Honda Cmx500, Cl500, Cmx300. Published by Transport Canada as 2026114 on 12 March 2026. System: Steering.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain motorcycles, the handlebar lock screw may not have been installed properly. As a result, the screw could loosen and fall between the frame and the steering stem. If this happens, the screw could interfere with the steering and cause a loss of steering control.
Safety Risk:
A loss of steering …
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Honda CMX500 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Honda CMX500 is named on 2 American notices, 1 British and 1 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2026114
- Recall date
- 12 March 2026
- Make
- Honda
- Models
- CMX500, CL500, CMX300
- Model years
- 2023 to 2025
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,376
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain motorcycles, the handlebar lock screw may not have been installed properly. As a result, the screw could loosen and fall between the frame and the steering stem. If this happens, the screw could interfere with the steering and cause a loss of steering control.Safety Risk:
A loss of steering control could create the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Honda will notify owners by mail and advise you to take your motorcycle to a dealership to replace the handlebar lock screw and apply a thread-locking compound.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2026114.
Honda elsewhere in this register
Honda is named on 362 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2026115 · 12 March 2026 · Crf250l, Crf250r, Crf450l · Accessories
- 2026142 · 27 March 2026 · Cb1000 · Fuel System
- 2026090 · 26 February 2026 · ZDX, Prologue · Lights And Instruments
- 2026181 · 9 April 2026 · Odyssey · Seats And Restraints
- 2026233 · 14 May 2026 · Prologue, ZDX · Brakes
- 2026003 · 5 January 2026 · Chrysler Pacifica, Honda Odyssey, Toyota Sienna · Seats And Restraints
- 2026251 · 21 May 2026 · Civic, MDX, Cr-V · Seats And Restraints
- 2026274 · 4 June 2026 · Accord Hybrid, Cr-V Hybrid · Other
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2026064 · 13 February 2026 · Sportster S · Steering
- 2026014 · 19 January 2026 · 520 · Steering
- 2026307 · 23 June 2026 · Savana, Express · Steering
- 2026335 · 9 July 2026 · VHD, Vne, VN · Steering
- 2026379 · 6 August 2026 · Terrapro · Steering
- 2025714 · 19 December 2025 · G5 Commercial Bus · Steering
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Honda CMX300, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Honda: 362 in the register, and 405 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2026.
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