Honda VTX1800

Owners filed 132 complaints across 6 model years of the Honda VTX1800. The 2002 drew the most (63).

Model years6
Complaints132
Recalls3
Fires0
Deaths2

Which Honda VTX1800 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Honda VTX1800 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

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 VTX1800 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20082
0——VisibilityRoutine
20075
0——Visibility › WindshieldRoutine
20053
0——Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine
20046
0——WheelsRoutine
200353
0—1Suspension › RearFatalities reported
200263
3—2Suspension › RearRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.