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2002 Honda Valkyrie 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 Jun 26, 2017
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 7, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2002 Honda Valkyrie. 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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Body & structure
Filed Jun 26, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 (NA) HONDA VALKYRIE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRASH BAR WAS LOOSE ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
11001400
Incident
Jun 24, 2017
Mileage
200,000 mi
Engine
Filed Jun 7, 2002

ON SEVEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE ENGINE ON MY MOTORCYCLE HAS DIED WHEN CHANGING GEARS. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT VARIOS SPEEDS AND ENGINE OPERATING TEMPARATURES. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE. HONDA HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND SAY THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF 5 OR MORE OTHERS WHO HAS REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SAME MOTORCYCLE.AK

NHTSA ID
762811
Incident
May 17, 2002

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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