What is the worst year for a Honda GL1800A?

The 2013 Honda GL1800A has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 15 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the engine & cooling.

What is the best year for a Honda GL1800A?

The 2003 Honda GL1800A has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 16 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a Honda GL1800A?

Body & Structure accounts for more complaints than any other part on the Honda GL1800A.

Worst years for a Honda GL1800A

Owners have filed 63 complaints about the Honda GL1800A with NHTSA across model years 2001 to 2015. More of them are about the body & structure than anything else.

Avoid

2013 Honda GL1800A

15 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2003 Honda GL1800A

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Honda GL1800A year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

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Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Fires	Median miles	Most reported
2015	—	2	0	0	—	Steering
2013	D	15	1	0	900	Engine & Cooling
2008	—	2	0	0	—	Transmission & Drivetrain
2004	—	5	0	3	—	Engine & Cooling
2003	C	16	0	0	32,000	Body & Structure
2002	—	8	1	0	47,400	Brakes
2001	C	15	2	0	45,650	Body & Structure

What breaks on a Honda GL1800A

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Body & Structure 18 28.6%

Worst in 2003

Engine & Cooling 9 14.3%

Worst in 2013

Electrical System 7 11.1%

Worst in 2001

Brakes 6 9.5%

Worst in 2002

Suspension 6 9.5%

Worst in 2001

Transmission & Drivetrain 5 7.9%

Worst in 2003

Fuel & Propulsion 3 4.8%

Worst in 2013

Steering 2 3.2%

Worst in 2003

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2 3.2%

Worst in 2001

Tires 1 1.6%

Worst in 2001

Wheels 1 1.6%

Worst in 2013

Stability & Traction Control 1 1.6%

Worst in 2004

Equipment & Accessories 1 1.6%

Worst in 2013

Other & Unspecified 1 1.6%

Worst in 2003

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Honda GL1800A, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 2003 peak 4 Mar 2026

Compare the Honda GL1800A

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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