NHTSA Complaint #10236913 — 2008 HONDA VT750

SOMETIME IN JUNE I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2008 HONDA SHADOW SPIRIT VT750C2 FROM DRYER HONDA SOUTH IN NEW WHITELAND, IN. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS GAS LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE AND A HOUSING THAT WAS NEXT TO THE ENGINE. I FOUND ONLINE A RECALL FOR THAT PARTICULAR BIKE THAT WAS FOR A GAS LEAK. I BROUGHT THE BIKE BACK TO DRYER AND SHOWED THEM THE SPOTS ON THE BIKE WHERE THE GAS WAS LEAKING. AFTER KEEPING THE BIKE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND A LEAK. I MENTIONED TO THEM THAT I SAW A RECALL ONLINE FOR A GAS LEAK AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT THEY DID THE RECALL BEFORE I PURCHASED THE BIKE. THE NEXT TIME I RODE THE BIKE I NOTICED NEW SPOTS ON THE HOUSING, I KNEW THIS BECAUSE THEY WIPED OFF THE ORIGINAL SPOTS(WHICH BY THE WAY DID NOT COMPLETELY COME OFF AND HAD STAINED MY BRAND NEW BIKE). I HAD TO ONCE AGAIN BRING THE BIKE DOWN TO DRYER. UPON KEEPING THE BIKE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD FOUND THE LEAK AND TOLD ME THAT THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE FUEL VALVE PETCOCK. AT LEAST I THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME THEY DID, FOR THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY PAPERWORK TO SHOW THE WORK THAT THEY HAD DONE. AFTER THEY KEPT MY BIKE FOR A WEEK THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY FIXED, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL SOME FAINT SPOTS ON MY ENGINE FROM WHERE THE GAS HAD LEAKED. MY ROOMMATE, WHOSE INFORMATION IS ATTACHED TO THIS COMPLAINT, HAS RECENTLY PURCHASED THE EXACT SAME BIKE BUT IN A DIFFERENT COLOR. THIS BIKE WAS PURCHASED AT DREYER HONDA IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN. THEY ALSO ASSURED US THAT THE RECALL HAD BEEN DONE ON THE BIKE BEFORE IT WAS PURCHASED. HOWEVER THIS BIKE HAS THE EXACT SAME GAS LEAK AS MY BIKE DID. IT WAS PURCHASED ON JULY 26TH AND AFTER FEW DAYS SOME SPOTS BEGAN TO APPEAR ON THE HOUSING AND ENGINE. IT SEEMS THAT EITHER BOTH DEALERS DID NOT CORRECTLY OR AT ALL DO THE RECALL ON THESE BIKES, OR THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT IS CAUSING THESE BIKES TO LEAK GAS. I'M SURE WE DIDN'T HAPPEN TO GET THE ONLY TWO BIKES THAT HAVE THIS MALFUNCTION. *TR