2007 Honda GL1800 problems
NHTSA has received 28 complaints about the 2007 Honda GL1800, and 25% of them involve brakes. Next are suspension (18%) and transmission (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 28 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 13,000 miles 22 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 | 15 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 22 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 13,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 90% 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 2007 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Honda GL1800 with enough data (18 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
Front brake locked up. I merely touched the front lever lightly to slow even more to look at the terrain, and it just locked up tight throwing me over the handlebar and causing the bike to flip over with my wife on it. I had a dealer/manufacturer maintenance progrom on the bike. I had jsut taken it into the dealer for the 42000 mile check up, and even had them write on the work order to specifically check the brakes, as I was going on a 2750 mile, 9 day trip to the smokey mountains.
Purchased motorcycle new in 2007 within 12,000km's the tires had to be replaced due to excessive scalloping or cupping type wear on the edges of the rear and front tires,replaced tires with a different brand and within 5000 km's I am experiencing the same type of wear,have had dealer inspect motorcycle and they say the tire wear is normal for a goldwing and they even have a name for it "goldwing wobble",called honda canada they say it is a tire problem,called tire manufacturer and they say it is a problem with the…
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 honda gl 1800 gold wing. The contact stated that the front fork was leaking oil and it dripped onto the caliper and front wheel. The dealer told the contact that it was normal wear for the fork to bleed oil onto the caliper and wheel. The contact obtained quotes for the repair cost, but the motor cycle had not been repaired when the complaint was filed. The failure and current mileages were 4616. Updated 10/221/10. Updated 10/25/10