The 1978 Honda Cb750 has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 15,529 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.
THE FUSE HOLDER CONTACT SPRING ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES IS DEFECTIVE IN THAT IT CAN CAUSE HIGH TEMPERATURES TO DEVELOP AT THE FUSE, AND THE FUSE MAY FAIL. FAILURE OF THE MAIN FUSE WOULD CAUSE ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS TO CEASE, INCLUDING LIGHTS AND IGNITION.
Remedy
DEALER WILL INSTALL A FUSE BOX WHICH CONTAINS A MORE EFFECTIVE SPRING, AT NO COST TO OWNER.
Complaints by component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1
Total complaints1
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“My motorcycle is having a dangerous intermittent electronic failure that is under recall but honda says my model was not effected and refuses to fix it. Fuse box and wiring gets hot and bike looses all power and shuts down completely. The bike is a 1978 honda cb750f # . This form would not accept…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1978 Honda Cb750 as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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