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2005 Honda CB900F Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Aug 2, 2016
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2005 Honda CB900F, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Airbags150.0%
  • Engine150.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Airbags

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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.

NHTSA ID 10892333 · filed Aug 2, 2016

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Engine

Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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

NHTSA ID 10283095 · filed Sep 7, 2009

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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