NHTSA Complaint #11307903 — 2019 HONDA CRF1000

2019 HONDA AFRICA TWIN ADVENTURE SPORTS. POOR RUNNING CONDITIONS DUE TO CONTAMINATION IN THE TANK. THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY LOSE POWER AND/OR STALL. THIS HAS RESULTED IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS BECAUSE IT USUALLY HAPPENS IN TIMES OF ACCELERATION WHEN PASSING. ONE PARTICULARLY UNSAFE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN I HAD CROSSED THE DOUBLE YELLOW TO ATTEMPT A PASS AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER RATHER THAN ACCELERATE. I ALSO HAD IT STALL AND DIE WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR AN INTERSECTION. I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CAN RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. HONDA'S "FIX" FOR THIS ISSUE IS QUESTIONABLE AT BEST. IT IS UNPROVEN AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A LONG TERM FIX AND RESULTS IN A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE REPAIR. NOTE THE ATTACHED WORK ORDER "CLEANED THE TANK AS BEST I COULD WITH SCOTCH BRITE IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAN INSIDE OF FUEL TANK PER HONDA." NOBODY KNOWS IF THIS IS REALLY A FIX, INCLUDING HONDA. ONLY TIME WILL TELL AND THAT IS NOT A GOOD SOLUTION SINCE THE ISSUE CAN BE SO DANGEROUS. I FEEL HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS THROUGH A PROPER AND PROVEN SAFETY RECALL. THE ISSUE IS MOST COMMON UNDER HARD ACCELERATION, BUT IT HAS ALSO EXHIBITED THIS BEHAVIOR UNDER NORMAL DRIVING, WHILE IDLING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TURNING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, ETC.