Total Complaints
1 filings
HONDA VF750 · model year
1 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1998HONDAVF750 carries 1 consumer safety complaint 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 1998 VF750 is fuel system, gasoline:delivery with 1 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 1998 VF750, 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
1 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | 1 |
MY 1998 HONDA MAGNA VF750 HAS SUFFERED A FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE DUE TO THE "AUTO FUEL VALVE". THE VEHICLE RUNS LEAN THROUGH MID-RANGE ENGINE SPEEDS AND LOSES POWER. EVENTUALLY, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STALLS. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED TODAY, AUG. 17, '07 AT APPROXIMATELY 8PM ON I-96 IN WIXOM, MI. I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC. WHEN SHIFTING TO FIFTH GEAR AT 70 MPH, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. I RELEASED THE CLUTCH AND THE ENGINE STALLED. I MOVED TO THE SHOULDER, RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND MANAGED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE ALONG THE SHOULDER FOR APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE ON ENGINE POWER BEFORE IT STALLED AGAIN. I THEN WALKED 2.5 MILES TO THE NEXT EXIT. WHILE IN THE PARKING LOT OF A RETAIL STORE, I MANAGED TO REMOVE THE "AUTO FUEL VALVE" WITH TOOLS PURCHASED FROM THE STORE. I CONNECTED THE FUEL TANK DIRECTLY TO THE CARBURETOR FUEL LINES, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AWAY. THE "AUTO FUEL VALVE" CONTROLS FUEL FLOW FROM THE TANK AND I BELIEVE IT ALSO ACTS AS A PUMP. THE "AUTO F
Mileage: 18,980
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.