2018 Honda CRF1000A 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 2018 Honda CRF1000A, 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
- Fuel system13100.0%
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
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
MOTORCYCLE LOSES POWER INTERMITTENTLY WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, SPUTTERS AND STALLS. DEALERSHIP STATES THERE ARE NO ISSUES AND THAT THERE IS NO FUEL CONTAMINATION WITHIN THE FUEL TANK. THE MOTORCYCLE CANNOT BE TRUSTED DURING PASSING MANEUVERS AS INTERMITTENTLY IT WILL SPUTTER AND STALL OR NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO COMPLETE THE PASS. WHEN SLOWING DOWN AFTER THIS OCCURRS THE MOTORCYCLE OFTEN CANNOT GET ABOVE 2,000RPM OTHERWISE IT WILL BEGIN TO SPUTTER AND THE MOTOR WILL NOT RUN UNDER LOAD WITHOUT STALLING. TYPICALLY, TURNING THE MOTORCYCLE OFF AND LETTING IT SIT WILL ALLOW THE MOTORCYCLE TO RESTART AND RIDE REGULARLY FOR A WHILE BEFORE THIS OCCURRS AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM.
MOTORCYCLE ENGINE DIED WHILE RIDING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. BIKE SLOWED DOWN QUICKLY AND I HAD TO MOVE OVER TO THE SHOULDER QUICKLY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I COULD START THE BIKE AGAIN BUT THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON MY WAY HOME. I FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP IN TANK IS STARVING, RESULTING IN STALLING OF THE MOTORCYCLE. PRE FILTER AND FILTER IN THE TANK FUEL DELIVERY MODULE ARE CLOGGED WITH GREY FLAKES. FLAKES SEEM TO BE CORROSION OR COATING OF TANK WELDS. I CLEANED THE TANK AND INSTALLED A NEW PRE-FILTER AND COVERED THE ENTIRE FUEL DELIVERY MODULE IN A FILTER TYPE SOCK TO PREVENT FUTURE ISSUES. I PURCHASED THIS BIKE NEW IN JULY OF 2019 AND THE BIKE HAD ABOUT 6,000 MILES WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED.
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
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