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2005 Honda VT750 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 16, 2016
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 Sep 28, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Honda VT750. 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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Fuel system
Filed Mar 16, 2016

I NOTICED 3 WEEKS AGO THAT THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE AROUND MY BIKE. SO I LOOKED AROUND THE ENGINE AND DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING. I THOUGHT I WAS IMAGING THINGS, BEING OVERLY PRECAUTIOUS. SINCE THEN THE SMELL HAS DEVELOPED INTO A WET SPOT UNDERNEATH MY BIKE, A SMALL PUDDLE. THE FUEL VALVE ON MY GAS TANK IS DRIPPING GAS. THE CHROME ON MY CLUTCH COVER IS NOW WAVY BECAUSE OF THE LEAK. I NORMALLY START MY BIKE IN THE GARAGE TO WARM IT UP BUT AM AFRAID IT WILL START A FIRE. AFTER CONDUCTING SOME RESEARCH I CAME UPON SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING. I NOTICED IT WAS THE SAME KIND OF BIKE BUT DIFFERENT YEARS. THEN SOMEONE MENTIONED THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL BECAUSE MANY OTHER BIKES WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A RECALL WOULD BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON SPECIFIC YEARS IF IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN INVOLVING MULTIPLE YEARS. IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT A SPECIFIC PART CONTINUOUSLY THEN IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED EVERYTIME. IF IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART THEN IT SHOULD BE FIXED. IT'S KIND OF SCARY THINKING MY BIKE COULD CATCH FIRE. I'M GOING TO ORDER A PART AND GET IT FIXED BECAUSE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. IT ISN'T AN ACCESSORY. I SAW MY FRIEND AT BIKE NIGHT LAST WEEK, I WAS TALKING TO HER HUSBAND EXPLAINING ABOUT THE LEAK AND HE SAID HE HAD JUST REPLACED HER FUEL VALVE THE DAY BEFORE. WHAT A COINCIDENCE. SHE HAS A 2007 HONDA SHADOW AERO WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. MAYBE THEY ARE FAULTY ACROSS THE BOARD.

NHTSA ID
10849989
Incident
Feb 20, 2016
Mileage
8,234 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jul 9, 2014

THE FUEL PETCOCK (FUEL CONTROL VALVE) DIAPHRAGM IS LEAKING ON A HOT ENGINE. HONDA HAS A RECALL FOR THIS PART IN THE 2007 AND 2008 BUT NOT FOR THE 2005 MODEL YEAR. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE AS FUEL IS LEAKING ON A HOT ENGINE! I HAVE CALLED HONDA AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I SPOKE WITH TWO SEPARATE GENTLEMEN AT 1-866-784-1870 WITHOUT LUCK. *TR

NHTSA ID
10609346
Incident
Jul 1, 2014
Mileage
2,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Sep 28, 2009

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA VT750. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK LEAKED EACH TIME FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE VEHICLE. FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, INCREASED THE RISK OF A FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND HE WAS REFERRED TO A DEALER. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 1,000.

NHTSA ID
10285541
Incident
Sep 21, 2009
Mileage
10,000 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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