2005 Honda VT750 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 2005 Honda VT750, 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
- Fuel system3100.0%
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
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
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.
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
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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