Total Complaints
2 filings
HONDA PS250 · model year
2 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2006HONDAPS250 carries 2 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 2006 PS250 is suspension:rear with 2 filings. 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 2006 PS250, 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
2 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| SUSPENSION:REAR | 2 |
2006 HONDA PS250 BIG RUCKUS SCOOTER. CONSUMER STATES REAR SHOCK BOTTOMED OUT. *TGW THE CONSUMER THE REAR SHOCK WAS SOFT AND BOTTOMED OUT OVER BUMPS. HE LEARNED THE REAR SHOCK ISSUE, WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC STATED IT COULD NOT BE FIXED OR ADJUSTED AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING IT.
REAR SHOCK IS SO WEAK THAT ON A TURN THE REAR WHEEL CAN BOUNCE OUT FROM UNDER AND BRING THE SCOOTER AND DRIVER DOWN . THE CVT AND CARBURETION SET UP IS SO POOR THAT IT CAUSES HESITATION ON ACCELERATION (SEVERE BOGGING) THAT'S BAD ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS . *TR
Mileage: 1,000
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.