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1996 Honda VT1100 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, 2000
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.
0
Reports on file since Sep 14, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Honda VT1100. 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 1–3 of 3

Engine
Filed Oct 25, 2000

REF #827854,(9/98), & #716405 ( 12/99). TODAY I READ IN M/C MAG IZINE ABOUT SAME FAIL. BY OTHER OWNERS . RIDER MAGIZINE DEC. 2000 ISSUE PAGE 68 " HONDA SEALS" . THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR , DOES SOME HAVE TO GET KILLED BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION? .OR HAS SOMEBODY ALREADY BEEN INJURED ! THANK YOU R A MURRAY. *AK

NHTSA ID
735146
Incident
Sep 10, 1998
EngineTransmission
Filed Sep 22, 1998

ENGINE CRANKCASE SEAL FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKING OF OIL.

NHTSA ID
541061
Incident
Sep 19, 1998
Transmission
Filed Sep 14, 1998

THE MOTORCYCYLE LEAKS OIL DUE TO A BROKEN SEALANT IN THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. *AK CONSUMER STATES TAHT THE OIL LEAKED ON THE LEFT REAR SIDE, ON THE DRIVESHAFT HOUSING, AND ON THE TIRE. *SLC

NHTSA ID
827854
Incident
Sep 4, 1998

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.

Data sources

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