2002 Honda GL1800 problems
NHTSA has received 210 complaints about the 2002 Honda GL1800, and 46% of them involve cooling system. Next are body & structure (15%) and engine (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 210 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cooling system 46% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 13,000 miles 52 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 32 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 52 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 13,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2002 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Honda GL1800 with enough data (158 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Throttle stuck open in the matter of full throttle very high rpms . Driver left the roadway . A grass and dirt shoulder in attempts to slow vehicle down causing 12 points of initial contact until vehicle and driver landed off roadway not entering a trafficway ahead . Injuries where serious and ems was notified .accident # 020600158
Since new I have complained about a wobbling when braking my gold wing. The various dealerships have stated time and again that "the problem was not evident". On january 3, 2003 I was riding my 2002 gl1800a at highway speed when I lightly applied my rear brake pedal to "check my speed" and the bike wobbled violently causing me to crash and subsequently cause almost $10,000 damage to my bike, as well as personal injury. The bike was "fixed" only to have the problem resurface several times.
Started motorcycle as normal went in reverse then to destination, could not shut bike down even with kill switch. Caused me to dump the bike with me on it motorcycle is a 2002 honda goldwing 1800. Purchased in 2001, no other drivers.
The rear braking system on the motorcycle has completely failed three times since april 18, 2009. When the rear brake pedal is depressed, it quickly sinks down, and the braking system does nothing to slow or stop the motorcycle. A honda dealership was first notified of problem on april 19, 2009. The master cylinder for the rear braking system was replaced under warranty, and the motorcycle was returned to me as 'repaired' on may 8, 2009.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 honda gl1800 (goldwing) motorcycle. While driving 25 MPH, the rear brakes failed. The contact pulled over and had the bike towed to his residence. There were no warning indicators illuminated. An unknown dealer was notified, but was not able to assist. The contact repaired the rear master brake cylinder sub-assembly himself. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 186,000.