2012 HONDA GL1800 Complaints

AT LOW SPEED THE MOTORCYCLE SEEMS TO HAVE A DECREASE OF POWER FOR APPROXIMATELY 20-30 SECONDS THEN ITS OK. HAS GONE ON SINCE I OWNED THE MOTORCYCLE. *TR

THIS BIKE HAS A BAD STUMBLE PROBLEM. IT WILL STUMBLE WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC CAUSING ME TO NEARLY FALL AND GET HIT SEVERAL TIMES. THIS HAPPENS AFTER YOU HAVE STOPPED FOR 15 TO 30 MINS AND YOU START TO GO AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN RIDING BIKES SINCE 1954 SO I AM NOT NEW TO RIDING BIKES. THIS IS GOING TO GET SOME ONE KILLED. I HAVE TRIED TO GET HONDA TO FIX IT BUT THEY SAY ITS NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL ITS DANGEROUS WHEN IT HAPPENS YOU GIVE IT MORE THROTTLE AND THEN IT LUNGES STRAIGHT AHEAD THE WAY YOU ARE POINTED. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I HAVE BEEN RIDDING HONDA GOLDWINGS SINCE 1975 AND THEY DID NOT DO THIS. *TR

THE PROBLEM I'M ABOUT TO DESCRIBE IS COMMON ON THE 2012 AND NEWER GOLDWINGS. EARLIER GOLDWINGS DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM AS I HAVE HAD 3 AND I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WHOSE OLDER GOLDWINGS DO NOT DO THIS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT UNLESS THE ENGINE HAS HAD TIME TO WARM UP WHICH TAKES ABOUT 5 MINUTES IT WILL NOT RUN PROPERLY. I FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY TURNING LEFT WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I ALMOST LAID IT DOWN. ANOTHER DANGEROUS INCIDENT WAS WHEN I WAS TURNING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH TRAFFIC COMING BUT I NORMALLY WOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY IT STALLED AGAIN. THE POWER KICKED IN JUST IN TIME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC, IT CONTINUES TO DO THIS AND FROM WHAT I READ AT GOLDWING WEBSITES MOST OTHERS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT IF THIS IS NOT FIXED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HONDA DID TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN ON NEWER GOLDWING BUT IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND SO FAR HONDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. I HOPE YOU WILL FORCE HONDA TO DEAL WITH THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. THANK YOU *TR

AT LOW OPERATING TEMPERATURE, AT LOW RPMS (ABOUT 1700) ACTS LIKE IT IS STARVED FOR FUEL (STUMBLES) AND ACTS LIKE IT WILL NOT TAKE FUEL. TRIED A HOT RESET OF THE ECM, LETTING THE BIKE WARM UP, STILL DOES IT. SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS ON THE GL1800.ORG WEBSITE ARE REPORTING THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEM. *TR

EVERY DAY WHEN I START THE MOTORCYCLE AND PROCEED TO DRIVE, IT STUMBLE OR STALLS ALMOST FALLING OVER INTO THE STREET AS IF IT HAD CARBURETORS AND THE CHOKE WAS NOT ON. TO AVOID THIS HAPPENING I MUST TURN THE THROTTLE SEVERAL TIMES TO INCREASE THE ENGINE RPM'S AND THEN MANAGE TO KEEP THE MOTORCYCLE FROM OVER COMPENSATING AND CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE HONDA DEALER AND THEIR RESPONSE IS THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND OR THE MOTORCYCLE IS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS. THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON THAT A FUEL INJECTED, COMPUTER CONTROLLED ENGINE NEEDS TO IDLE 5 MINUTES BEFORE TAKING OFF. BASICALLY THIS FUEL INJECTED, COMPUTER CONTROLLED ENGINE IS THE SAME AS ANY AUTOMOBILE ENGINE AND NONE I AM FAMILIAR WITH EXHIBIT THIS PROBLEM. OVER 150 DOCUMENTED CASES ARE DISCLOSED AT IPETIONS.COM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA GOLDWING MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT TIRE FELT ABNORMAL WHILE RIDING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,500.

COLD STUMBLE HAPPENS WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE IS WARMED ABOVE THE COLD RIDE MARK SPECIFIED BY THE GL1800 OWNERS MANUAL BUT BEFORE THE ENGINE GETS TO THE FULLY WARM TEMPERATURE MARK, WHEN I STOP AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY AND GIVE THROTTLE TO THE MOTORCYCLE IT WILL STUMBLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN AND ALMOST CAUSE THE RIDER TO DROP THE MOTORCYCLE. WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE IS RIDDEN FOR AN HOUR AND PARKED AT A SHOPPING MALL FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES IN 75* WEATHER AND THE MOTORCYCLE IS STARTED UP STILL HOT, IF I RIDE ABOUT 10FEET TO 15 FEET TO A STOP SIGN, THEN GIVE THROTTLE THE ENGINE STUMBLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN ALMOST CAUSING THE RIDER TO DROP THE MOTORCYCLE. PARTS AFFECTED "ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE'. *TR

