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2000 Honda TRX350 Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Jun 24, 2005
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2000 Honda TRX350, 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

  • Transmission1100.0%

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

Transmission

Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

VEHICLE STARTS IN GEAR WITH NEUTRAL LIGHT ON CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP/MOVE ABRUPTLY FORWARD AS ENGINE STARTS WITH CHOKE ENGAGED (CHOKE ENGAGED CAUSES HIGHER RPM UPON START). NO UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR WAS NOTED PRIOR TO EVENT. AFTER INITIAL EVENT NOTED THAT NEUTRAL LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED IN FORWARD GEAR POSITION. APPEARS SOMEWHAT RANDOM. E.G. LIGHT OFF IN GEAR 2 BUT ON IN GEAR 3 BUT THEN DIFFERENT GEAR COMBINATION. VERIFIED THAT LIGHT IS OFF IN NEUTRAL SETTING - SO APPEARS TO OPERATOR TO BE IN GEAR CAUSING OPERATOR TO MOVE SHIFT TO NEUTRAL ILLUMINATED BUT NOW "IN GEAR" POSITION PRIOR TO START. IN MY OPINION THIS POSES AN EXTREME DANGER, ESPECIALLY TO INEXPERIENCED OPERATORS WHO USE THROTTLE AND REV ENGINE DURING NORMAL COLD START. CONSEQUENCES COULD INCLUDE PROPERTY DAMAGE, INJURY TO OPERATOR, INJURY TO OTHERS NEAR VEHICLE. AFTER INITIAL RESEARCH OF OWNERS MANUAL, CONTACTED BEN IN SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT CEDAR CREEK MOTOR SPORTS CEDARBURG WI ON JUNE 24, 2005 TO INQUIRE WHETHER THERE WERE ANY "STARTS IN GEAR" RECALLS FOR MODEL HONDA RANCHER ATV TRX350FM YEAR=2000. HE REPORTED THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS RELATED TO THIS SYMPTOM. HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED INFORMATION ON HOW TO CORRECT THE FAILURE.

NHTSA ID 10126477 · filed Jun 24, 2005

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.

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