2002 Honda GL1800 cooling system problems
97 complaints about cooling system have been filed for the 2002 Honda GL1800, which is 46% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 97 46% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
None of the cooling system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
This problem shows up each time I find myself in stop-and-go traffic. Basically, whenever I am moving between 15-25 MPH for a sustained period, motorcycle's temperature guage rises to the redline indicating an overtemp problem ,and causing me to pull over and let it cool or, if possible, speed up over 30MPH to cause airflow to bring the temperature down. When I reported the problem to my dealer, their response was that honda told them that they designed the bike for touring, not stop and go traffic.
The motorcycle overheats in stop and go traffic. Consumer has to pull of the road and turn the motorcycle off to let the engine cool off. Dealership indicated the switch that turns the fans on are not working properly, they are faulty, and don't come on when they are suppose to because of a factory defect.
Other problems reported for the 2002 Honda GL1800
- Body & structure 32 complaints
- Engine 30 complaints
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