2 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2018 Honda GL1800. Owners have filed 34 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Honda dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2018 Honda GL1800. Check your GL1800 by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 34 complaints with NHTSA about the 2018 Honda GL1800, reporting 5 crashes, 7 injuries. Honda has issued at least 12 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
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Owners have filed 34 complaints with NHTSA about the 2018 Honda GL1800. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“The UBS bolt broke off ( according to honda mechanics who worked on the bike) causing the motorcycle to lose all power instantly. The engine basically fell apart. I was traveling 55 miles an hour on a two lane curvy mountain road with virtually no shoulder and traffic in both directions.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11609224
“The contact owns a 2018 Honda GL1800 Motorcycle. The contact stated that while the motorcycle was parked and the parking brake was activated, the parking brake failed, and the motorcycle rolled backwards.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11607234
“I was pulling into the parking lot of a restaurant and stopped briefly to decide where to park. When lightly applying the throttle to pull into a parking space the engine revved up, the bike surged, and my wife and I crashed into a picnic area.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11573604
“Veh accelerated on its own into traffic was sitting at a stop sign it just took off i was t-boned in the incident no lights or warning lights were on”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11511126
“The contact owns a 2018 Honda Motorcycle Gold Wing Tour. The contact stated that he tapped on the throttle upon parking his motorcycle in a parking lot, which caused the motorcycle to independently accelerate without warning.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11428480
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2018 Honda GL1800 is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Honda dealer.