What is the worst year for a Honda VTX1300?

The 2004 Honda VTX1300 has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 90 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the steering.

What is the best year for a Honda VTX1300?

The 2003 Honda VTX1300 has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 42 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a Honda VTX1300?

Steering accounts for more complaints than any other part on the Honda VTX1300.

Worst years for a Honda VTX1300

Owners have filed 279 complaints about the Honda VTX1300 with NHTSA across model years 2003 to 2009. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2004 Honda VTX1300

90 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2003 Honda VTX1300

42 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Honda VTX1300 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.

42 90 54 43 47 2 1

03 04 05 06 07 08 09

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

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Median miles	Most reported
2009	—	1	0	—	Electrical System
2008	—	2	0	—	Steering
2007	C	47	1	5,000	Steering
2006	C	43	2	6,800	Steering
2005	C	54	2	6,700	Steering
2004	D	90	3	4,860	Steering
2003	B	42	0	5,000	Steering

What breaks on a Honda VTX1300

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

Steering 127 45.5%

Worst in 2004

Suspension 58 20.8%

Worst in 2004

Acceleration & Cruise Control 16 5.7%

Worst in 2004

Electrical System 15 5.4%

Worst in 2006

Fuel & Propulsion 15 5.4%

Worst in 2005

Wheels 13 4.7%

Worst in 2004

Transmission & Drivetrain 12 4.3%

Worst in 2004

Other & Unspecified 7 2.5%

Worst in 2004

Engine & Cooling 6 2.2%

Worst in 2005

Tires 5 1.8%

Worst in 2003

Body & Structure 3 1.1%

Worst in 2004

Lights 1 0.4%

Worst in 2006

Stability & Traction Control 1 0.4%

Worst in 2003

Exactly what failed on a Honda VTX1300

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Front 17 32.1%

Steering Wheel/Handle BAR 16 30.2%

Instrument Cluster/Panel 5 9.4%

Driveline 5 9.4%

Wheel Bearing 3 5.7%

Rear 2 3.8%

Manual Transmission 2 3.8%

Automatic (Asc) 1 1.9%

Crankcase (Pcv) 1 1.9%

Hubcap/Cover 1 1.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Honda VTX1300, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2003 peak 19 May 2026

Compare the Honda VTX1300

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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