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Honda CB500F

Every Honda CB500F model year on file, 2013 to 2021. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years31 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years42013 to 2021

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins24Summed across model years

By model year

The 2014 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 67% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Lighting leads the Honda CB500F complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Lighting

Electrical system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Honda CB500F model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Honda CB500F by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2021	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	0
2015	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	9
2014	Motorcycle	2	50.0	100	0	9
2013	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	1	6

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Honda CB500F

21V-382 May 24, 2021
Rear reflector lens may not reflect brightly enough
Lighting · 29k vehicles
14V-056 Feb 14, 2014
Rocker arm shaft retaining bolts may have been manufactured incorrectly resulting in the bolts loosening during engine operation
Engine and cooling · 6,954 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.