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2002 Honda VFR800A 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 Mar 28, 2007
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 Mar 26, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2002 Honda VFR800A. 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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Electrical
Filed Mar 28, 2007

THE BATTERY WIRING HARNESS WAS DEFECTIVE. WIRES LEADING FROM THE POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL TO AND FROM THE MAIN FUSE HOLDER WERE TOO SMALL GAUGE, CAUSING THEM TO BECOME VERY HOT TO THE POINT, AND INSULATION MELTED. WIRES WERE ABLE TO CONTACT EACH OTHER AND OTHER METAL OBJECTS, CREATING A FIRE HAZARD. IN MY CASE, THE MAIN FUSE WAS COMPLETELY BYPASSED. THE MAIN FUSE SOCKET WAS TOO SMALL FOR THIS USAGE AND BECAME VERY HOT.*AK

NHTSA ID
10186335
Incident
Mar 25, 2007
Mileage
33,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Mar 26, 2007

WIRING HARNESS FAILURE. GROUND WIRE AT THE BLUE MOLEX CONNECTOR ON THE LEFT SIDE OVERHEATED AND FAILED, CAUSING THE ENGINE NOT TO RUN. COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE UNDERWAY. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OF THESE TYPE OF INCIDENTS ON THIS MODEL OF MOTORCYCLE.*AK

NHTSA ID
10186139
Incident
Mar 25, 2007
Mileage
33,000 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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