https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Honda Rvt1000r. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:31:32 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r#complaint-1138509 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT 2001 RVT1000 OR RC51 FUEL LEAKING FROM FUEL TANK AT REAR PIVOT. CAUGHT FIRE AFTER FUEL LEAKED ONTO HOT EXHAUST PIPE WRAPPED WITH THERMAL TAPE. FUEL VAPORS CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BIKE WAS AT A STANDING/IDLE POSITION. FUEL LEAK HAD STARTED RECENTLY AND HAD RAPIDLY INCREASED. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS BIKE. GLAD I CAUGHT IT OUTSIDE OF MY GARAGE AND NOT IN. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r#complaint-964490 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA RVT1000 (RC51) MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT WHEEL EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO BECOME INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIBS, COLLAR BONE AND LUNG. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r#complaint-656657 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA RVT1000R. THE CONTACT SMELLED GAS AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS DIFFERENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL TANK. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 19,500. https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r#complaint-612557 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2000 RC51 HONDA MOTORCYCLE. I STARTED IT UP 1/2007 AND IT SMOKED REAL BAD SO I SHUT IT OFF. GAS TANK LEAK AT THE REAR MOUNT WHERE IT (THE MOUNT) IS WELDED TO THE TANK WHICH COULD EASLY CAUSE A FIRE. AFTER HEARING THIS HAS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF 2000 RC51S AND HONDA HAS REPLACED THESE TANKS I TOOK MINE TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THEY DETERMIND IT WAS A DEFECT YET HONDA WILL NOT REPLACE IT BECAUSE OF https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r#complaint-563714 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT DT: CONTACT STATED A FUEL SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE MOTORCYCLE. HE TOOK OFF THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE WELD IN THE TANK. IT WAS A SLOW LEAK, BUT YOU COULD SMELL THE FUMES. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY URGED HIM TO BRING VEHICLE FOR SERVICE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r https://plaincars.com/make/honda-rvt1000r#complaint-557446 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS CHILD OWNED A 2003 HONDA RC 51 1000R THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND EXPLODED WHILE BEING RIDDEN. THE OWNER WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 55 TO 65. THE DRIVER WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE OWNER WAS TWENTY YEARS OF AGE. THERE ARE WITNESSES THAT HAVE STATED THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING DOWN ASPHALT, STRAIGHT ROAD WHEN HE LOOKED LIKE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS OUT OF CONTROL. THERE WAS