Honda CBR1000RR

Owners filed 51 complaints across 18 model years of the Honda CBR1000RR. The 2008 drew the most (18).

Model years18
Complaints51
Recalls21
Fires0
Deaths3

Which Honda CBR1000RR years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Honda CBR1000RR model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Honda CBR1000RR model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2025Too new1
0——Power TrainRoutine
20210
3———Routine
20190
1———Routine
20181
1——EngineRoutine
20173
2—1Fuel/Propulsion SystemFatalities reported
20160
1———Routine
20150
1———Routine
20140
1———Routine
20131
1——Service BrakesRoutine
20120
1———Routine
20110
1———Routine
20102
1——Service BrakesRoutine
20095
1—3Service BrakesRoutine
200818
2—1EngineRoutine
20072
1—1Unknown or OtherFatalities reported
20064
2——Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine
20054
0——Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle BarRoutine
200410
1—1Electrical SystemFatalities reported

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.