2005 HONDA CRF450X — Complaint #569101
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:LUBRICANT filed January 13, 2006
NHTSA complaint #569101 (ODI reference 10147674) concerns a 2005 HONDA CRF450X and was filed on January 13, 2006. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 26, 2005. The vehicle had 200 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Oregon based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:manual transmission:lubricant, 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 CRF450X cohort independently describe similar power train:manual transmission:lubricant 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 2005 HONDA CRF450X shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
ON DEC 17TH I RECEIVE THE LICENSE PLATE FOR MY MOTORCYCLE HONDA CRF450X IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE DUAL SPORT KIT AND BE ROAD LEGAL. ON THIS SAME DAY I HAD CHANGED BOTH THE TRANSMISSION OIL AND ENGINE OIL ACCORDING TO THE HONDA MANUAL. THIS WAS THE 2ND CHANGE IN 175 MILES SINCE IT WAS NEW. I STILL HAVE THE OIL JUGS LEFT WITH SOME IN THEM. THE BIKE WAS LOADED INTO OUR TRAILER FOR THE 1200 MILE TRIP TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (GLAMIS) TO RIDE DUAL SPORTS AND SAND DUNES FOR 8 DAYS. DECEMBER 22ND WE LEFT AND ARRIVED IN GLAMIS ON DECEMBER 24TH. DEC 26TH MYSELF AND 5 OTHERS PUT OUR RIDING GEAR ON FOR A 110 MILE RIDE. 4 MILES DOWN THE ROAD WE HIT THE PAVEMENT AND TURNED WEST ON HWY 78. 3.4 MILES OF CRUISING AT 65 MPH ON THE HWY THE REAR TIRE OF THE MOTORCYCLE LOCKED UP, THE BIKE WENT SIDEWAYS AND EVEN WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS PULLED IN THE REAR TIRE WAS LOCKED UP. FINALLY RECOVERING AND GETTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I FOUND THAT I ONLY HAD 3RD GEAR TO MAKE IT BACK TO CAMP. AFTER RETURNING TO
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 569101 |
| ODI Number | 10147674 |
| Date Filed | January 13, 2006 |
| Failure Date | December 26, 2005 |
| VIN | JH2PE06025K |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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