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Honda CMX500Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 5 owner complaints and 3 safety recalls on record for the Honda CMX500.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints5Top: Electrical systemSafety recalls32017–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Honda CMX500 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the CMX500 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls2024Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2023Not rated–/1001 complaint · 2 recalls2022Not rated–/1001 complaint · 1 recall2021Not rated–/1001 complaint · 2 recalls2020Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls2018Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2017Not rated–/1002 complaints · 1 recall
Complaints by system

Most common Honda CMX500 problems

All model years combined: 5 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Electrical system20
Engine10
Fuel/propulsion system10
Service brakes10
Service brakes, hydraulic10
3 recalls

Honda CMX500 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

1%Steering: critical fasteners26V-500 · 2017–2025 · Jul 30, 2026 · 43,913 vehicles30%Steering: critical fasteners26V-146 · 2023–2025 · Mar 12, 2026 · 19,406 vehicles31%Exterior lighting21V-382 · 2020–2021 · May 24, 2021 · 28,528 vehicles