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2018 Honda CRF1000A Recalls & Complaints

The 2018 Honda CRF1000A has 1 NHTSA recall campaign and 13 owner complaints on file as of November 3, 2026. Recall repairs are usually free at an authorized Honda dealer.

NHTSA recall and complaint data for the 2018 Honda CRF1000A. Recall data is refreshed daily from NHTSA.

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2018 Honda CRF1000A owner complaints

Owners have filed 13 complaints with NHTSA about the 2018 Honda CRF1000A, describing incidents dated April 1, 2019 to September 6, 2020.

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Fuel/Propulsion System 13 complaints

Newest complaints

ODI #11375288 · Filed November 18, 2020
MOTORCYCLE LOSES POWER INTERMITTENTLY WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, SPUTTERS AND STALLS. DEALERSHIP STATES THERE ARE NO ISSUES AND THAT THERE IS NO FUEL CONTAMINATION WITHIN THE FUEL TANK. THE MOTORCYCLE CANNOT BE TRUSTED DURING PASSING MANEUVERS AS INTERMITTENTLY IT WILL SPUTTER AND STALL OR NOT HAVE…
ODI #11372270 · Filed October 29, 2020
MOTORCYCLE ENGINE DIED WHILE RIDING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. BIKE SLOWED DOWN QUICKLY AND I HAD TO MOVE OVER TO THE SHOULDER QUICKLY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I COULD START THE BIKE AGAIN BUT THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON MY WAY HOME. I FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP IN TANK IS STARVING, RESULTING IN STALLING OF…
ODI #11343862 · Filed August 7, 2020
THE ENGINE ON THE MOTORCYCLE WILL START CUTTING OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE ENGINE IS STARVED OF FUEL EVEN WITH A FULL TANK. AT FIRST IT SEEMED AS THOUGH I PURCHASED BAD GAS, BUT AFTER MULTIPLE EVENTS IT APPEARS TO BE A FUEL PUMP ISSUE.

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Centerstand Circlip May Break

NHTSA #18E078000 · Structure — Motorcycle — Kickstand/Center Stand · NHTSA notice

Reported August 3, 2018 · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)

Potentially affected: 2,933 vehicles

Repair completion: 55.86% (latest rate the manufacturer reported to NHTSA; dataset updated November 3, 2026)

Honda campaign KJ5 · Owners notified October 2, 2018

Defect description

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain Honda Genuine Accessory Centerstand Kits, part number 08M70-MJP-G50, sold for possible installation on 2016-2018 Africa Twin motorcycles. The circlip can break allowing the centerstand to detach.

Safety consequence

If the centerstand detaches while moving, it can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash. If the centerstand detaches while the motorcycle is parked on the centerstand, the motorcycle can fall over, increasing the risk of injury.

Manufacturer remedy

Honda will notify all registered owners of 2016-2018 Honda Africa Twins advising them that if they purchased the affected centerstand kit, not to use it and to take the motorcycle to a dealer. Dealers will replace the circlip and washer, free of charge. The recall began October 2, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-866-784-1870. Honda's number for this recall is KJ5.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

try.vin has no NCAP crash-test rating on file for the 2018 Honda CRF1000A. NHTSA rates some vehicles by body style — pickups by cab, vans by roof height — so check nhtsa.gov/ratings.

13 owner complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2018 Honda CRF1000A.

Fuel/Propulsion System

ODI #11375288

Incident: September 6, 2020 · Filed: November 18, 2020

MOTORCYCLE LOSES POWER INTERMITTENTLY WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, SPUTTERS AND STALLS. DEALERSHIP STATES THERE ARE NO ISSUES AND THAT THERE IS NO FUEL CONTAMINATION WITHIN THE FUEL TANK. THE MOTORCYCLE CANNOT BE TRUSTED DURING PASSING MANEUVERS AS INTERMITTENTLY IT WILL SPUTTER AND STALL OR NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO COMPLETE THE PASS. WHEN SLOWING DOWN AFTER THIS OCCURRS THE MOTORCYCLE OFTEN CANNOT GET ABOVE 2,000RPM OTHERWISE IT WILL BEGIN TO SPUTTER AND THE MOTOR WILL NOT RUN UNDER LOAD WITHOUT STALLING. TYPICALLY, TURNING THE MOTORCYCLE OFF AND LETTING IT SIT WILL ALLOW THE MOTORCYCLE TO RESTART AND RIDE REGULARLY FOR A WHILE BEFORE THIS OCCURRS AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

