Honda GL1800
Owners filed 626 complaints across 23 model years of the Honda GL1800. The 2002 drew the most (182).
Which Honda GL1800 years should you avoid?
Going by 626 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Honda GL1800 years to avoid are 2002.
- 2002182 complaints, 2.8× a typical GL1800 year, most often about the engine.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2012 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
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 GL1800 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018 | 34 | 2 | — | 5 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2015 | 8 | 2 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2013 | 9 | 2 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2012 | 31 | 5 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2010 | 24 | 5 | — | 3 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 | — | — | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine | |
| 2008 | 47 | 5 | — | 4 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2007 | 20 | 5 | — | 2 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2006 | 22 | 6 | — | — | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine | |
| 2005 | 18 | 3 | — | 1 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2004 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Radiator Assembly | Routine | |
| 2003 | 101 | 7 | — | 2 | Structure › Frame and Members | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002Avoid | 182 | 7 | — | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System | Routine | |
| 2001 | 84 | 6 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.