15V700000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
A rear brake that drags may increase the risk of a vehicle crash. Additionally, extended riding with the rear brake dragging could generate enough heat to result in a fire.
2003 HONDA GL1800
2 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations, 107 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations4
Owner complaints107
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
11V567000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
UNEXPECTED BRAKING INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH, AND RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE WITH THE REAR BRAKE DRAGGING MAY GENERATE ENOUGH HEAT TO CAUSE THE REAR BRAKE TO CATCH FIRE.
What owners report most
- 30STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
- 14STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
- 11ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
- 7STRUCTURE:BODY
- 6STEERING
- 5SERVICE BRAKES
- 4SUSPENSION:REAR
- 3POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2003 HONDA GL1800s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.