Safety Score
90
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2003 Honda Vtx1800.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-28 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | JUST HAD REAR TIRE REPLACED ON MY VTX 1800R AT HONDA DEALER. WAS INFORMED BY TECHNICIAN THAT MY REAR BEARING NEEDS REPL… |
| 2014-10-26 | WHEELS | No | 0 | NOTICED ODD TIRE WEAR ON THE REAR TIRE OF THE MOTORCYCLE WHILE AWAY FROM HOME. TIRE SEEMED TO HAVE WORN DOWN VERY QUICK… |
| 2013-08-09 | WHEELS | No | 0 | THE REAR WHEEL FLANGE BEARINGS WERE FOUND DAMAGED AND MISSING. *TR |
| 2012-08-06 | WHEELS | No | 0 | I HEARD A NOISE WHEN TURNING OR CORNERIG BOTH DIRECTIONS. REMOVED REAR WHEEL AND FOUND DRIVE FLANGE BEARING HAD FAILE… |
| 2012-03-28 | STEERING | No | 0 | MAJOR FRONT END WOBBLE (ESPECIALLY IF NOT GRIPPING WITH BOTH HANDS) BETWEEN 35-50MPH. SEVERAL HUNDRED COMPLAINTS ONLINE… |
| 2011-06-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHEN CHANGING REAR TIRE CHECKED FLANGE BEARING AND NOTICED BEARING WAS COMING APART. SEAL GONE AND METAL PIECES PRESENT… |
| 2011-03-01 | TIRES | No | 0 | FLANGE BEARING WORN AT ONLY 11,000 MILES...LUCKILY I HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR TIRE FOR A 1200 MILE TRIP I WAS GETTING RE… |
| 2010-05-31 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | WHILE REMOVING THE REAR TIRE FOR REPLACEMENT I NOTICED THE FLANGE BEARING HAS FAILED. 11,000 MILES, FIRST TIME INSPECT… |
| 2009-09-02 | WHEELS | No | 0 | THE REAR FLANGE BEARING ON MY 2003 HONDA VTX 1800C FAILED RESULTING IN A VERY SCARY DRIVING SITUATION FOR ME. IT HASN'T… |
| 2009-06-27 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | HONDA MOTORCYCLE VTX-1800 REAR WHEEL FLANGE BEARING FAILURE. *TR |
| 2008-12-04 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | WHEN THE REAR TIRE WAS REPLACED, I HAD THE TECHNICIAN CHECK THE CONDITION OF THE REAR FLANGE BEARINGS. THEY WERE VERY R… |
| 2008-08-21 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE | No | 0 | 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… |
| 2008-07-23 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | HONDA VTX 1800C DURING REAR TIRE REPLACEMENT AT 8,371 MILES DISCOVERED WHEEL BEARING ON THE RIGHT SIDE (BRAKE SIDE) WA… |
| 2008-07-19 | WHEELS | No | 0 | DRIVEN FLANGE BEARING SET FAILURE DISCOVERED WHEN REAR TIRE WAS REPLACED. *TR |
| 2008-07-12 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE | No | 0 | FLANGE BEARING ON MOTORCYCLE FINAL DRIVE ENGAGEMENT FELL APART AFTER 9500 MILES. *TR |
| 2008-07-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | REAR TIRE WAS WORN OUT UPON REPLACING TIRE I INSPECTED BEARINGS AND THEY FELL OUT. ORDERED NEW BEARINGS ON LINE AND REP… |
| 2008-06-29 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FLANGE BEARING FAILURE APPROXIMATE DATE OF FAILURE: JUNE 2008 YEAR OF MANUFACTURE: 2003 MODEL: R MILEAGE: 3… |
| 2008-05-06 | TIRES | Yes | 0 | 2003 HONDA VTX1800 MC BIKE STARTED TO SHAKE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED*CW ACCORDING TO WITNESSES… |
| 2008-05-05 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | FAILURE OF FLANGE BEARING, REAR WHEEL AT 9000 MILES CHECK BEARING AT TIRE REPLACEMENT REPLACE FLANGE BEARING UNIT-HON… |
| 2008-03-19 | WHEELS:HUB | No | 0 | HONDA MOTORCYCLE 2003 VTX C REAR WHEEL BEARING. *TR |
| 2008-03-19 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE | No | 0 | HONDA VTX DRIVE FLANGE BEARING FAILURE. REPAIRED AT HOME. NO ACCIDENT. *TR |
| 2008-01-02 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | REAR WHEEL FLANGE BEARING FAILURE. *TR |
| 2007-07-30 | WHEELS:HUB | No | 0 | CHANGING TIRE ON MY 2003 HONDA VTX 1800 S MODEL, REMOVED REAR WHEEL AND FOUND THAT THE FINAL DRIVE FLANGE BEARINGS WERE… |
| 2007-06-17 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | FAILURE OF FLANGE BEARING ON 2003 HONDA VTX 1800S MOTORCYCLE |
| 2007-05-25 | WHEELS | No | 0 | FAILURE OF REAR BEARINGS ON MOTORCYCLE. DEALER FOUND AT TIME OF TIRE CHANGE. |
| 2007-02-19 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING | No | 0 | 2003 HONDA VTX 1800C ALL FLANGE BEARINGS DESTROYED NEAR 50K MILES INNER WHEEL BEARINGS STARTING TO HAVE PLAY FOUND W… |
| 2006-10-20 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | (1)VIBRATION IN REAR WHEEL OF HONDA VTX1800C 2003 (2)UPON DISASSEMBLY OF REAR WHEEL, BEARINGS IN THE SPLINE FLANGE WE… |
