2006 HONDA GL1800 — Complaint #2036806
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM) filed October 30, 2024
NHTSA complaint #2036806 (ODI reference 11622832) concerns a 2006 HONDA GL1800 and was filed on October 30, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 20, 2024. The report was geocoded to North Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:electrical:navigational system(global positioning system), one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA GL1800 cohort independently describe similar equipment:electrical:navigational system(global positioning system) failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2006 HONDA GL1800 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Honda/Garmin has not provided updates to the integrated navigation system since 2014. As a result, on numerous occasions, the navigation system has given the wrong information to the rider. My motorcycle is a 2006, but I know this problem exists through at least the 2009 model year. Contacted Garmin for updated navigation data. They said there will be none because Honda would not pay Garmin to create updated navigation data for the GPS. The navigation system is now unsafe because can give wrong directions. There are hundreds of Goldwings with built-in GPS that are unsafe. Honda should be required updates or reimburse owners for their purchase of an external GPS.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2036806 |
| ODI Number | 11622832 |
| Date Filed | October 30, 2024 |
| Failure Date | July 20, 2024 |
| VIN | 1HFSC47M36A |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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