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2002 Honda VT750CD

Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data

Data refreshed

Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Jan 22, 2003
Safety recallsA safety recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle has a safety-related defect or does not comply with a federal motor vehicle safety standard. Recall repairs are free. Whether a specific vehicle is covered depends on its VIN — a recall listed for a model year does not necessarily apply to every vehicle of that year.
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InvestigationsNHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
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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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2 injuries, 0 deaths reported

Overview

Our database contains 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2002 Honda VT750CD, most frequently naming the other / unspecified and tires & wheels categories. 4 manufacturer communications are on file.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

What owners report

Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded

  • Other / unspecified266.7%
  • Tires & wheels133.3%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Safety recalls

No recalls in our database for this model year

That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.

Recent owner complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words

Other / unspecified
Filed Jan 22, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported

SINCE BIKE WAS NEW, THE REAR WHEEL BOUNCES UP AND DOWN FROM 10-60MPH. ON NOV 20, 2001, I WAS TURNING LEFT AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE BOUNCING REAR WHEEL LOST TRACTION AND SLID SIDEWAYS. MY BIKE TIPPED OVER, CRASHED AND SLID ON THE GROUND. MY LEFT HAND, ARM, AND LEFT LEG WERE INJURED. BIKE NEEDED REPAIRS TO HANDLEBARS, PEGS, TURN SIGNALS. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD THE TIRES BALANCED 3 TIMES, PURCHASED A NEW REAR TIRE. YET I AM *STILL* EXPERIENCING THE BOUNCING PROBLEM! I'VE FOUND OUT FROM OTHER OWNERS THAT THIS REAR WHEEL BOUNCING PROBLEM OCCURS VERY FREQUENTLY ON THEIR SPIRIT 750 MOTORCYCLES AS WELL!

NHTSA ID
10003187
Incident
Nov 20, 2001
Mileage
4,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Jan 17, 2003
Crash reported1 injury reported

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH DEFECTIVE RIMS ON HONDAS SHADOW SPIRIT 750 MOTORCYCLES! AFTER 500 MILES I NOTICED THAT MY MOTORCYCLE "BOUNCED" HORRIBLY FROM 20-60MPH. WHEN I BROUGHT MY BIKE TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE WHEELS BALANCED, WE NOTICED THERE WERE ALREADY 6 LEAD WEIGHTS ON THE REAR WHEEL RIGHT FROM THE FACTORY SINCE IT WAS NEW! MY BIKE CONTINUED TO BOUNCE! THIS BOUNCING CAUSED ME TO CRASH MY MOTORCYCLE ON NOV 20, 2001. I WAS TURNING LEFT, GOING THE SPEED LIMIT, WHEN I LOST CONTROL OF THE REAR END. THE REAR TIRE SLID OUT FROM UNDER ME AND THE BIKE CRASHED AND SLID ON ITS LEFT SIDE. MY LEFT HAND AND LEFT LEG WERE INJURED. A FEW MONTHS LATER I HAD MY BIKE REPAIRED. AT APROX 6000 MILES I PURCHASED A NEW REAR TIRE AND HAD IT PROFESSIONALY BALANCED AT CHAPARRAL MOTORSPORTS IN SAN BERNARDINO, CA (A LARGE, WELL-RESPECTED MOTORCYCLE DEALERSHIP). WHEN I RODE AWAY, I NOTICED THE REAR END BOUNCING AGAIN! THEY SAID THAT THEY BALANCED IT ON THE BEST EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE. I AM A MEMBER OF THE SPIRIT 750 DISCUSSION BOARD... HTTP://FORUMS.DELPHIFORUMS.COM/SPIRIT750/MESSAGES WE FOUND OUT FROM OTHER FELLOW SPIRIT 750 OWNERS THAT THIS "BOUNCING" PROBLEM WAS VERY PREVALENT AND WAS CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE RIMS ON OUR NEW BIKES RIGHT FROM THE FACTORY! I CALLED HONDA'S MOTORCYCLE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPT AT (310) 532-9811. AT FIRST THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP WAS RELUNCTANT AND TRIED TO DISMISS MY BOUNCING PROBLEM AS A MAINTAINCE ITEM OR HE BLAMED IT ON MY TIRES. BUT WHEN I INFORMED HIM THAT I HAD BEEN THROUGH TWO SETS OF TIRES AND BALANCING, AND THAT I KNEW FOR A FACT THAT OTHER SPIRIT 750 OWNERS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS I WAS, HE INFORMED ME OF A "SECRET GOODWILL" PROGRAM FROM HONDA! BUT THAT I FIRST HAD TO TAKE MY BIKE TO A DEALER TO HAVE IT SERVICED ON MY OWN! HONDA IS ALREADY AWARE OF THE DEFECTIVE RIMS ON THESE MOTORCYCLES! THIS KIND OF BOUNCING WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY TO SPIRIT 750 OWNERS AND THEIR RIDERS!

NHTSA ID
10002868
Incident
Nov 20, 2001
Mileage
4,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 18, 2001

PE 0020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON HIGHWAY, AND REAR TIRE WERE BOUNCING UP AND DOWN, TREAD SEPARATED. BRIDGESTONE, FIRESTONE, DOT ENXBCAJ1501. *AK *ET

NHTSA ID
897965
Incident
Oct 4, 2001

Manufacturer communications

A bulletin sent by a manufacturer to its dealers. Not a recall, and repairs are not necessarily free.

DLR MSG - Honda

AIR BAGS

Dealer message - On Monday, June 23, 2014, American Honda announced three recalls for various 2001-11 Honda models. As of August 4, 2014, affected VINs have been identified, and VIN status inquiry has been updated.

DLR MSG - Stop S

AIR BAGS

Dealer message - On Monday, June 23, 2014, American Honda announced three recalls for various 2001-11 Honda models. As of July 23, 2014, affected VINs have been identified, and service bulletins 14-040, Safety Recall: Accord, Civic, and Others ? Front Passenger?s Airbag Inflator Can Be Over-Pressurized, 14-045, Recall: Front Driver?s Airbag Inflator May Produce Excessive Pressure After Long-Term Exposure to High Absolute Humidity Recall, and 14-046, Recall: Front Passenger?s Airbag Inflator May Produce Excessive Pressure After Long-Term Exposure to High Absolute Humidity have been posted to ISIS. However, due to the large number of affected units, American Honda is still in the process of populating the VIN status inquiry function on iN, which is expected to take several days. When this process is complete, American Honda will notify all dealers again via iN message. Until that time, the existing acknowledgement procedure must be used for all potentially affected vehicles.

08-040

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY REDUCED LABEL FOR ALL HONDA VEHICLES. *PE

SB-06-085

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

HONDA: WARRANTY EXTENSION-VEHICLE WARRANTY MILEAGE. CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ALLEGING THAT THE ODOMETERS ON CERTAIN 2002-2006 HONDA MODELS WERE OVERSTATING MILEAGE. FEDERAL COURT PROVIDED FINAL APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT ON 12/29/07. NO MODELS LISTED. *PE

Manufacturers file copies of the bulletins they send to dealers with NHTSA. These often describe diagnostic or repair procedures for a known condition. They are not recalls: repairs described in a bulletin are usually only free if the vehicle is still under warranty or the manufacturer has extended coverage.

Compare model years

Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model

Honda VT750CD by model year
YearComplaintsRecallsInvestigationsIssue Index
2003100—
2002Viewing300—
2001000—
2000000—
1999000—
1998000—

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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.