Vehicle Recall

Unintended side-stand deployment

An NHTSA Preliminary Evaluation into Honda vehicles. Closed 21 January 2005.

Investigation
PE04063
Type
Preliminary Evaluation
Opened
15 September 2004
Closed
21 January 2005

What NHTSA investigated

This pe was opened to examine reports of unintended motorcycle side-stand deployment while underway.if the stand deploys while the motorcycle is being ridden, the side-stand interlock (designed to prevent riding with the stand deployed) will cause the engine to stall.additionally, sudden, unintended side-stand deployment while riding can cause loss of control in left turns.shortly after opening this pe, honda advised that it was conducting a recall to address this condition.with that recall (04V-564) this pe is closed.

The recall that followed

  1. Honda — Structure: Kickstand/Center Stand04V56400030 November 200412,866 vehicles

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
HondaVTX18002002

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.