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2018 Honda CRF1000D 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 Dec 9, 2020
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 Jul 24, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2018 Honda CRF1000D. 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.

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Fuel system
Filed Dec 9, 2020

THIS IS MY FIRST INSTANCE:I WAS RIDING ON THE 2 FREEWAY, AROUND 65MPH AND WHEN I TRIED TO OVERTAKE A SLOWER CAR, I OPENED UP THE TROTTLE AND THE BIKE LUGGED, AND SHOOK, LOSING POWER. STEADILY THE BIKE KEPT LOSING POWER UNTIL IT WAS NOT SAFE. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS FAST AS I COULD BECUASE THERE WAS NO MORE POWER, AND CARS WERE FAST BEHIND ME. SECOND INSTANCE WAS WHILE RIDING ON THE 1 FREEWAY IN BAJA, AGAIN IWAS RIDING AROUND 65MPH AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, I OPENED UP THE THROTTLE AND THE BIKE STARTED LOOSING POWER AND SHAKING ABRUPTLY. IT HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. 1 IN LOS ANGELES AND 2 ON THE MEXICAN FREEWAYS. VERY UNSAFE. I AM STILL 3 WEEKS AWAY FROM MY COMING BACK TO THE US AND I AM SCARED OF BEING STRANDED IN THE LONELIEST HIGHWAYS IN BAJA, MEXICO.

NHTSA ID
11382776
Incident
Nov 19, 2020
Mileage
7,000 mi
EngineFuel system
Filed Aug 24, 2020

ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE UNDER POWER AND MOVING ON A CITY STREET THE MOTORCYCLE WAS STARVED FOR FUEL AND QUIT RUNNING. ONCE AT 1700 MILES AND ONCE AT 3200 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

NHTSA ID
11350935
Incident
Aug 18, 2020
Mileage
1,700 mi
Powertrain (other)
Filed Aug 21, 2020
1 injury reported

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA CRF1000D2 (AFRICA TWIN ADVENTURE SPORTS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE MOTORCYCLE GEAR ABRUPTLY CHANGED FROM SIXTH GEAR AND ENTERED INTO THIRD GEAR INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE REAR TIRE STOPPED WORKING AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE MOTORCYCLE ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE GEAR SHIFTED BACK INTO NEUTRAL AND SHIFTED BACK INTO SIXTH GEAR. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PUT THE MOTORCYCLE ON A FAMILY MEMBERS VEHICLE AND DROVE THE MOTORCYCLE HOME. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE LEFT SHOULDER CUFF ROTATOR BUT NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

NHTSA ID
11350684
Incident
Aug 20, 2020
Mileage
14,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 20, 2020

MOTORCYCLE HAS DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER WHILE IN MOTION. REMOVED FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP TO DISCOVER INSIDE WELDS OF FUEL TANK HAD WELDING SLAG THAT HAD COME LOOSE AND CONTAMINATED THE TANK. THE FUEL FILTER, FUEL PUMP, AND FUEL PUMP HOUSING WERE ALL FOULED WITH THE SLAG WHICH CAUSES A CLOG IN THE FUEL FILTER. THIS LEADS TO FUEL STARVATION AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER. THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF A MOTORCYCLE LOSES POWER ON THE HIGHWAY IF THAT POWER IS REQUIRED.

NHTSA ID
11350466
Incident
Aug 13, 2020
Mileage
5,200 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jul 24, 2019

RIDING MOTORCYCLE ON INTERSTATE WHEN I EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER, BARELY ABLE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. COULD GO NO MORE THAN 15 MILES AT A TIME FOR 130 MILES HOME. DEALER FINALLY DETERMINED FUEL TANK LINING COMING OFF CAUSING DEBRIS IN FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. HONDA STATES FUEL PUMP IS ON BACK ORDER UNTIL MID AUG BUT WOULD NOT ADMIT TO DEALER THAT THERE WAS A KNOWN ISSUE.

NHTSA ID
11234560
Incident
Jun 28, 2019
Mileage
7,300 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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