Honda VFR800A Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 6 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Honda VFR800A (2002–2006). The most-complained-about year is 2003.
Pick your Honda VFR800A model year
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 Honda VFR800A | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 Honda VFR800A | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 Honda VFR800A | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 Honda VFR800A | 0 | 2 |
What Honda VFR800A owners complain about
Across all model years, owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA. The 2003 model year has the most, with 3.
All Honda VFR800A recalls (2)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Honda VFR800A, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Owners/service/other manual (equipment)
On certain passenger vehicles and motorcycles, the owner's manuals contain incorrect contact information for the national highway traffic safety administration's (NHTSA) vehicle safety hotline.
Remedy: Honda will send a postcard to dealers and owners with the correct NHTSA vehicle safety hotline information and with instructions to insert the card into the "reporting safety defects" section of the owner's manual. The…
Model years: 2006
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Service brakes, hydraulic
Certain motorcycles equipped with combined-brake systems have a proportioning control valve (pcv) that mechanically proportions brake force when the rear brake is applied. A seal in some pcvs is improperly shaped, and brake fluid leakage may occur.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect the rear brake forleakage. If leakage is confirmed, the dealer will replace the pcv free of charge. The recall began on january 31, 2005. Owners may contact honda at 866-784-1870.
Other Honda models
- Accord24,554 complaints
- Civic16,209 complaints
- CR-V15,994 complaints
- Odyssey12,749 complaints
- Pilot9,325 complaints
- Fit2,196 complaints
- Ridgeline2,186 complaints
- HR-V1,853 complaints
Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.