2003 HONDA GL1800 Complaints

TRUNK LID ON NEW 2003 GL1800 (GOLDWING) WILL NOT CLOSE. DEFECTIVE LATCH. COULD RESULT IN TRUNK CONTENTS FALLING OUT WILL RIDING.

I WAS RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE ABOUT 45 MPH AND HIT A POT HOLE WHEN THE FRAME HOLDING THE REAR SUSPENSION BROKE! DROPING THE REAR END DOWN TO ALMOST TOUCHING THE GROUND. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE BIKE BUT HAD I BEEN MAKING A TURN A CRASH WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. HONDA SAYS IT WOULD REPAIR THE DAMAGE BY SENDING THE BIKE BACK TO THE FACTORY, BUT IT HAS BEEN AS OF NOW STILL AT DEALER FOR 6 WEEKS WITH NO RESULTS. I CANNOT SEEM TO GET HONDA TO GIVE ME ANY ANSWERS AS TO WHEN THE REPAIRS WILL BE MADE. TO ME TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES ON THE MOTORCYCLE WERE ROUGH. THE TIRES VIBRATED WHEN TURNING THE MOTORCYCLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IN TIME THE TIRES MAY EXPERIENCE TREAD SEPARATION. THE OWNER HAD CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT THE TIRES. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 03V35000 CONCERNING FRAME WELD. CONSUMER TRIED TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE SINCE APRIL OF 2004. HOWEVER, TWO DEALERS FLATLY REFUSED TO DO RECALL REPAIRS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT HOME. CONSUMER WILL CONTACTED THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK

THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE MOTORCYCLE'S FRAME WAS NOT REPAIRABLE. THE FRAME CRACKED MORE THAT THE FRAME WELD RECALL STATED (03V350000). *AK *NM

MOTORCYCLE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF MISHANDLING BY HONDA AND POOR WORKMANSHIP WHILE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. (NAR) *PH PROBLEMS OCCURRED WITH FRAME, SEATS, TRUNK, AND RADIO ANTENNA. *CB (FRONT FENDER HAD A SEVERE SCRATCH, RUBBER AROUND BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT MIRROR WAS TORN, HEAT SHIELD ON THE LEFT SIDE SCRATCHED, STORAGE POUCHES UNDER ARM REST WAS DAMAGED, THE SEAT WAS INSTALLED WRONG, A NUT WAS MISSING ON AIR VENT ON THE WINDSHIELD, AND TRUNK ORGANIZERS HAD BROKEN) THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A CRACK IN THE WELD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRAME. *SC *JB

SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF FRAMES CRACKING NOT INCLUDED IN EXISTING RECALL. NEW CRACKS ARE NOT A RESULT OF WEAK WELDS BUT ACTUAL FRAMES CRACKING. I AM CONCERNED THAT THESE ARE BEING OVERLOOKED AS A RESULT OF CURRENT RECALL FOR DIFFERENT AREA OF THE BIKE.*JB

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (03B350000) FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE FRAME. THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE FIX FOR THE FRAME IS NOT CORRECT. THE MECHANIC WELDED THE FRAME ON ANOTHER PART OF THE MOTOR CYCLE. CREASYS HONDA SHOP 231 EAST CHURCH STREET LEXINGTON TN 38351, SERVICE MANAGER BART (731 968 3348). *NM

MOTORCYCLE FRAME HAD TO WELDED THREE TIMES. *PH IT TOOK THE DEALER EIGHT WEEKS TO COMPLETE THE RECALL BECAUSE THE WELDS WOULD NOT HOLD. THE CONSUMER NO LONGER FEELS SAFE RIDING THIS MOTORCYCLE BUT DOESN'T WANT TO SELL IT TO A PRIVATE OWNER FOR FEAR OF LEGAL PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER REQUEST THAT THE MANUFACTURER REPURCHASE THE BAKE FROM HIM. *NM