{"nhtsa_id":10099798,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-05-19","date":"2015-12-21","document_id":"DLR MSG - MC - E","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"DEALER MESSAGE - HONDA IS EXPANDING SOME VIN RANGES WITHIN THE EXISTING SAFETY RECALL OF MULTIPLE MODELS (S/B MULTI-MODEL: STARTER RELAY SWITCH #1 REVISED: AUGUST 2015) ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED JULY 2015. HONDA HAS DETERMINED THERE MAY BE A DEFECT WITHIN THE STARTER RELAY SWITCH (STARTER MAGNETIC SWITCH) ASSEMBLY THAT CAN CAUSE AN INCREASE IN RESISTANCE ACROSS THE MAIN FUSE, POTENTIALLY INTERRUPTING BATTERY VOLTAGE TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AN INTERRUPTION OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BATTERY VOLTAGE CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO A) NOT START OR B) STALL WHILE RIDING. IN AN EXTREME CASE, THE INCREASED RESISTANCE AT THE MAIN FUSE CAN CAUSE THE STARTER RELAY SWITCH TO CATCH ON FIRE. AN ENGINE THAT STALLS WHILE RIDING INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10099798","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"starter","name":"Starter","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"HONDA","model":"CB500F","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_honda_cb500f"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"CB500FA","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2014_honda_cb500f"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"CB500X","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_honda_cb500x"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"CB500XA","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2014_honda_cb500x"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"CBR300R","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_honda_cbr300r"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"CBR300RA","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_honda_cbr300r"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"CBR500R","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_honda_cbr500r"]},{"make":"HONDA","model":"CBR500RA","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2014_honda_cbr500r"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}