VFRworld - View Single Post - 2002-2005 Honda VFR Recall Letter

sschlosnagle · 09-21-2007, 08:36 AM

Yea, I got my letter on Wednesday and was surprised no one had posted here about them.

The funny thing about this, for me, is my bike's front wiring harness just had failed in the exact way that the letter describes back in July!

I was two days into my week long tour of: the Skyline Drive, the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Tail of the Dragon, and the Cherohala Skyway.

The bike refused to start after I stopped for dinner in Front Royal, VA. It would turn over fine but as soon as I let off the starter the engine would die. I noticed the whine from the headlamp relay that they mention in the letter as well as "abnormal behavior of the indicators".

We tore down the front of the bike as well as the starter button but eventually gave up and prevailed upon the offer of a fellow rider in the area to trailer the bike to the closest Honda dealer.

I feel lucky that it broke down where it did, a few hours before I was up on top of Spruce Knob in WV! Dirt road, no cell signal, no nothing and with a rainstorm coming in. In hindsight the bike did take a few times to start then, definitely out of the ordinary but it didn't throw up any big red flags.

The dealer was able to get me back on the road in 28 hours so our tour was not ruined. They replaced the front wiring harness and the headlamps.

I called Honda Motorcycle Customer Service today and they said that when the send the letters out informing us that there is a fix ready that letter will include a form for reimbursing any of us that have already been bitten by this problem.

Personally, I think that Honda is doing a good job with this recall so far. I don't have any data on how widespread this type of failure has been, but I hadn't heard of it before.

09-21-2007, 08:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
sschlosnagle Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Last Online: 11-27-2007 08:48 AM Location: Stow, OH My Ride: 2004 VFR ABS (Asphalt Black) View my Photo Gallery Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yea, I got my letter on Wednesday and was surprised no one had posted here about them. The funny thing about this, for me, is my bike's front wiring harness just had failed in the exact way that the letter describes back in July! I was two days into my week long tour of: the Skyline Drive, the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Tail of the Dragon, and the Cherohala Skyway. The bike refused to start after I stopped for dinner in Front Royal, VA. It would turn over fine but as soon as I let off the starter the engine would die. I noticed the whine from the headlamp relay that they mention in the letter as well as "abnormal behavior of the indicators". We tore down the front of the bike as well as the starter button but eventually gave up and prevailed upon the offer of a fellow rider in the area to trailer the bike to the closest Honda dealer. I feel lucky that it broke down where it did, a few hours before I was up on top of Spruce Knob in WV! Dirt road, no cell signal, no nothing and with a rainstorm coming in. In hindsight the bike did take a few times to start then, definitely out of the ordinary but it didn't throw up any big red flags. The dealer was able to get me back on the road in 28 hours so our tour was not ruined. They replaced the front wiring harness and the headlamps. I called Honda Motorcycle Customer Service today and they said that when the send the letters out informing us that there is a fix ready that letter will include a form for reimbursing any of us that have already been bitten by this problem. Personally, I think that Honda is doing a good job with this recall so far. I don't have any data on how widespread this type of failure has been, but I hadn't heard of it before.