2018 Honda GL1800

THE ENGINES STOPS SOMETIMES WHEN I STOP AT AN INTERSECTION AND START TO TAKE OFF. MANY TIMES THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A LOUD CLUNK AND THE ENGINE STOPS. IT APPEARS LIKE THE BIKE TRY'S TO ENGAGE BOTH TRANSMISSIONS AT THE SAME TIME. SEVERAL TIMES I COULD NOT GET THE BIKE RESTARTED. I TOOK IT TO TWO DIFFERENT HONDA DEALERS BUT THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAVE FOUND OTHER 2018 HONDA GOLDWING DCT OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEM AND HONDA TELLS ALL OF US THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. IT IS A SAFELY ISSUE BECAUSE I GO TO MOVE AND THE TRAFFIC BEHIND ME STARTS TO MOVE AND HAS TO JAM ON THERE BRAKES AND THEN THEY HONK AT ME BECAUSE I AM STALLED AT THE INTERSECTION.

2018 HONDA GL1800 / GOLD WING , RENTAL. THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED AS WE LEFT THE PARKING LOT IN THE MORNING. I PULLED OVER TO CHECK IT. I WAS ON A SIDE ROAD IN A SMALL TOWN, APPOX SPEED , 30 MPH. CHECKED IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. NO READING FOR THE FRONT TIRE. REAR WAS READING 32 .WENT TO A TIRE SHOP ABOUT 1 MILE AWAY AND TOPPED OFF THE REAR TIRE. HEADED BACK TO THE HOTEL , 1 MILE AWAY. HALF WAY BACK IT ACTIVATED AGAIN. USED MY AIR PUMP AND PUT 42 PSI IN. CALLED THE RENTAL DEALER. CENTRAL MAINE POWERSPORTS , LEWISTON , ME . RENTAL OFFICE SAID THAT THE REAR TIRE WAS REPLACED 400 MILES AGO. HE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE TPMS . I PLANNED ON ROAD TESTING IT WITHOUT MY WIFE ON BACK, RETURN FOR LUNCH TO LET THE TIRES COOL AND RECHECK THE PRESSURE. CHECKED THE PRESSURE AND IT SEEMED TO BE HOLDING. NOT KNOWING IF THE TPMS WAS FAULTY OR IF THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE TREAD , I COULDN'T TRUST THE MOTORCYCLE AS IT ONLY HAS TWO TIRES. CALLED THE DEALER AND WE DECIDED TO HAVE THEM PICKUP THE BIKE AND REFUND OUR RENTAL. I CALLED HONDA POWER SPORTS NATIONAL AND INFORMED THEM OF THE PROBLEM. THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO SERVICE BULLETIN OR RECALL ON THE BIKE. 866-784-1870 . CASE # 09015673 . THEY OFFERED ME A HAT . OUR MOTORCYCLE GUIDED TOUR WAS ENDED AND WE HAD TO DRIVE OUR VAN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA GL1800. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE GLARE FROM THE WINDSHIELD OBSTRUCTED THE CONTACT'S VIEW WHILE WEARING PRESCRIPTION SUNGLASSES. THE DEALER (MID-OHIO SUZUKI HONDA YAMAHA KAWASAKI, 494 HARCOURT RD, MT VERNON, OH 43050, (740) 397-5272) TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE DEALER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ON BEHALF OF THE CONTACT AND FILED AN APPEAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT CARFAX: VIN PROVIDED HAS NO DISPLAYABLE RECORDS. UPDATED 11/27/18*JB

THE FRONT WHEEL WOBBLES AT SPEEDS ABOVE 40 MPH AND GETS WORSE AS SPEED INCREASES. WHEN I TOOK IT BACK, THE DEALER SAID THEY INSPECTED THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS, STEERING HEAD BEARINGS, AND CHECKED THE BALANCE OF THE TIRE. WOBBLE IS STILL THERE AND FEELS UNSAFE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MPH. BRAND NEW MOTORCYCLE, DELIVERED MAY 3, 2018.