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Honda CMX500

Every Honda CMX500 model year on file, 2017 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years50 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years82017 to 2025
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins22Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 40% of the model's total

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

00.511.52201722018202020212022202320242025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Honda CMX500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
2
Brakes
2
Engine and cooling
1
Fuel system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Honda CMX500 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 CMX500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Not decoded0NoneNone200
2024Not decoded0NoneNone100
2023Motorcycle10.0100200
2022Motorcycle10.0100100
2021Motorcycle10.0100200
2020Not decoded0NoneNone200
2018Not decoded0NoneNone1011
2017Motorcycle20.01001011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Honda CMX500

  • 26V-500 Jul 30, 2026
    Handlebar lock screw may loosen and detach
    Steering · 44k vehicles
  • 26V-146 Mar 12, 2026
    Handlebar lock screw may loosen and detach
    Steering · 19k vehicles
  • 21V-382 May 24, 2021
    Rear reflector lens may not reflect brightly enough
    Lighting · 29k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.