NHTSA Complaint #767522 — 2002 HONDA GL1800

DRIVER, PASSENGER, AND GENERAL MOTORING PUBLIC SAFETY IS COMPROMISED WITH THE HONDA GL1800 MODEL MOTORCYCLE. ENGINE TEMPERATURE RISES TO AN UNSAFE CONDITION AS INDICATED ON THE MANUFACTURERS TEMPERATURE GAUGE WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT CITY SPEEDS OF LESS THAN APPROX. 30 MPH, OR WHEN DETAINED IN STOP AND GO CONGESTION TRAFFIC WITH THE SAME SPEED EXAMPLE. THE CONDITION SEVERLY DISTRACTS AND IMPEDES THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND EFFECTS NOT ONLY THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER BUT OTHER MOTORIST AS WELL, WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR IS TRYING TO RELOCATE THEMSELVES INTO A PLACE THAT WOULD ALLOW ENGINE TEMP. TO RETURN TO NORMAL IE: ( FIND A PLACE TO PARK, OUT OF TRAFFIC, TO ALLOW THE FOWARD DESIGNED AIR FLOW OF FANS TO RETURN COOLANT TEMP TO NORMAL AFTER TIME, OR SPEED UP ENOUGH TO FACILITATE ADDITIONAL AIR FLOW THRU RADIATORS TO ALLOW ENGINE TEMPS TO RETURN TO NORMAL. ) EITHER SITUATION CAN AND DOES PLACE PEOPLE IN A DANGEROUS UNSAFE SITUATION. SHOULD THE REPEATABLE AND PREDICTABLE LOW MPH HIGH ENGINE TEMP. REACH THE POINT OF COOLANT OVERFLOW, EITHER BY NOT BEING ABLE TO RELOCATE THE MACHINE TO ALLOW COOLING AS STATED ABOVE, OR GO UNNOTICED BY NORMAL DRIVING DISTRACTIONS, THE DRAIN TUBE IS LOCATED IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO ALLOW COOLANT TO BE EXPELLED IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE REAR TIRE, THUS CAUSING AN ADDITIONAL UNSAFE CONDITION WHEREBY TRACTION WOULD BE COMPROMISED. THIS MODEL MACHINE IS SAFETY COMPROMISED WITH ITS INABILITY TO PROPERLY DEAL WITH ENGINE TEMPERATURES UNDER NORMAL EVERYDAY LOW SPEED, AND OR STOP AND GO DRIVING CONDITIONS AT SPEEDS BELOW 30 MPH. THE POTENTIAL SITUATION(S) WHEREBY SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE INJURED OR KILLED BY TRYING TO AVOID OR REMEDY HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURES AND OR LOSS OF TRACTION DUE TO ENGINE COOLANT OVERFLOW AT THE SPEEDS I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT SEVERLY COMPROMISE THE SAFE OPERATION OF THESE MODELS.*AK