Fuel/Propulsion System

ODI #11372270

Incident: April 11, 2020 · Filed: October 29, 2020

MOTORCYCLE ENGINE DIED WHILE RIDING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. BIKE SLOWED DOWN QUICKLY AND I HAD TO MOVE OVER TO THE SHOULDER QUICKLY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I COULD START THE BIKE AGAIN BUT THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON MY WAY HOME. I FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP IN TANK IS STARVING, RESULTING IN STALLING OF THE MOTORCYCLE. PRE FILTER AND FILTER IN THE TANK FUEL DELIVERY MODULE ARE CLOGGED WITH GREY FLAKES. FLAKES SEEM TO BE CORROSION OR COATING OF TANK WELDS. I CLEANED THE TANK AND INSTALLED A NEW PRE-FILTER AND COVERED THE ENTIRE FUEL DELIVERY MODULE IN A FILTER TYPE SOCK TO PREVENT FUTURE ISSUES. I PURCHASED THIS BIKE NEW IN JULY OF 2019 AND THE BIKE HAD ABOUT 6,000 MILES WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED.

Fuel/Propulsion System

ODI #11343862

Incident: August 5, 2020 · Filed: August 7, 2020

THE ENGINE ON THE MOTORCYCLE WILL START CUTTING OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE ENGINE IS STARVED OF FUEL EVEN WITH A FULL TANK. AT FIRST IT SEEMED AS THOUGH I PURCHASED BAD GAS, BUT AFTER MULTIPLE EVENTS IT APPEARS TO BE A FUEL PUMP ISSUE.

Fuel/Propulsion System

ODI #11341335

Incident: July 24, 2020 · Filed: July 24, 2020

THIS IS THE KNOWN, DIRTY FUEL TANK WELD SEAMS ISSUE THAT ONLY AFFECTS THE LARGER, ADVENTURE SPORTS MODELS. THE MATERIAL ON THE SEAMS FLAKES OFF AND CLOGS THE FUEL FILTER AND FUEL PUMP. IT IS A FERROUS, WHITE DUST. THE FACE BOOK GROUPS DEVOTED TO THIS MODEL ARE FULL OF PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTIONS FROM MANY, MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE AND MY DEALER HAS DEALT WITH THIS BEFORE, I CAN PROVIDE MANY, MANY LINKS TO FB POSTS WITH PICTURES DOCUMENTING WHAT IS IN THE TANK WHEN THIS OCCURS. THIS OCCURRED AT 4,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AT 10MPH AND WHEN I APPLIED A MEDIUM HIGH THROTTLE AT 2,200 RPM, THE BIKE BUCKLED LIKE YOU WOULD EXPECT IN AN OUT OF GAS SITUATION AND I LOST POWER WITHOUT THE ENGINE TURNING OFF, BUT I HAD OVER 3 GALLONS IN MY TANK AND FROM THE BEGINNING, HAVE BEEN USING ETHANOL FREE 85 OCTANE IN THE HOPES OF AVOIDING THIS ISSUE. WHEN I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, MY APPARENT ACCELERATION AND THEN A SUDDEN SLOWDOWN WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS ALMOST CAUSED SOMEONE TO HIT ME! I THEN HOBBLED THE BIKE HOME WHILE STAYING OFF THE HIGHWAYS. IT NOW WILL ONLY ACCELERATE UNDER LIGHT THROTTLE. [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Fuel/Propulsion System

ODI #11337669

Incident: April 13, 2020 · Filed: July 6, 2020

2018 HONDA AFRICA TWIN ADVENTURE SPORTS. AT 1,750 MILES ON THE MOTORCYCLE, I DISCOVERED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WHITE SEDIMENT IN GAS TANK DUE TO WELDING SLAG IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE SEDIMENT ENDED UP CLOGGING UP THE FUEL FILTERS AND STOPING THE FUEL PUMP. THIS RESULTED IN THE MOTORCYCLE BEING STARVED FOR FUEL AND NOT RUNNING. I WAS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