| 2006-07-29 | WHEELS:HUB | No | 0 | FLANGE BEARING FAILURE. *NM |
| 2006-06-27 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | (1) 2003 HONDA VTX 1800C MOTORCYCLE REAR DRIVEN FLANGE BEARING FAILURE. WHEN REMOVING TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR TIRE REP… |
| 2006-06-20 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING | No | 0 | 2003 HONDA VTX 1800C FLANGE BEARING FAILURE. DISCOVERED WHILE REAR WHEEL OFF FOR POLISHING. INNER 6905 BEARING OK, … |
| 2006-06-12 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR IS LOCATED ON THE FUEL TANK AND DOES NOT INDICATE WHICH REAR TURN SI… |
| 2006-04-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | 2003 VTX 1800 FUEL LEAKED ON TO THE CYLINDER HEAD. *TS ***NAR*** FUEL LEAKED FROM THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE SEAM OF THE FU… |
| 2006-03-20 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ADJUSTING THE VEHICLE FOR THE RIDERS HEIGHT THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS BROKE AT THE WELD. … |
| 2006-02-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE | No | 0 | 2003 HONDA VTX 1800 RETRO REAR WHEEL WAS REMOVED FOR TIRE REPLACEMENT AND FOUND THE REAR FLANGE BEARING TO BE ROUGHLY T… |
| 2005-09-02 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CENTER SUPPORT BEARING | No | 0 | 2003 HONDA VTX1800R MOTORCYCLE REAR DRIVE UNIT BEARING FAILURE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TWO YEARS OLD WITH 20K MILES ON IT. … |
| 2005-08-05 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE | No | 0 | WHILE REPLACING REAR TIRE ON MY VTX 1800C I NOTICED THE FLANGE BEARING WAS ROUGH,THE LOCAL DEALER REPLACED IT UNDER WAR… |
| 2005-07-30 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION OF REAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY WHILE DOING A TIRE CHANGE, I IDENTIFIED A BAD PAIR OF BEARINGS. THE … |
| 2005-07-10 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT | No | 0 | REAR AXLE BUSHING/BEARING FAILURE. 1 OF THE 2 BEARINGS HAD FAILED. I FOUND THIS BY PURE LUCK CHANGING MY REAR TIRE. TH… |
| 2005-05-26 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS | No | 0 | 1. BEARING FAILURE WAS FOUND IN THE DRIVE FLANGE ASSEMBLY DURING REAR TIRE REPLACEMENT AT JUST UNDER 8,000 MILES ON MOT… |
| 2005-05-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | REAR DRIVE SIDE FLANGE BEARING TOTAL FAILURE 4 TIMES BEFORE 30000 MILES. BEARINGS TOTALLY GROUND DOWN AND ROUGH. T $22… |
| 2005-05-09 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT | No | 0 | CLACK IN REAR DRIVE SHAFT |
| 2005-03-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS ON MY HONDA VTX 1800 MOTORCYCLE 2003 MODEL. MANY PEOPLE SAY THESE BEARINGS FAIL. SHOULD I BE CO… |
| 2005-02-28 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS | No | 0 | BEARING FAILLURE ON READ DRIVE HUB ON VEHIVLE 2003 HONDA MOTORCYCLE MODEL 1800R AT 8000 MILES. BEARING IS HONDA PART NU… |
| 2005-02-16 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | No | 0 | 2003 HONDA VTX1800C MOTORCYCLE REAR DRIVE UNIT BEARING FAILURE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TWO YEARS OLD WITH 13K MILES ON IT.… |
| 2005-02-14 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS | No | 0 | FELT GRINDING IN REAR WHEEL WHILE RIDING MOTORCYCLE DISCOVERED FAILED BEARINGS(2) IN DRIVEFLANGE WHILE CHANGING REAR T… |
| 2004-08-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED MOTORCYCLE SEVERAL TIMES AND COULD NOT FIX THE MOTORCYCLE. CURRENTLY, WA… |
| 2004-06-27 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MOTORCYCLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO INSPECT THE MOTORCYCLE, AND DISCOVERED THA… |
| 2003-09-06 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL | No | 0 | DT: 2003 HONDA VTX1800 RETRO CAST. THE TURN SIGNAL LENSES KEEP FALLING OFF THE MOTORCYCLE. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP STAT… |
| 2003-08-06 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING FUEL LIGHT WOULD COME ON TOO EARLY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 2003-07-16 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | PREMATURE FAILURE IN THE DRIVEN FLANGE BEARING SET OF VTX1800S (ALL MODELS). MINE HAS NOW FAILED WITH 16,000 MILES ON T… |