Safety Score
85
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2004 Honda Vtx1300.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-24 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THERE IS A SEVERE FRONT END WOBBLE WHEN DECELERATING FROM 50+ MPH. THE ENTIRE FRONT END SHAKES TO THE POINT THAT CONTRO… |
| 2016-03-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | ON 2004 HONDA VTX1300C MOTORCYCLE, FRONT TIRE DEVELOPS A SEVERE SHIMMY WHEN DECELERATING FROM 40-50 MPH. HAVE REPORTED … |
| 2015-06-06 | STEERING | No | 0 | MY FRONT END WOBBLES BAD WHEN I'M SLOWING DOWN. IT HAPPENS ON BOTH CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.I REPLACED THE FRONT AND B… |
| 2014-06-02 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | REMOVED THE FRONT AND REAR WHEELS TO HAVE NEW TIRES INSTALLED. NOTICED THE FINAL DRIVE FLANGE BEARINGS SEAL TOWARD WHE… |
| 2012-03-30 | WHEELS | No | 0 | THIS PART IS MOUNTED TO THE RIM OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND CONNECTS TO THE DRIVE SHAFT . THE HOUSING THAT THE FLANGE BEARING… |
| 2011-09-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | JUST PURCHASED THIS BIKE I'M 2ND OWNER, AND WHILE INSPECTING THIS BIKE I NOTICED THAT LEFT SIDE OF FRONT TIRE WAS COMPL… |
| 2011-07-21 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | REPLACING REAR TIRE ON 2004 HONDA VTX 1300C. CHECKING WHEEL AND FLANGE BEARINGS AT THIS TIME. THE FLANGE BEARINGS ARE… |
| 2011-07-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | THERE IS A FRONT FORK WOBBLE ON MY 2004 HONDA VTX MOTORCYCLE. THIS IS COUPLED WITH EXTREMELY FAST WEAR ON THE FRONT TIR… |
| 2011-07-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA VTX1300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HANDLE BAR WOBBLED EXCESSIVELY WHEN DRIVING 35 M… |
| 2011-05-31 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2004 HONDA VTX 1300 AND WHILE DECELERATING, USUALLY BETWEEN 50 AND 30 MILES PER HOUR, THE HANDLE BARS AND FRO… |
| 2011-01-25 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE | No | 0 | 2004 HONDA VTX 1300. BEARING FLANGE FAILURE ON THE REAR WHEEL. APPROX. 50,000 MILES BEFORE IT GOT REAL NOTICEABLE RE… |
| 2010-06-03 | STEERING | No | 0 | 2004 HONDA VTX 1300C. FRONT END SHAKE AND WOBBLE.THE WOBBLE IS BETWEEN 35-50 MPH. NEW TAPERED BEARINGS ARE RECOMMENDED … |
| 2009-10-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | ON 2004 HONDA VTX1300C MOTORCYCLE, FRONT TIRE DEVELOPS A SEVERE SHIMMY WHEN DECELERATING FROM 40-50 MPH. HAVE REPORTED… |
| 2009-05-26 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2004 HONDA VTX 1300C WITH 14,483 MILES ON IT. I CHECKED THE BEARINGS IN REAR WHEEL AS I WAS PUTTING A NEW TIRE… |
| 2008-11-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | THE SPEEDOMETER IS OFF BY APPROXIMATELY 9-10% (READS FASTER THAN ACTUAL SPEED). THIS CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE WITH OTHER… |
| 2008-09-17 | STEERING | No | 0 | MY 2004 HONDA VTX 1300C HAS A BAD VIBRATION WHEN DECELERATING FROM 50 TO 40 MPH. SEVERAL TIME THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED A… |
| 2008-06-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | LEAKING FUEL VALVE ON A 2004 HONDA VTX 1300. EXACT SAME DESCRIPTION AS THE 2007 MODEL YEAR. *TR |
| 2008-01-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 1 | I HAVE A 2004 HONDA VTX 1300CC MOTORCYCLE, WHICH HAS DEVELOPED A LARGE PROBLEM IN THE STEERING (WOBBLE). THIS PROBLEM H… |
| 2006-11-24 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2004 HONDA MOTORCYCLE BTX 1300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOTORCYCLE'S FRONT END VIBRATED. … |
| 2006-11-03 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | No | 0 | REAR FLANGE BEARING IN FINAL DRIVE ON 2004 HONDA VTX 1300 MOTORCYCLE. THIS BEARING BASICALLY CAME APART IN THE REAR END… |
| 2006-10-07 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | 2004 HONDA VTX1300C FRONT END WOBBLE AT 50 MPH. *JB |
| 2006-08-24 | STEERING | No | 0 | FRONT END WOBBLE VTX 1300. *JB |
| 2006-08-03 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HANDLE BAR WOBBLED WHILE TRAVELING 47 MPH. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED BUT WAS UNABLE TO … |
| 2006-08-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE HONDA VTX 1300 HAS A FRONT END STEERING WOBBLE UPON DECELERATION, 45-30 WHICH CAN BE FIXED WITH TAPERED BEARINGS TH… |
| 2006-07-23 | STEERING | No | 0 | 2004 HONDA VTX 1300 MOTORCYCLE FRONT END WOBBLES BADLY . THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME . *NM |
