2013 Honda CB500F

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Exterior Lighting	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Engine and Engine Cooling14V056000

Filed Feb 14, 20146,954 vehiclesHonda (american Honda Motor Co.)

Defect. Honda is recalling certain model year 2013 CB500 (FA, F, XA, X) and CBR500 (RA, R) motorcycles. The rocker arm shaft retaining bolts may have been manufactured incorrectly resulting in the bolts loosening during engine operation. A loose bolt will initially result in a slow leak of engine oil, but if not addressed, the bolt can come out of the cylinder head entirely.

Risk. Without a bolt, the engine will have reduced power which may result in a stall, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy. Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the rocker arm shaft retaining bolts, free of charge. The recall began on March 11, 2014. Owners may contact Honda Customer Service at 1-866-784-1870.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Exterior Lighting

Filed Dec 9, 20154,000 milesTN

LEFT FRONT PARKING LAMP / RUNNING LIGHT INTEGRATED WITH TURN SIGNAL ASSEMBLY FAILS REPEATEDLY. REPLACING WITH OEM OR AFTER-MARKET LONG-LIFE RATED BULBS, THE PARKING LAMP FILAMENT WILL STILL FAIL AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME (< 2 MONTHS). FAILURE OCCUR IN ANY SITUATION - WHETHER MOTORCYCLE IS STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. A SEARCH FOR "2013 CB500 LEFT RUNNING LIGHT SITE:WWW.CBR500RIDERS.COM" ON HTTP://GOOGLE.COM REVEALS MANY CASES WHERE OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. ONE USER STATED THAT THE ENTIRE LAMP ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THAT THEY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ANY ADDITIONAL FAILURES. (HTTP://WWW.CBR500RIDERS.COM/FORUM/HONDA-CB500F/46386-FRONT-TURN-SIGNAL-BULB-KEEPS-BLOWING.HTML#POST642954)

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2014

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2021	0	1	0	Routine
2014	2	0	1	Routine
2013 — this page	1	1	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Feb 14, 2014. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.