2018 Honda GL1800 problems
NHTSA has received 46 complaints about the 2018 Honda GL1800, and 15% of them involve cruise control. Next are electrical system (15%) and drivetrain & axles (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 46 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 8,000 miles 23 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 | 17 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 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 23 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 8,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 13 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 95% 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 2018 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Honda GL1800 with enough data (30 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
I was seated on my 2018 dct goldwing, having just rolled back out of parking space in the church parking lot, (I did not use the reverse function) it was running, when I pushed "d" for drive it shot out forward on it's own, as if the throttle was wide open. Within 1 second or less I rear ended another 2018 goldwing about 1 car length in front of me. We both crashed. No significant bodily injury to us. But this could have caused serious injury of death to bystanders in the parking lot if we had hit them.
Throttle sticks open at speeds. Will travel at 50MPH if you don't override the the stuck throttle grip. Happens on all roads. Dealership verified problem and said they would contact honda to get approval to replace throttle assembly.
Honda made access to the fuel door a multi process opening one door via an actuator to access the main fuel door. Riders are experiencing the door either opening on its own catching wind and breaking off the hinges to not opening at all forcing the door to be broken to gain access to fuel. When the door opens on its own it creating an unstable environment from the wind catching the bike movement and actually breaking from the force to not opening at all in a remote area not able to fuel leaving the bike stranded…