| 2006-07-22 | STEERING | No | 0 | THERE IS A NOTICEABLE VIBRATION ON DECELERATION FROM APPROX 45 MPH TO ABOUT 30 MPH. THE VIBRATION IS TO THE FRONT TIRE … |
| 2006-04-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY VTX 1300 IN 2004, A 2004 MODEL. I HAVE A LITTLE OVER 3000 MILES DUE TO DRIVING ONLY IN THE CITY. WHEN I F… |
| 2005-11-06 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA VTX1300. WHILE DRIVING 40-70, THE HANDLE BAR WOULD SHAKE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT H… |
| 2005-11-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | I OWN A 2004 HONDA VTX1300R MOTORCYCLE. THERE IS A NOTICEABLE VIBRATION ON DECEL FROM AN INDICATED SPEED OF APPROX 45 M… |
| 2005-10-31 | STEERING | No | 0 | MY 2004 HONDA VTX 1300C MOTORCYCLE HAS A FRONT END WOBBLE WHEN CRUISING IN THE 35 MPH TO 45 MPH RANGE. *JB |
| 2005-10-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | FRONT END WOBBLE ON HONDA VTX 1300S 2004 MODEL. *NM |
| 2005-08-24 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | BIKE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND THE SPEEDOMOTER READS APPROX 10% HIGHER THAN ACTUAL SPEED. CONCERNING MYSELF WITH CALCULATIN… |
| 2005-08-23 | STEERING | No | 0 | 2004 HONDA VTX 1300C FRONT END SHIMMY AND EXTREME LEFT SIDE FRONT TIRE WEAR |
| 2005-08-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BOUGHT MOTORCYCLE IN SEPT. 2004. THE IGNITION/STARTER FUSE HAS BLOWN DUE TO AN INTERMITTANT ELECTRICAL SHORT 5 TIMES. D… |
| 2005-08-18 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I AM EXPERIENCING TWO PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 HONDA VTX1300 MOTORCYCLE, WHICH I BOUGHT ONE WEEK AGO. THE BIKE WAS PUT TO… |
| 2005-08-07 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | MT 2004 HONDA VTX HAS A SERIOUS FRONT END WOBBLE THAT IMPEDES THE SAFE OPERATION OF THIS VEHICLE AT SPEEDS OF 45 MILE… |
| 2005-07-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | FRONT END WOBBLE ON MOTORCYCLE. 40-45 MPH WITH A RELAXED GRIP ON BARS THERE IS A "WOBBLE" IN THE STEERING. IF YOU REMOV… |
| 2005-07-07 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | DT: CONSUMER NOTICED THAT MOTORCYCLE WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND TIRES WORE OUT UNEVENLY ON THE LEFT SIDE MUCH WORS… |
| 2005-07-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | 2004 HONDA VTX1300 FRONT END WOBBLES WHILE DECELERATING FROM 35 TO 45 MPH.*MR THE BIKE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHO … |
| 2005-06-26 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I OWN A 2004 HONDA VTX1300C MOTORCYCLE AND IN JULY OF THIS YEAR IT DEVELOP A FRONT END WOBBLE. WHEN YOU LET OFF THE G… |
| 2005-06-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | NO LEAD UP. A FRONT END DECELERATION WOBBLE DEVELOPED IN MY HONDA VTX 1300S AFTER ABOUT 5000 MILES. IT MAKES CORNERING … |
| 2005-04-13 | WHEELS:HUBCAP/COVER | No | 0 | REAR WHEEL DRIVE BEARING IS DEFECTIVE OR INSTALLED INCORRECTLY CAUSING PREMATURE BEARING FAILURE. THIS IS A SAFETY CON… |
| 2005-04-13 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING | No | 0 | REMOVED REAR WHEEL TO REPLACE TIRE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE BEARING WAS ROUGH. WHEN IT WAS REMOVED, THE INNER BEARING HA… |
| 2005-04-06 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | I HAVE A COMPLAINT ON THE STEERING OF MY MOTORCYCLE 2004 VTX 1300 S. IT WOBBLES AT A 40-45 MPH SPEED. IT WASN'T NOTICEA… |
| 2005-03-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER READ 10% HIGHER THAN MY ACTUAL SPEED CAUSING A DRIVING HAZARD. SINCE I AM GOING 10% SLOWER THAN THE TRAFFIC… |
| 2005-02-28 | WHEELS:MULTI PIECE | No | 0 | RADIAL BALL BEARING FAILURE ON FINAL DRIVE HUB. FAILURE UNDER NORMAL WEAR ON 3 DIFFERENT MOTORCYCLES, ALL FAILURES HAPP… |
| 2005-01-06 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DT: CONSUMER BOUGHT A HONDA MOTORCYCLE VLX 600. WAS NOT ABLE TO RIDE MOTORCYCLE BEFORE PURCHASE. IT HAD FOUR SPEED MAN… |
| 2005-01-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | HONDA VTX 1300C HAS A SERIOUS FRONT END WOBBLE THAT IMPEDES THE SAFE OPERATION OF THIS VEHICLE AT SPEEDS OF 40 MILES PE… |
| 2004-12-01 | WHEELS | Yes | 1 | THE FRONT WHEEL STARTED TO WOBBLE AND VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY. THIS CAUSED THE MOTORCYCLE TO LOCK UP, GO STRAIGHT, AND END … |
| 2004-11-29 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | 10% DIFFRENCE IN SPEEDOMETOR. I FEEL WHIL IT IS WRONG I WOULD BE INJURED BY LOOK AT IT WHILE RIDING AND TRYING TO CALCU… |