39 of the 149 complaints filed about the Honda VTX1800 are about the transmission — 26% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 2003.
39
Complaints
26%
Share of all complaints
1
Crashes
0
Fires
POWER TRAIN
REAR DRIVE SIDE FLANGE BEARING TOTAL FAILURE 4 TIMES BEFORE 30000 MILES. BEARINGS TOTALLY GROUND DOWN AND ROUGH. T $220.00 A POP, IT IS BECOMING EXPENSIVE AND AN IMMINENT DANGER TO ALL RIDERS.
NHTSA complaint #10453528 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
FOUND WHILE REPLACING REAR TIRE,INSIDE BEARING COMING APART.
NHTSA complaint #10394017 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
FLANGE BEARING FAILURE, TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED. NO ADVANCED WARNING. WAS IN PROCESS OF REPLACING REAR TIRE. 12,400 MILES ON A 2004 HONDA VTX TOOK HOURS TO REMOVE SHREDDED METAL. REPLACED WITH REPAIRED UNIT.
NHTSA complaint #10356879 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
2007 HONDA VTX1800 REIMBURSED FOR REPAIRS. *DT THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #10313177 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
2004 HONDA VTX 1800C MOTORCYCLE WITH 57,000 MILES. WHILE REPLACING REAR TIRE, I INSPECTED REAR FLANGE BEARING AND BY SIMPLE OBSERVATION NOTED THAT ABOUT HALF THE BALL BEARINGS WERE MISSING. FIRST TIME FAILURE ON THIS MOTORCYCLE. HAVING THE FLANGE BEARINGS AND THE MAIN WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED WITH NEW BEARINGS.
NHTSA complaint #10275148 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
HONDA 2005 VTX 1800R1- REAR WHEEL BEARING FLANGE, AT 39774 MILES WHILE REPLACING REAR TIRE FOUND FLANGE BEARINGS TO BE FLATTENING ON ABOUT A THIRD OF BEARINGS, IT WAS FOUND BEFORE ANY DAMAGING FAILURE OCCURRED, NOT YET REPAIRED ,REPLACEMENT OF PART FORTHCOMING.
NHTSA complaint #10268820 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
REAR TIRE WAS WORN OUT UPON REPLACING TIRE I INSPECTED BEARINGS AND THEY FELL OUT. ORDERED NEW BEARINGS ON LINE AND REPLACED THEM.
NHTSA complaint #10248322 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
REAR TIRE WAS WORN OUT UPON REPLACING TIRE I INSPECTED BEARINGS AND THEY FELL OUT. ORDERED NEW BEARINGS ON LINE AND REPLACED THEM.
NHTSA complaint #10248322 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
EXCESSIVE BEARING NOISE AND ALL SPEEDS. CAUSE WAS FINAL DRIVE FLANGE BEARING FAILURE.
NHTSA complaint #10244344 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
I WAS REMOVING REAR WHEEL ON MY 2003 HONDA VTX C MODEL TO REPLACE WORN TIRE AND WITH THE WHEEL OFF I DID A CHECK OF THE WHEEL BEARINGS. I FREQUENTLY VISIT THE HONDA VTX OWNERS SITE TO KEEP UP ON MAINTENANCE ISSUES AND HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OTHER OWNER HAVE HAD A FAILURE OF THIS ONE PARTICULAR BEARING ASSEMBLY REFERRED TO AS " FINAL DRIVEN FLANGE A , HONDA PART NUMBER 42630-MCH-000. I DID A CHECK OF THE BEARING AND FOUND THAT IT WOULD BARELY ROTATE, IT HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. CONSIDERING THIS IS ON A MOTORCYCLE, I THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE ORDERED A NEW PART FROM HONDA AND I HOPE THAT THEY HAVE ADDRESSED THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT.
NHTSA complaint #10241257 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
FLANGE BEARINGS WERE NOTICED TO BE DISINTEGRATING WHILE CHANGING OUT THE TIRE ON THE REAR RIM OF AN 02, 1800 HONDA VTX WITH ONLY 15000 MILES. I HAVE ORDERED NEW SET OF BEARINGS TO REPLACE.
NHTSA complaint #10238013 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
FLANGE BEARING ON MOTORCYCLE FINAL DRIVE ENGAGEMENT FELL APART AFTER 9500 MILES.
