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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006077287 | Incident Date: Aug, 26 2006 |
| Consumer's City: BILLINGS | Consumer's State: MT |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: TRX650 | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Suspension |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 29 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 31 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 1 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: This involves a 2003 honda trx350 rancher atv. my wife was riding down a trail and both front shocks broke causing her to lose control of the vehicle . she went off of the road and down a slight embankment causing bumps and bruises. fortunately she was not traveling faster or down a steeper road or it would have been much worse. after retrieving the vehicle we ordered new shocks at the local honda dealer and he told me it was a fluke that the shock broke. when i got home i checked the shocks on my sons 4-wheeler which is also a 2003 honda 350 rancher and found that one of those shocks were broken also. i have just ordered a new shock for it also . i also cut the shock open to see what the problem was figuring that is was probably metals fatigue, but to my amazement i saw that the nut that holds the piston on inside had come unscrewed. these are normally spot welded or riveted to help keep them in place, mine had broken. i am writing because i feel this is a very unsafe condition and if this would have happened at a higher speed my wife or son could have been killed. *jb |
