2011 Honda VT1300CX Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2011 Honda VT1300CX, 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
- Exterior lighting1100.0%
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
Exterior lighting
Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting.
From owner reports, verbatim
BLINKER SWITCH BREAKS OFF AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES. I HAVE TWO HONDA MOTORCYCLES (ALSO HONDA VTX 1300 2007) THAT USE THE SAME SWITCH. EACH BIKE AT ABOUT 30,00 MILES; THE BLINKER THUMB SWITCH BREAKS OFF AS IT IS USED. I HAVE REPLACED ONE (OVER $100.00 TO GET SWITCH CABLE ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE PURCHASED) AND STILL HAVE ALL 3 EXAMPLES OF AN APPARENT CONSISTENT STRESS FLAW. THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING; GO TO USE BLINKER, IT COMES ON AND THE THUMB SWITCH BREAKS OFF. I WAS ABLE TO CATCH BUT HAD TO PULL OVER AND REMOVE BLINKER FUSE SO TO TURN OFF BLINKER, LEAVING NO HORN AVAILABLE AS THEY SHARE A FUSE. I REPORTED TO HONDA AND SENT PHOTOS, TRIED TO GET A LOCAL DEALER TO SUBMIT BUT THEY WOULD NOT. HAND SIGNALS ON A MOTORCYCLE ARE NOT IDEAL . PLEASE NOTE EACH BREAKS AT SAME PLACE AND AROUND 30,000 MILES. SEEMS ENGINEERING FLAW.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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