1999 Honda VFR800

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System1
101

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection SystemCrash1 injured
Filed Jan 20, 20037,200 milesWI

I WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT STUCK/RACING THROTTLE/FUEL INJECTION PROBLEMS OCCURING ON 99-00' HONDA VFR INTERCEPTOR 800FI MOTORCYCLES. I AM SURE THAT MY BIKE HAD THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE AND MADE ME GET INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AFTER DOING FURTHER RESEARCH ACROSS THE INTERNET, I HAVE COME ACROSS TWO OTHER REPORTED INCIDENTS OF THIS PROBLEM. ONE IS ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE REPORT THAT I GAVE HONDA INSURANCE ADJUSTERS. I HAVE CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY SENT TWO GENTLEMEN TO MY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE MY REPORT. I ORGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A STUCK THROTTLE, HOWEVER, AFTER LOOKING INTO THE INCIDENT FURTHER, I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT MUST BE SOMEWHERE IN THE FUEL INJECTION BECAUSE IN BOTH MINE, AND THE OTHER REPORTED PROBLEMS, THE THROTTLE INSPECTED OUT OK. I WANT TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT THESE BIKES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND SO FAR HONDA HAS DONE NOTHING TO ADDRESS IT. I BELIEVE IT COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVEN'T BEEN A LOT OF REPORTED CASES YET. HERE IS THE URL TO BOTH OF THE REPORTED FINDINGS I HAVE COME ACROSS SO FAR: HTTP://WWW.CS.WISC.EDU/~LISTS/ARCHIVE/VFR/200004/MSG00553.HTML HTTP://WWW.CS.WISC.EDU/~LISTS/ARCHIVE/VFR/200107/MSG01911.HTML MY STORY IS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THE SECOND POSTED FINDING, HOWEVER, IT HAPPENED TO ME AT THE WRONG TIME AND I WASN'T ABLE TO REACT DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF SO

Suspension › Front
Filed Jul 31, 2000NJ

EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR THAT MOTORCYCLE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20063100Routine
20053100Routine
20043200Routine
20038200Routine
20026200Routine
1999 — this page2000Routine

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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.