NHTSA complaint #10234120 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
WHEN MY MOTORCYCLE REACHED 8,000 MILES IT HAD A HIGH SPEED WHINE, WHEN I HAD A NEW TIRE INSTALLED , I FOUND THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WERE IN PIECES. I NOW HAVE 18,000 MILES ON IT AND AGAIN THE BEARINGS ARE OUT. I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT HONDA KNOWS ABOUT . IF ONE OF THESE MOTORCYCLES HAS A BEARING LOCK UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IT COULD BE FATAL.
NHTSA complaint #10230882 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN
FLANGE BEARING FAILURE.
NHTSA complaint #10229630 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
HONDA VTX DRIVE FLANGE BEARING FAILURE. REPAIRED AT HOME. NO ACCIDENT.
NHTSA complaint #10228200 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CENTER SUPPORT BEARING
A COMMON PROBLEM NOT RECOGNIZED BY HONDA IN REFERENCE TO A FLANGE BEARING FAILURE IN THE REAR WHEEL OF 2004 VTX 1800C MOTORCYCLE. NOTICED WHEN REPLACING REAR TIRE DUE TO REGULAR TIRE WEAR.
NHTSA complaint #10220978 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
REPLACING THE REAR TIRE AND THE FINAL FLANGE BEARING WERE HALF GONE.
NHTSA complaint #10219640 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
(1)VIBRATION IN REAR WHEEL OF HONDA VTX1800C 2003 (2)UPON DISASSEMBLY OF REAR WHEEL, BEARINGS IN THE SPLINE FLANGE WERE FOUND TO BE TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED. ALTHOUGH THE BEARINGS HAD NOT YET WELDED THEMSELVES TOGETHER. (3)MOTORCYCLE HAD HONDA WARRANTY, HONDA REFUSED TO REPAIR,FIXED MYSELF. STILL HAVE OLD PARTS.
NHTSA complaint #10172079 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
(1) 2003 HONDA VTX 1800C MOTORCYCLE REAR DRIVEN FLANGE BEARING FAILURE. WHEN REMOVING TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR TIRE REPLACEMENT, (2) I DISCOVERED THE SMALL BEARINGS PRESSED INTO THE DRIVEN FLANGE (MOUNTED ON REAR WHEEL) WERE VERY ROUGH AND HARD TO SPIN, USING MY INDEX FINGER IN THE AXLE HOLE. I REMOVED THE FLANGE FROM THE WHEEL AND DISCOVERED THE BEARING SEAL MISSING, PROBABLY CHEWED UP; THE CAGE THAT SPACES THE BALL BEARINGS HAD DISINTEGRATED INTO LITTLE PIECES AND HAD BEEN EXPELLED FROM THE BEARING/SLEEVE AREA ONTO THE MAIN REAR AXLE BEARING (WHICH IS STILL OKAY); THE TWO BEARINGS INSIDE THE FLANGE WERE ROUGH AND FELT LIKE THEY RATCHETED INSTEAD OF TURNING SMOOTHLY. (3) I PRESSED THEM OUT, MEASURED THE HOUSING BORE, CLEANED IT AND SLIGHTLY ENLARGED (APPROX 0.0005 IN.) THE BOTTOM OF THE BORE WITH MACHINE TOOLS AND SANDING DRUMS TO WHERE THE NEW BEARINGS ARE A PRESS FIT WITHOUT BINDING -- THE ORIGINAL BORE SEEMED SLIGHTLY TAPERED -CONE SHAPED- AND CAUSED THE OUTER BEARING RACE TO PINCH DOWN ON THE BALLS AND REMOVE ANY CLEARANCE BUILT INTO THE BEARING, CAUSING THE RATCHETING FEELING. REFERRED TO THIS SITE BY VTXOA (VTX OWNER'S ASSOCIATION) WEBSITE.
NHTSA complaint #10161113 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:FLOOR SHIFT ASSEMBLY
THE ROCKER SHIFTER IS NOT RETURNING TO CENTER POSITION. AFTER YOU SHIFT EITHER UP OR DOWN YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY PUT IT BACK TO CENTER BEFORE YOU CAN SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR.
NHTSA complaint #10157122 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.