After any amount of time spent on the motorycle, an unbearable odor from the exhaust similar to stagnant sewage emanates from the exhaust. This has occurred throughout ownership and is widely reported by other owners. Honda nor a local dealer did not acknowledge the issue when contacted. An independent mechanic could not find any cause of the odor. The odor causes severe headaches, lightheadedness, and nausea. The odor emanates at idle, at speed, during cold starts, warm starts, and at shutdown. The odor is noticeably stronger when the engine reaches operating temperature.
The worst 2003 Honda CB900F problems
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- Engine3
- Fuel system1
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- Engine3
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Recalls
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Technical service bulletins for the 2003 Honda CB900F 4
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What 2003 Honda CB900F owners say
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While riding this motorcycle, exhaust fumes will permeate the back of the riders clothing, back packs and passengers, leaving a nasuating odor that is unbearable to be around. This occurs with riding trips that are as short as 15 minutes. Passengers complain that they can smell exhaust fumes while riding, causing headaches, nasua and dizziness. Spoke with the dealer about known problems with this model, and they knew of none. Check out bike and found no defects. Spoke with "jared" at american honda in ca (866‑784‑1870), and he stated that honda is aware of the problem, but have no plans to fix because there are no defects with the bike, that this is caused by the undertail exhaust and that it is ther nature of the bike. When I inquired if any other undertail exhaust system motorcycles produced by honda had similair problems, he said they did not! That it is only the 919/hornet 900. If you go to any online owners forum worldwide, you will find that this particular model suffers from this problem in the us, europe, austrailia and japen. Owners should not be responsible for fixing a safety/health problem with a motorcycle that comes from the factory with a design flaw.
Excessive unburned fuel vapor/fumes emitted from exhaust of motorcycle "03 honda 919 from first day of ownership through 2000 miles. (6 months) protective riding gear saturation, and inhalation/lightheadedness had been experienced. Had performed lab testing of manufactures oil having shown excess fuel/ crankcase oil dilution, and extremely reduced viscosity (first interval 40wt down to ~20wt) with oil well below specification, and before recommended drain intervals. Have documented lab data record to support. Unburned fuel odor appears to be intermittant, however shortened oil drain intervals seems to help remedy somewhat. Please take a moment to view this link: http://www.stinkissue.com/#solution. As I have found, this is not an isolated incident, and only reflect a portion of the owners of this motorcycle who have experienced near-miss incidents from same. Thankyou.
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Is the 2003 Honda CB900F reliable?
Owners have filed 3 complaints about the 2003 Honda CB900F, 3.0 times a typical CB900F model year.
What is the most common problem with the 2003 Honda CB900F?
Engine and cooling, with 3 complaints. Next is fuel system (1).
How many recalls does the 2003 Honda CB900F have?
No recalls on record.
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