2004 Honda CN250 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2004 Honda CN250, 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
- Engine1100.0%
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
Engine
Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components.
From owner reports, verbatim
TRAVELING AT 60KM/HR THE CAM CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED IN THE MOTORCYCLE CAUSING THE CHAIN TO SLIP. THE PISTON SUBSEQUENTLY CONTACTED THE VALVES CAUSING LOSS OF COMPRESSION AND RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE HAD TRAVELED 2600KM FROM NEW, HOWEVER AS THE MOTORCYCLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY HONDA REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR
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
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .