE SOUTH.
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 HONDA 919 (CB900F5) MOTORCYCLE. THE HIGH-MOUNTED (COMPLETELY STOCK) EXHAUST SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE POORLY DESIGNED, GIVEN THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF EXHAUST IS PULLED BACK INTO THE RIDERS CLOTHING AND HELMET, ESPECIALLY AT MODERATE (CITY) SPEEDS. MY CLOTHING ACTUALLY SMELLS OF EXHAUST (VERY STRONGLY) AFTER A SHORT RIDE. THE SITUATION FOR THE PASSENGER IS MUCH WORSE, TO THE POINT THAT SICKNESS (HEADACHE AND BURNING EYES) DEVELOPS QUITE QUICKLY. MY HONDA 919 HAS ABSOLUTELY NO EXHAUST LEAKS, AND IS IN PERFECT TUNE. I SEARCHED THE WEB (USING THE SEARCH STRING "HONDA 919 EXHAUST SMELL"), AND LEARNED THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM, SOME RESORTING TO ADAPTING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (LOW-MOUNTED) EXHAUST SYSTEM TO THE MOTORCYCLE. GIVEN THE DANGER INVOLVED, IN MY VIEW, HONDA SHOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE VIA A RECALL THAT INVOLVES CHANGES TO THE EXHAUST. (FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, HONDA HAS REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM WHEN CONTACTED DIRECTLY BY CONSUMERS.) *TR
A bulletin sent by a manufacturer to its dealers. Not a recall, and repairs are not necessarily free.
AIR BAGS
Dealer 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.
AIR BAGS
Dealer 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.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
HONDA: ON SOME MODEL VEHICLES, THERE IS AN ALTERNATOR/STARTER TESTER (AST) MODULE CAPABLE OF TESTING ALTERNATORS, INSTALLED ON GR8 DIAGNOSTIC BATTERY STATION. *PE
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY REDUCED LABEL FOR ALL HONDA VEHICLES. *PE
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
HONDA: 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. *PE
Manufacturers file copies of the bulletins they send to dealers with NHTSA. These often describe diagnostic or repair procedures for a known condition. They are not recalls: repairs described in a bulletin are usually only free if the vehicle is still under warranty or the manufacturer has extended coverage.
Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model
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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.