2001 HONDA GL1800 Complaints

MOTORCYCLE OVERHEATS WHEN STUCK IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, REPORTED TO DEALER SERVICE DEPT. AND WAS TOLD THAT HONDA SAID THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM.*AK

COOLANT TEMPERATURE WENT TO RED MARK SEVERAL TIMES UNDER SLOW MOVING CONDITIONS. BIKE WAS STOPPED TO COOL IT DOWN. SAFETY CONCERN.

SPEEDOMETER STICKS/FREEZES, WONT REGISTER SPEED. NOTIFIED DEALER OF FAILURE, STILL NO RESPONSE ON CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.

INITIAL PROBLEM DISCOVERED WHEN FIRST TIME PLACED IN HEAVY SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC ON 8/16/01. HAS HAPPENED 8 TIMES SINCE FIRST EVENT. MANUF WAS INFORMED WITHIN 5 MINS OF FIRST OCCURENCE BY CELL PHONE. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIX WITH FAILED RESULTS BIKE KEPT 1 WEEK. AT MY REQUEST AND CONSTANT COMPLAINING, REGIONAL REP THEN ATTEMPTED KEPT BIKE 3 WEEKS. FAULTY THERMOSTAT FOUND AND REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. ENGINE WILL RUN INTO AND ABOVE RED ZONE ON GUAGE, HAS ON A FEW OCCASIONS DUMPED COOLANT, HAS SHUT OFF 3 TIMES, ENTIRE DRIVE TRAIN STOPPED MOVING ONCE,POSSIBLE ENGINE SEIZURE.HONDA AND ITS REPS NOW KNOW NOTHING ELSE TO DO.NOTE* TECH DATA THAT IS FACT NOT A DEFECT* COOLING FANS WILL NOT RUN AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 15MPH REGARDLESS OF HOW HOT THE ENGINE MAY GET. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AS OF 10/19/01. PERSUING LEGAL ADVICE AND RECOURSE AS I FEEL MY PRODUCT HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND I AM NOT SATIFIED WITH OUTCOME OF HOW THE MANUFACTURER IS HANDLING THE MATTER.*AK

COOLING FANS ARE DESIGNED TO CUT OFF AT 15 MPH NO MATTER WHAT THE ENGINE TEMP IS THIS CAN GET REAL SERIOUS WHEN ON A 3 OR 4 LANE ROAD IN HEAVY TRAFIC AND YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER BECAUSE THE COMPUTER CUT OFF THE FANS THIS WAS BROUGHT TO HONDA ATTENTION WITH NOT RESPONCE I LISTED THE SELLING DEALER BUT HE IS NOT THE ONE DOING THE SERVICE ED. *AK

COOLANT DUMP HAPPENED AFTER SHORT RIDE ON COOL MORNING. GAUGE DOES NOT GO ABOVE THE HALF MARK NOW EVEN IN HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS. DEALER DID NOT PERFORM SERVICE FOR NEW HARNESS. INDICATED THAT WAS NOT REQUIRED. INDICATED THAT HAS NOT HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BEFORE.*AK

THERE IS AN AIR LEAK BETWEEN THE TIRE AND RIM ALONG THE TIRE BEAD. THE TIRE LEAKS 3 PSI IN AN 8 HOUR PERIOD. THE LEAK OCCURS IN ALONG A LINE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 WAY AROUND THE WHEEL ON ONE SIDE AND IN TWO PLACES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIM.*AK (DOT NUMBER: ENB9 TIRESIZE: 180/60R16)

MOTORCYCLE WOBBLED AT 40 MPH WHEN DECELERATING. ALSO, PROBLEM WITH TIRES. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

FRONT TIRE IS CUPPING, AND HAS FLAT SPOTS ALL OVER THAT IS CAUSING VIBRATION WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. TIRE ONLY HAS 6000 MILES ON IT.*AK

THIS MOTORCYCLE RADIAL TIRE HAS DEVELOPED "SQUIRM" ( THE FRONT END WOBBLES LEFT/RIGHT) AS THOUGH THE RADIAL PLIES HAVE SEPARATED. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS ON ANY VEHICLE SINCE THE VERY FIRST RADIALS APPEARED ON CARS. I PREVIOUSLY HAD RADIAL MICHELINS ON ANOTHER MACHINE AND HAD NO SUCH EXPERIENCE. CAN YOU HELP?*AK (DOT NUMBER: ENU2 TIRESIZE: 130/70R18)