1997 Honda Shadow

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Clutch Assembly1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery1
000
Equipment › Other › Owners/Service/Other Manual1
000
Electrical System › Ignition1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Oct 26, 2002GA

REF . PREVIOUS REPORTS AS FOLLOWS 541061,735146, 744948, 827854. MR FRANK BURRIS CALLED ME BUT NEVER GOT BACK . DOES ANYBODY CARE OR ARE YOU WAITING TO HEAR FROM A ESTATE LAWYER ?? I HAVE IN MY POSSESION SEALS # 3-5 THAT HAVE RUPTURED I SEEM TO ONLY GET 5000 MILES NOW ON EACH SEAL.THANK YOU RA MURRAY. .

Equipment › Other › Owners/Service/Other Manual
Filed Mar 20, 2002NY

INFORMATION IN OWNERS MANUAL IS INCORRECT. INSTRUCTION STATE THE FOLLOWING: TO PULL IN THE CLUTCH AND RELEASE THE THROTTLE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD READ RELEASE THROTTLE AND THEN PULL CLUTCH.*AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery
Filed May 4, 2001GA

FUEL HAD RUBBED THROUGH ON CYL. HEAD DUE TO VIB, OF CHEAP DESIGN & ROUTING OF IT. . SMALL LEAK OIL SEAL IS THE THIRD REPLACED ,,10000, 15000 ,20000! MILES . REF PREV. COMPLAINT 541061,735146 ,827854. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Oct 31, 2000AZ

EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH STALLING DURING HIGHWAY SPEED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER AWARE OF A DEFECTIVE IGNITION MODULE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. ASKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK *SLC

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200210000Routine
20014000Routine
20004000Routine
1997 — this page4000Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.