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1998 Honda ST1100 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 Apr 22, 2014
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 4, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Honda ST1100. 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

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Tires & wheels
Filed Apr 22, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA ST1100 MOTORCYCLE EQUIPPED WITH AVON STORM ST TIRES, SIZE 160/70/17, DOT NUMBER 8T17100311. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE MOTORCYCLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 420 AND THE MOTORCYCLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,800. UPDATED 06/10/14*LJ

NHTSA ID
10584133
Incident
Apr 13, 2014
Mileage
20,800 mi
Engine
Filed Apr 9, 2001

PERIODICALLY MOTORCYCLE WOULD SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER HAS REPLACED BANK ANGLE SENSOR AS REMEDY FREE OF CHARGE, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES.*AK

NHTSA ID
885486
Incident
Jan 1, 2000
Fuel system
Filed Jul 4, 2000

I WAS RIDING AT 65MPH WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE STARTED SPUTTERING AND LOSING POWER AND SPEED. I JUST MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WOULD NOT RESTERT. I HAULED TO MY DEALER. TWO DAYS LATER, WHEN HE CHECKED IT OUT IT STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY. I HAVE READ OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER ST RIDERS. IT CAN BE INTERMITTENT AS IT WOULD APPEAR IN MY CASE SINCE IT'S NOW GETTING FUEL. THIS INTERMITTENT AUTO SHOFF MALFUNCTION HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BEFORE. AS A RESULT OF INFORMATION I HAD, THE DEALER IS REPLACING THE AUTO FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE UNDER WARRENTY. I BELIEVE THE PART # IS 16970-MT-000. LOSING POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IS A REAL SAFETY HAZZARD. IF THIS PART FAILURE IS AS COMMON AS IT APPEARS THEN A MANUFATURING DEFECT IS SUGGESTED.

NHTSA ID
724914
Incident
Jul 1, 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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