Total Complaints
3 filings
HONDA HONDA MOTORCYCLE · model year
3 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1999HONDAHONDA MOTORCYCLE carries 3 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1999 HONDA MOTORCYCLE is steering:linkages with 1 filings, followed by engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline (1) and electrical system:alternator/generator/regulator (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 77 investigation files overlapping the 1999 HONDA MOTORCYCLE, and 9 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
3 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| STEERING:LINKAGES | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 1 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | 1 |
TWO DEALERS ARE VERY AWARE THAT THIS PART FAILS VERY FREQUENTLY ON THIS MODEL
ENGINE MANUFACTURED WITH DEFECT ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. NLM
STEERING LOCK SECURITY FEATURE INSTALLED IN VEHICLE, HOWEVER NOT IN COMBINATION WITH ENGINE CUT OFF SWITCH, WHICH COULD BE A POSSIBLE PROBLEM IF STEERING LOCK IS ENGAGED AND ENGINE IS STARTED AND DRIVEN, POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW. MJS
Inaccurate Rear Passenger Seat Belt Warning Status
Loss of Motive Power
Inadvertent Deployment of Side Air Bags
Engine failure
No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.