Fuel/Propulsion System

ODI #11329850

Incident: May 15, 2020 · Filed: June 20, 2020

FUEL TANK LINER IS RELEASING FROM THE TANK WALL AND SEAMS. THIS IS CAUSING THE FUEL FILTER TO CLOG FAST AND PREMATURELY. THIS ALSO CAUSES STRESS AND WEAR ON THE FUEL PUMP FROM BEING STARVED OF GASOLINE. WHICH ALSO CAUSES THE MOTOR TO CUT OUT AT 4K RPMS. THIS IS DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO PASS OR AVOID ROAD OBSTACLES. THIS HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT TO WHERE SOMETIMES THE BIKE NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN AND LET FUEL TO INFILTRATE THROUGH THE FILTER TO RESTART AND COMBAT FUEL STARVATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *TR

Fuel/Propulsion System

ODI #11328220

Incident: August 31, 2019 · Filed: June 10, 2020

FORMATION OF A FLAKEY MATERIAL INSIDE THE TANK THAT CLOGGED THE FUEL FILTER AND PUMP CAUSING IT TO STUMBLE OR STALL ARE HIGH RPM'S OR WHEN FUEL LEVEL WAS BELOW A CERTAIN POINT BUT FAR FROM EMPTY. MOSTLY OCCURRED AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. *TR

Fuel/Propulsion System

ODI #11328215

Incident: February 8, 2020 · Filed: June 10, 2020

WITH 3,000 MILES ON THE MOTORCYCLE THE ENGINE SURGES WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HAD A LOSS OF POWER. UPON RESEARCH, I FOUND SEVERAL ARTICLES DESCRIBING FUEL TANK ISSUES ON THE HONDA AFRICA TWIN ADVENTURE SPORT (ATAS) MODEL. I REMOVED THE FUEL TANK AND FOUND CONTAMINATION IN THE FUEL PUMP AND THE FUEL FILTER. CONTAMINATION CONSISTED OF WHITE FLAKY MATERIAL (LOOKS LIKE DANDRUFF) AND SMALL BITS OF DARK POWDERY METALLIC FLAKES. AN INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANK REVEALED NO OBVIOUS BREACH OF THE TANK LINER INTEGRITY, HOWEVER THE WELD SEAMS APPEARED TO HAVE A WHITE DISCOLORATION IN THE SEAMS. THE MATERIAL COLLECTED AT THE FUEL PUMP APPEARS TO BE DUE TO LEACHING OF THE WELD SEAMS ON THE AFRICA TWIN ADVENTURE SPORTS (ATAS) MODEL. AFTER I ALLOWED THE FUEL PUMP FILTER TO DRY OUT - I VERIFIED THE DARK POWDERY METALLIC FLAKES WERE FERROUS MATERIAL ( I USED A MAGNET TO VALIDATE FERROUS CONTENT). MY CALL TO HONDA CORPORATION VERIFIED THERE WAS NO RECALL OR NOTICE REGARDING THIS ISSUE. HONDA CORP. WAS COURTEOUS AND WOULD ONLY RECOMMEND TAKING THE MOTORCYCLE TO A DEALER. *TR

Fuel/Propulsion System

ODI #11328156

Incident: September 2, 2019 · Filed: June 10, 2020

THE FUEL PUMP IS CLOGGED WITH A GREY WAXY SUBSTANCE THAT SEEMS TO COME OFF THE WELDS INSIDE THE FUEL TANK. THE MOTORCYCLE LURCHED AND FALTERED IN TRAFFIC CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

Fuel/Propulsion System

ODI #11328143

Incident: May 28, 2020 · Filed: June 10, 2020

THE FUEL TANK HAS A GREY MATTER THAT IS FLAKING OFF AND CLOGGING THE FUEL STRAINER, FUEL FILTER AND MOST LIKELY DAMAGING THE INJECTORS. THE BIKE STALLED WHILE TURNING IN A BUSY INTERSECTION ALMOST CAUSING A ACCIDENT. I CLEANED UP THE FUEL PUMP, FILTER AND STRAINER BUT WITHOUT A PROPERLY BUILT TANK THIS PROBLEM IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THE BIKE HAS 7,873 MILES ON IT. *TR

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