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2002 Honda VT750CD Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2002 Honda VT750CD, 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

  • 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.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Other / unspecified

Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Jan 22, 2003

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 · filed Jan 17, 2003

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Oct 18, 2001

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

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