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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Honda CB500 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Honda CB500, across 2 model years from 2014 to 2015. The 2015 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2015 (2).

Model years
2

2014–2015, with a recall

Recall campaigns
2
Most recalls
2015

2 recalls

Owner complaints
3

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA about the Honda CB500 across 2 model years; the most, 2, concern the 2014.

Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Honda CB500 complaints (33%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Honda CB500 model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 1 complaint), then the power train (1).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Honda CB500 in 2015: 1, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Honda CB500 is electrical system: starter assembly: relay, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Honda CB500 recall, 15V475000, was reported on July 29, 2015 and concerns the fuel system, gasoline.

Honda CB500 years to avoid

Too few Honda CB500 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Honda CB500, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2015211not ranked
2014222not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Honda CB500 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Honda CB500

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY2
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE2

Honda CB500 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Honda CB500 recall campaign (2)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Honda CB500, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
15V475000July 29, 2015fuel system, gasoline2014–2015crash14,575
15V439000July 8, 2015electrical system: starter assembly: relay2014–2015crash47,168

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Honda CB500. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: May 8, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted