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2006 Honda VTX1800R 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 May 31, 2013
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 May 31, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2006 Honda VTX1800R. 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.

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Other / unspecifiedSteering
Filed May 31, 2013

AFTER GETTING A NEW SET OF TIRES PUT ON MY MOTORCYCLE, I NOTICED THAT THERE IS A WOBBLE THAT STARTS WHEN I DECELERATE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WITH NO BRAKING AND IN A STRAIGHT LINE. I HAVE HAD THE BIKE BACK TO A DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC THAT INSTALLED THE TIRES. THE FRONT TIRE WAS BALANCED, THEN REPLACED. THE LAST TIME THAT I HAD THE BIKE LOOKED AT, THE MECHANIC SAID THAT IT APPEARS THE STEM NUT NEEDED TIGHTENING DOWN, AND CHARGED ME FOR LABOR ON THIS AS WELL. NOW, THE BIKE STILL HAS THE WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END, ONLY IT OCCURS AT AROUND 60MPH INSTEAD OF 40-50. I HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, AND IT APPEARS THE FRONT STEERING BEARINGS USED IN THIS SERIES OF MOTORCYCLE HAVE A CHRONIC ISSUE, IN FACT SO SEVERE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL AFTERMARKET MANUFACTURERS MAKING REPLACEMENT BEARINGS THAT ALLEVIATE THIS ISSUE WITH THE OEM BEARINGS. I WILL BE LOOKING INTO GETTING THIS REPLACEMENT DONE MYSELF THROUGH THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, WHO I FEEL SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE ISSUE THE FIRST TIME AROUND. THEIR DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10514476
Incident
Mar 13, 2013
Mileage
22,000 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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