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2001 Honda Shadow 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 Oct 25, 2001
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 Jun 6, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Honda Shadow. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Engine
Filed Oct 25, 2001

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF 2001, HONDA, SHADOW DELUXE 600 MOTORCYCLE ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED MOTORCYCLE FOUR TIMES, AND COULD NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

NHTSA ID
898197
Incident
Nov 1, 2000
Driver assistance
Filed Jul 6, 2001
Crash reported

AFTER OPENING THROTTLE MOTORCYCLE TOOK OFF IN NEUTRAL AND CAUSED IT TO FLIP OVER. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND MADE REPAIRS AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK THE MOTORCYCLE JUMPED IN GEAR BY ITSELF BEFORE THE CONSUMER WAS READY. KICKSTAND WAS DOWN AND BOTH FEET WERE ON THE GROUND. *YH

NHTSA ID
892127
Incident
Jun 19, 2001
Suspension
Filed Jun 11, 2001

WHILE DRIVING MOTORCYCLE AT SPEEDS FROM 35 MPH AND UP A CONTINUOUS LOPING IS FELT, AT 40 MPH THE TANK SHAKES QUITE A BIT, AT 50 MPH FRONT TURN SIGNALS OSCILLATE UP AND DOWN, DEALER STATED WHEEL WAS FOUND TO BE OFF BY 20 GRAMS, HOWEVER AFTER REPAIR BIKE STILL RODE THE SAME, CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A FRONT END PROBLEM. *SLC

NHTSA ID
561529
Incident
May 16, 2001
Suspension
Filed Jun 6, 2001

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY NOTICED THAT MOTORCYCLE VIBRATES. *AK

NHTSA ID
889914
Incident
May 10, 2000

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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