THE MOTORCYCLE HAD A HESITATION AT LOW SPEED. THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF BALANCE WHILE IN A TURN REQUIRING THE RIDER TO PUT THEIR FOOT DOWN TO PREVENT THE 900 LB MOTORCYCLE TRAVELING AT 8-10 MPH FROM FALLING IN ON A TURN. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS IN FIRST GEAR CLUTCH FULLY ENGAGED RPM 1250 WHICH PUTS THE SPEED ABOUT 8MPH. WHEN THE TROTTLE WAS INCREASES SLIGHTLY THE ENGINE WOULD HESITATE IN A ON -OFF FASHION. WHEN THIS OCCURED WHILE IN A SLOW SPEED TURN THE RESULTS WHERE THE MOTORCYCLE DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED POWER TO KEEP THE TURN GOING AND THE MOTORCYCLE WOULD FALL INTO THE INSIDE OF THE TURN. HONDA WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE HESITATION. WA LEMON LAW ARBITRATION FORCED HONDA TO REPURCHASE THE MOTOCYCLE FILE # 130066.

I OWN A 2012 HONDA GOLDWING MOTORCYCLE. THIS IS THE THIRD GOLDWING MODEL I HAVE OWNED SINCE 1978. I'VE BEEN RIDING MOTORCYCLES FOR ABOUT 46 YEARS NOW AND AM A SKILLED MECHANIC. MY REASON FOR THE COMPLAINT IS TO PROTECT MYSELF AND OTHER OWNERS FROM INJURY AND TO SEEK HELP WITH THE PROBLEM PLAGGING THE 2012/2013 MODEL GOLDWINGS. THERE IS A LOW END BOG WHEN ACCELERATING AND WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD CAUSING THE MOTORCYCLE TO BECOME UNSTABLE DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. MY MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOUR TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF 12 WEEKS FOR THIS ISSUE WITHOUT RESOLVE. MY DEALER SENT MANY COMPUTER SCANS TO THE HONDA TECH DEPARTMENT, THE DEALER CAN SEE ON THESE GRAPHS THE GLITCH IN THE FUEL DELIVERY AND HONDA HAS TRIED SOME PARTS TO CORRECT THE GLITCH, SO THEY ARE ADMITTING THERE IS A PROBLEM PUT DON'T HAVE A FIX FOR IT. I RODE MY 2001 GOLDWING ACROSS COUNTRY IN ALL TEMPS AND ELEVATIONS WITHOUT THIS PROBLEM. MY DEALER TELLS ME THEY HAVE RIDDEN MULTIPLE 2012/2013 GOLDWINGS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, SOME WORSE THAT MINE. I SPOKE WITH MY DEALER TODAY AND WITH HONDA AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS BUT HONDA WILL DO NO MORE TO THE BIKE. HONDA SAYS IT'S A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE MOTORCYCLE BUT IF THAT IS THE CASE WHY DID THEY TRY TO FIX IT? SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE HURT OR WORSE YET KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS "CHARACTERISTIC". I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MOTORS AND RIDING LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM. OLDER MODELS OF THIS BIKE HAVE NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS SO I'M THINKING HONDA KNOWS THIS WILL BE AN EXPENSIVE RECALL TO FIX THE ISSUE BUT REFUSE TO DO SOMETHING UNTIL SOMEONE GETS HURT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THIS MODEL ON THE ROAD SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.UNTIL SOMEONE GETS HURT. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU ANY INFO THAT I HAVE. WE ALL PAID FOR A MOTORCYCLE THAT SHOULD PERFORM AND BE SAFE...PLEASE HELP...HONDA WON"T. *TR

EVERY DAY WHEN LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY I START THE MOTORCYCLE. THEN DRIVE THE 50FT. TO THE STREET AND TURN LEFT. DURING THE TURN THE MOTORCYCLE BEGINS TO COUGH AND STUMBLE LOOKING FOR THE THROTTLE POSITION ALMOST FALLING OVER INTO THE STREET. TO AVOID THIS HAPPENING I MUST TURN THE THROTTLE SEVERAL TIMES TO INCREASE THE ENGINE RPM'S AND THEN MANAGE TO KEEP THE MOTORCYCLE FROM OVER COMPENSATING AND CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE HONDA DEALER AND THEIR RESPONSE IS THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND OR THE MOTORCYCLE IS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS. THEN STATING THAT ALL 2012 GOLDWING MOTORCYCLES ARE EXHIBITING THIS SAME CONDITION. BASICALLY THIS FUEL INJECTED, COMPUTER CONTROLLED ENGINE IS THE SAME AS ANY AUTOMOBILE ENGINE AND NONE I AM FAMILIAR WITH EXHIBIT THIS PROBLEM. *TR