2004 HONDA VTX1300 Electrical System Problems
3 NHTSA complaints on file
Electrical System Issues in the 2004 HONDA VTX1300
3 electrical system complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2004 HONDA VTX1300. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
3
Complaints
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
All Electrical System Complaints
I BOUGHT MY VTX 1300 IN 2004, A 2004 MODEL. I HAVE A LITTLE OVER 3000 MILES DUE TO DRIVING ONLY IN THE CITY. WHEN I FINALLY GOT OUT ON THE INTERSTATE 95, CARS AND TRUCKS WERE PASSING ME WHILE I WAS GOING 80 MPH. MY BUDDY ON A GOLDWING SAID WE DIDN'T GET OVER 72 MPH. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND MY SPEEDO TO BE OFF BY ABOUT 10%. KNOW WONDER WHY CARS AND TRUCKS PASS ME. UNSAT! *NM
I AM EXPERIENCING TWO PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 HONDA VTX1300 MOTORCYCLE, WHICH I BOUGHT ONE WEEK AGO. THE BIKE WAS PUT TOGETHER OUT OF THE CRATE FOR ME AND HAD 0 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. AT SPEEDS OF 30-50 MPH, I HAVE A WOBBLING UP DOWN MOTION....IN WHAT SEEMS TO BE MY FRONT END.....IT DOES NOT CHANGE WITH SPEED....IT IS THE SAME RATE OF WOBBLE THROUGH THE RANGE OF SPEED. I CALLED THIS ISSUE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER AFTER A 7 MILE DEMO RIDE....THEY ASSURED ME IT WAS DUE TO FLAT SPOTS IN THE TIRES DUE TO SHIPPING AND THIS WOULD GO AWAY. OVER 300 MILES LATER, IT HAS NOT. SECOND PROBLEM: SPEEDOMETER IS OFF BY 10%, ODOMETER IS OFF BY OVER 5% AS CONFIRMED BY A GPS.....THIS CAUSES PROBLEMS ON THE ROAD IN THAT THE RIDER HAS TO CONSTANTLY DO A MATH CALCULATION TO...
BOUGHT MOTORCYCLE IN SEPT. 2004. THE IGNITION/STARTER FUSE HAS BLOWN DUE TO AN INTERMITTANT ELECTRICAL SHORT 5 TIMES. DEALER HAS TRIED TO LOCATE PROBLEM 3 TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. AFTER SECOND TRY, THEY'RE SUGGESTION TO REMEDY IT WAS TO CARRY A LOT OF FUSES. BIKE JUST DIES WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS A HAZARD TO ME, MY PASSENGER, AND VEHICLES AROUND ME.
Other 2004 HONDA VTX1300 Problem Areas
Steering
24 complaints
Suspension
13 complaints
Suspensionfront
10 complaints
Steering Steering Wheelhandle Bar
9 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
9 complaints
Power Traindriveline
3 complaints
Unknown Or Other
3 complaints
Wheels
3 complaints
Electrical System Instrument Clusterpanel
1 complaint
Engine And Engine Cooling
1 complaint
Fuel System Gasoline
1 complaint
Power Train
1 complaint
Power Traindrivelinedifferential Unit
1 complaint
Power Trainmanual Transmission
1 complaint
Structure
1 complaint
Suspensionfrontwheel Bearing
1 complaint
Suspensionrear
1 complaint
Wheelshubcapcover
1 complaint
Wheelsmulti Piece
1 complaint