https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Honda Gl1500. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:32:30 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-1479808 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT FAILURE OF METZELER MOTORCYCLE TIRE SIZE 160 80-16B 75H TREAD CAME APART ON TIRE WHILE DRIVING MOUNTAIN ROADS. DOT XE 44 E2234113 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-1288679 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA GOLDWING. WHILE RIDING 30 MPH, THE REAR BRAKE FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HYDRAULIC FLUID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-935471 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA GOLDWING MOTORCYCLE. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH KENDA KRUZ K673 TIRES (N/A), TIRE SIZE 160/80/16 (N/A). THE DOT NUMBER WAS K3BP2311. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE AND MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE HE NOTICED THAT THE REAR TIRE EXHIBITED TREAD SEPARATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. IN https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-876040 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT A 1999 HONDA GOLDWING MOTORCYCLE WAS CONVERTED TO A TRIKE USING A CONVERSION KIT MANUFACTURED BY CHAMPION TRIKES, A DIVISION OF CHAMPION MOTORCYCLE ACCESSORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC FROM GARDEN GROVE CALIFORNIA. THE KIT USED WAS MANUFACTURED IN AUGUST OF 2006 WITH A SERIAL NUMBER OF 709268. THE SWING ARM ASSEMBLY IS THE MAIN CONNECTING MEMBER THAT JOINS THE TWO WHEEL REAR END TO THE FRONT END OF TH https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-876042 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT A 1999 HONDA GOLDWING MOTORCYCLE WAS CONVERTED TO A TRIKE USING A CONVERSION KIT MANUFACTURED BY CHAMPION TRIKES, A DIVISION OF CHAMPION MOTORCYCLE ACCESSORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC FROM GARDEN GROVE CALIFORNIA. THE KIT USED WAS MANUFACTURED IN AUGUST OF 2006 WITH A SERIAL NUMBER OF 709268. THE SWING ARM ASSEMBLY IS THE MAIN CONNECTING MEMBER THAT JOINS THE TWO WHEEL REAR END TO THE FRONT END OF TH https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-604869 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT 1995 GOLDWING REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. *TS THE CONSUMER STARTED TO FISHTAIL AND CONSEQUENTLY STRUCK THE GUARDRAIL.*JB https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-536136 Sat, 21 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT SELF APPLYING REAR BRAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. MUST STOMP BRAKE PEDAL TO RELEASE. UNPREDICTABLE OCCURANCE. https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-523074 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT THE TURN SIGNALS ON ALL HONDA GOLDWINGS MOTORCYCLE ARE DESIGNED TO CANCEL AFTER 7 SECONDS OR AFTER 110 YARDS OF TRAVEL. THIS MEANS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CONSUMER HAD TO TURN ON THE SIGNALS MANY TIMES BEFORE TURNING. THE CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING AND DANGEROUS. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE SIGNALS DO NOT CANCEL IF SPEED IS BELOW 15 MPH. *AK *BF *NM https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-494234 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THE STARTER AND ENGINE STAYED ON AT THE SAME TIME. ENGINE FAILED TO SHUT DOWN. THIS CAUSED THE MOTORCYCLE TO JERK FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-494235 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THE STARTER AND ENGINE STAYED ON AT THE SAME TIME. ENGINE FAILED TO SHUT DOWN. THIS CAUSED THE MOTORCYCLE TO JERK FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-487432 Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT PROBLEM WITH A CAR VIBRATION ONCE AND MECHANIC WHO WORKED ON IT SAID THERE'S NO PROBLEM. (NAR) *LA *CB https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-435736 Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1988 HONDA GL1500 GOLDWING. AT SLOW SPEEDS THE MOTORCYCLE THROTTLE RESPONSE IS UNPREDICTABLE. IT HAS A HESITATION AND THEN SURGES. I HAVE NEARLY DROPPED THE MOTORCYCLE WHENEVER IT SPUN OUT IN GRAVEL BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED BY HONDA FOR ALL 1988 GOLDWINGS THAT DEALS WITH THIS EXACT SYMPTOM. TH https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-386614 Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT THE NEW ARAII HELMETS AND J&M HEADSETS WERE PURCHASED AT THE TIME THE MOTORCYCLE WAS PURCHASED, THE FIRST TIME THE CONSUMER TRIED TO US THE INTERCOM FUNCTION IT DID NOT WORK BECAUSE OF A BROKEN WIRE IN THE WIRING HARNESS GOING TOT HE PASSENGER HEADSET CONNECTOR, ALSO WHEN THE CONSUMER USES THE HIGH BEAMS THERE WAS A LOUD CRACK IN THE HEADPHONES FOLLOWED BY A LOUD WHINE IN THE HEADSETS WHICH STAYS https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-385330 Wed, 11 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SUSPENSION AND BEARING WAS GETTING WORSE, AND HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR 4-5 YEARS. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAD TAKEN THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY WONT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SUSPENSION WAS SHOT AND IS WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY BUT THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NOT MAKING NOISE DUE TO THE SUSPENSION/BEARING(S) BUT THE TIRES. (THE NOISE EX https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-383387 Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE RADIATOR WOULD OVER HEAT CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-381207 Wed, 06 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT FRONT TIRE DEVELOPED CUPPING AND WOBBLE WITH IN 2845 MILES TIRE NOISE FROM CUPPING. DT https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-380112 Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT COOLING SYSTEM DESIGN LET ENGINE OVERHEAT AT LOW SPEED. DT https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-377671 Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE MOTORCYCLE WILL STALL AND DIED OUT WITH OUT WARNING DUE TO THE WIRING HARNESSES. A RECALL HAS BEEN ADVISED BUT HOWEVER THIS MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-372303 Fri, 06 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT PIECE THAT COVERS THE OIL FILTER AND OTHER PARTS ON BODY FRAME CRACKED APART WITHOUT BEING IN AN ACCIDENT, OR WITHOUT ANY FORCE BEING APPLIED.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-341021 Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT FRONT END HAS A SPEED WOBBLE WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER YET. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-323167 Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT SPEEDOMETER IS 8% FAST AND ODOMETER IS 6% FAST ,THE SPEEDOMETER BEING 8% FAST CAUSES A SAFETY PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING ON TURNPIKES AND INTERSTATES ( THIS IS A TOURING MOTORCYCLE). WHEN REPORTED TO HONDA I WAS TOLD THAT HONDA WAS WITHIN THE LEGAL LIMITS AND HAD NO INTENTION OF CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM. IS THERE A LEGAL LIMIT THAT A SPEEDOMETER CAN BE INCORRECT, EVEN IF IS A SAFETY PROBLEM?*AK https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-319984 Thu, 25 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT DURING CONTINUED LOW SPEED OPERATION SUCH AS STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THIS MOTORCYCLE, ALONG WITH OTHERS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL HAS AN EXTREME TENDENCY TO SERIOUSLY OVERHEAT. THE MANUFACTURER CONTENDS THAT THE MACHINE WAS DESIGNED FOR OPERATION OTHER THAN STOP AND GO WHICH, OF COURSEE, IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS OFFERED NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-319994 Thu, 25 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE OVERHEATS BETWEEN 10 - 20 MPH. https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-320016 Thu, 25 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT 1. DEALER LISTED IS NOT THE SELLING DEALER 2. MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM EXISTS. 3. THIS IS SAFETY RELATED IN THAT IT OCCURS AT SLOW SPEEDS TYPICALLY IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC CAUSED BY ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ACCIDENTS AND HIGH VOLUME. IN CASES WHERE THERE IS NO PLACE TO GET OUT OF THE TRAFFIC OR STOP THIS COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. THIS COULD BE CAUSED BY ESCAPING STEAM https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-320046 Thu, 25 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE CONSISTENTLY OVERHEATS AND LEAVES ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HONDA SAYS THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THEIR OTORCYCLES DOING THIS.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-317334 Fri, 12 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT SPEEDOMETER IS 6%TO 7% FAST THIS MEANS THAT THE DRIVER HAS TO COMPUTE HIS/HER ACTUAL SPEED, WHEN RIDING ON A TWO LANE ROAD AND YOU ARE TRAVELING AT THE SPEED LIMIT ACCORDING TO THE SPEEDOMETER CARS ARE RIDING YOUR ON YOUR BACK FENDER OR TRYING TO PASS BECAUSE YOU ARE TRAVELING WELL BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. THIS CAN CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AT AN INDICATED 65 MPH THE ACTUAL SPEED IS 60/61 MPH, https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-313254 Mon, 10 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT SPEEDOMETER BEING 6.1% FAST MEANS THE DRIVER HAS TO COMPUTE HIS/HER ACTUAL SPEED, WHEN RIDING TWO LANE ROADS AND YOU ARE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT CARS ARE PASSING YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE ACTUALLY BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AT AN INDICATED 65 THE ACTUAL SPEED IS 60/61, THE FASTER YOU GO THE LARGER THE DIFFERANCE. IN THIS AGE OF ELECTRONICS THERE IS NO REASON THE SPEEDOMETER https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-313368 Mon, 10 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT SPEEDOMETER BEING 6% TO 7% FAST MEANS THAT THE DRIVER HAS TO COMPUTE HIS/HER ACTUAL SPEED, WHEN RIDING ON A TWO LANE ROADS AND YOU ARE TRAVELING AT THE SPEED LIMIT ACCORDING TO THE SPEEDOMETER CARS ARE PASSING YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE WELL BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AT AN INDICATED 65MPH THE ACTUAL SPEED IS 60/61 MPH, THE FASTER YOU GO THE LARGER THE DIFFERANCE. IN THIS A https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-309346 Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT RADIATOR FANS BLOW FORWARD INTO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AT SPEEDS BELOW 15 MPH AT WHICH TIME THEY TURN OFF AND ALLOW NATURAL AIRFLOW THROUGH. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, 10 TO 15 MPH, IN A CITY NEIGHBORHOOD THE ENGINE REPEATEDLY OVERHEATED WITH THE GAUGE IN THE RED ZONE. IN ORDER TO COOL OFF THE ENGINE THE MOTORCYCLE HAD TO BE DRIVEN AT OVER 30 MPH TO GAIN AIR FLOW https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500 https://plaincars.com/make/honda-gl1500#complaint-289148 Wed, 25 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE NEVER HANDLED PROPERLY. IN SEPTEMBER CONSUMER WAS ALMOST STOPPED WHEN REAR OF MOTORCYCLE LOCKED THE WHEEL. THIS RESULTED FROM SWING ARM BECOMING BENT, AND DISCONNECTED PARTIALLY FROM FRAME OF MOTORCYCLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK