1996 Honda VT1100

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › clutch assembly › pedal/hand lever(motorcycle). No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Clutch Assembly › Pedal/Hand Lever(motorcycle)1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Oct 25, 2000GA

REF #827854,(9/98), & #716405 ( 12/99). TODAY I READ IN M/C MAG IZINE ABOUT SAME FAIL. BY OTHER OWNERS . RIDER MAGIZINE DEC. 2000 ISSUE PAGE 68 " HONDA SEALS" . THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR , DOES SOME HAVE TO GET KILLED BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION? .OR HAS SOMEBODY ALREADY BEEN INJURED ! THANK YOU R A MURRAY. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 22, 1998GA

ENGINE CRANKCASE SEAL FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKING OF OIL.

Power Train › Clutch Assembly › Pedal/Hand Lever(motorcycle)
Filed Sep 14, 1998GA

THE MOTORCYCYLE LEAKS OIL DUE TO A BROKEN SEALANT IN THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. *AK CONSUMER STATES TAHT THE OIL LEAKED ON THE LEFT REAR SIDE, ON THE DRIVESHAFT HOUSING, AND ON THE TIRE. *SLC

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20034000Routine
20013000Routine
20001000Routine
19983000Routine
19972000Routine
1996 — this page3000Routine
19952000Routine

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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.