2018 HONDA CRF1000D — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

THIS IS MY FIRST INSTANCE:I WAS RIDING ON THE 2 FREEWAY, AROUND 65MPH AND WHEN I TRIED TO OVERTAKE A SLOWER CAR, I OPENED UP THE TROTTLE AND THE BIKE LUGGED, AND SHOOK, LOSING POWER. STEADILY THE BIKE KEPT LOSING POWER UNTIL IT WAS NOT SAFE. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS FAST AS I COULD BECUASE THERE WAS NO MORE POWER, AND CARS WERE FAST BEHIND ME. SECOND INSTANCE WAS WHILE RIDING ON THE 1 FREEWAY IN BAJA, AGAIN IWAS RIDING AROUND 65MPH AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, I OPENED UP THE THROTTLE AND THE BIKE STARTED LOOSING POWER AND SHAKING ABRUPTLY. IT HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. 1 IN LOS ANGELES AND 2 ON THE MEXICAN FREEWAYS. VERY UNSAFE. I AM STILL 3 WEEKS AWAY FROM MY COMING BACK TO THE US AND I AM SCARED OF BEING STRANDED IN THE LONELIEST HIGHWAYS IN BAJA, MEXICO.

ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE UNDER POWER AND MOVING ON A CITY STREET THE MOTORCYCLE WAS STARVED FOR FUEL AND QUIT RUNNING. ONCE AT 1700 MILES AND ONCE AT 3200 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE UNDER POWER AND MOVING ON A CITY STREET THE MOTORCYCLE WAS STARVED FOR FUEL AND QUIT RUNNING. ONCE AT 1700 MILES AND ONCE AT 3200 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA CRF1000D2 (AFRICA TWIN ADVENTURE SPORTS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE MOTORCYCLE GEAR ABRUPTLY CHANGED FROM SIXTH GEAR AND ENTERED INTO THIRD GEAR INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE REAR TIRE STOPPED WORKING AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE MOTORCYCLE ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE GEAR SHIFTED BACK INTO NEUTRAL AND SHIFTED BACK INTO SIXTH GEAR. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PUT THE MOTORCYCLE ON A FAMILY MEMBERS VEHICLE AND DROVE THE MOTORCYCLE HOME. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE LEFT SHOULDER CUFF ROTATOR BUT NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

MOTORCYCLE HAS DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER WHILE IN MOTION. REMOVED FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP TO DISCOVER INSIDE WELDS OF FUEL TANK HAD WELDING SLAG THAT HAD COME LOOSE AND CONTAMINATED THE TANK. THE FUEL FILTER, FUEL PUMP, AND FUEL PUMP HOUSING WERE ALL FOULED WITH THE SLAG WHICH CAUSES A CLOG IN THE FUEL FILTER. THIS LEADS TO FUEL STARVATION AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER. THIS CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF A MOTORCYCLE LOSES POWER ON THE HIGHWAY IF THAT POWER IS REQUIRED.