2014 Honda SXS700

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Jul 9, 2016350 milesCO

THIS IS AN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE PRESENTED BY BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER AS SUITABLE FOR HIGH ALTITUDE USE. AFTER PURCHASE NEW ON 5.1.2014 THE VEHICLE STALLED AND QUIT RUNNING AT 10,500 FOOT ALTITUDE. WHEN I ADVISED THE DEALER OF THIS PERFORMANCE CONCERN, I WAS ADVISED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT TESTED THIS VEHICLE AT HIGH ALTITUDES FOR SALE AND USE IN THE HIGHER COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND THAT THERE WERE NO REPAIRS FOR THE PROBLEM. WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE HONDA CORPORATE OFFICE IN SAN JOSE, CA., BOTH BY PHONE AND IN WRITING AND, ALSO, THRU THE BBB, I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED. HONDA ADVERTISING, IN PART , STATES "FLAWLESS OPERATION AT HIGHER ALTITUDES THAT OTHER SXSS CAN ONLY TRY TO FOLLOW". HONDA CORPORATE WENT ON TO TELL ME THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING AND I WILL ADMIT THAT IT RUNS GOOD UP TO ABOUT 10,000 FOOT. HOWEVER, I WAS NOT TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT RUN ABOVE 10,000 FOOT. MY OPINION IS THAT THERE WAS MISREPRESENTATION OF AN IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, I.E. OPERATING OFF ROAD AT HIGH ALTITUDES WHEN NEEDED. I WOULD CALL HONDA ADVERTISING DECEPTIVE AND BAMBOO-ZING. AFTER THE STALLING EXPERIENCE AND CONTACTS WITH THE DEALER AND HONDA CORPORATE, I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND MANY FORUMS EXPRESSING THE EXACT SAME OPERATING PROBLEMS THAT I EXPERIENCED NOT ONLY WITH STALLING AT HIGH ALTITUDES BUT ALSO A SOFT FRONT END SHOCK PROBLEM. I CONSIDER THE VEHICLE DANGEROUS TO OPERATE AT HIGH ALTITUD

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2015
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20151000Routine
2014 — this page1000Routine

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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.